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Be An Example!
RG AUDIO 060421 Titus 2:1-8 I often remind school-aged children to “be an example.” Usually this means they need to reconsider their current behavioral choices. However, we could all use that...
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Firstfruits
RG AUDIO 060521 James 1:12-21 Human beings don’t have to be taught how to cast blame on others. However, we do have to be taught how to take responsibility for our actions. As adults, we don’t...
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Dwell In His Goodness
RG AUDIO 060621 Psalm 145:1-12 We talk a lot about the goodness of God. We talk about prayers answered, gifts given, and protection bestowed. Lists have been made of all the attributes of the Father...
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Approved By God
RG AUDIO 060721 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 Paul’s focus, his laser-tight aim, was to do one thing and one thing only: give witness to the gospel of God. He knew it was like approaching a wildfire with a...
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Parental Love
RG AUDIO 060821 1 Thessalonians 2:9-16 Paul loves this community in Thessalonica that became the church. He and his ministry companions lived there with these Christian converts, shepherding and...
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Work Alongside
RG AUDIO 060921 Acts 18:1-8 Vocation defines us because a vocation is a calling. There are many around the world who have sensed a call into a certain field or work: medicine, teaching, journalism,...
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Suffering Strengths Of Our Faith
RG AUDIO 061021 1 Peter 4:12-19 Jesus’ revolutionary message in His Sermon on the Mount opens with volleys of blessings like firework mortars being shot into the air, exploding with a new and...
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God Working In Us
RG AUDIO 061121 Colossians 1:21-29 What am I here for? The apostle Paul would answer that question quickly and succinctly: I am here to present the Word of God (i.e., the gospel of Jesus Christ)...
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We Are Family
RG AUDIO 061221 Galatians 6:1-10 John Wesley established three general rules for Methodists: 1) Do no harm. 2) Do good. 3) Attend upon all the ordinances of God. Galatians 6:10 has caused a fair...
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Remember Whose You Are
RG AUDIO 061321 Psalm 42:1-8 It’s interesting how water is seen and used in the Hebrew scriptures. Many times, when the psalmists reference water, it is in the metaphor of rising tides and waves, or...
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Connected Kingdom Living
RG AUDIO 061421 1 Thessalonians 2:17—3:5 In a few moments of conversation with my colleague, I realized what I had not previously grasped fully in my five years living cross culturally and working as...
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Faith Without Reserve
RG AUDIO 061521 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13 When we nurture another living thing, we give something of ourselves in each caring moment. Paul finds great joy after sacrificing for and investing love in the...
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Repurposed For Holiness
RG AUDIO 061621 1 Thessalonians 4:1-6 You have probably witnessed a material possession designed for one purpose being made new as it was repurposed for something more useful. Such an item is no...
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In Humble Quietness
RG AUDIO 061721 1 Thessalonians 4:7-12 The sense of taste and smell combine to give humans an incredible sensation with foods. There is something unique that happens when herbs and spices are...
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Hopeful Expectancy
RG AUDIO 061821 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 At a moment of tremendous grief and loss as we waited to enter my mother’s memorial service, the pastor shared with our family the truth from God’s word....
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Encircled By Light
RG AUDIO 061921 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 One night in my early teens, I was awakened to moaning and crying out for help from my brother (three years younger and in the next bedroom). With little light,...
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Embodying God’s Word
RG AUDIO 062021 Psalm 119:9-16 Before the days of global positioning systems, getting directions and finding your way to geographical locations was greatly dependent on possessing a map. I remember...
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No Paybacks
RG AUDIO 062121 1 Thessalonians 5:12-18 A group of boys surrounded a child on the playground. Each boy took a turn roughing up the child and then quickly said, “No paybacks!” No matter what the child...
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Go With God
RG AUDIO 062221 1 Thessalonians 5:19-28 Every Sunday, as the final words of the closing prayer were spoken, the preacher would raise his arms to the congregation, tell them to open their eyes, lift...
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Choose Wisely
RG AUDIO 062321 Hebrews 13:7-14 Flip through television channels, radio stations, podcasts, live streams, and social media, and you’ll find all sorts of voices with all sorts of opinions claiming to...
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