Posts Tagged ‘motivation’
The Importance of Our Thoughts in Motivation
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/The-Importance-of-Our-Thoughts-in-Motivation.mp3 by Garry Floyd
Read MoreGod’s Will for Motivation
God’s Will for Motivation (Part 1)God’s Will for Motivation (Part 2) by Garry Floyd
Read MoreThings the Wicked Despise
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Things-the-Wicked-Despise.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Leviticus 26:14-32 I. This might come as shock, but have you noticed? The world is full of wicked people who are not nice. A. Why do the wicked behave as they do? II. The wicked only care about themselves A. They despise their fellow man – Proverbs 14:21 B. They only care about…
Read MoreThe Atheist’s Motives
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-Atheists-Motives.mp3 Text: Proverbs 4:20-27 I. Consider the offer A. Atheism offers 1. No absolute morality. Everything is subjective. 2. No meaning to your life. Life is just a span of time, where you suffer for a while before you are squished into oblivion. 3. No hope about your future. B. Christianity offers 1. A clear, absolute morality with guidelines 2. There is…
Read MoreWhen I have days where I don’t read or pray as much as I usually do, does that mean I won’t reach heaven?
Question: Hey Mr. Jeffrey, I have resolved to walk in all of God’s ways, and I’ve been faithfully doing as best as I can. I’ve been behaving, but when I see places where Jesus says to strive to enter into narrow gate because many seek to enter, but will not be able to. Also, He…
Read MoreDo Not Grow Weary
by Joel Moore It was 2007 and I was in a very rural part of the southernmost state of Mexico: Chiapas. My dad and I had been in the car all day (or, at least, what seemed like all day), had preached at two churches, and spent time with the Christians in each place. Finally,…
Read MoreBecause It Is Right
by Jim R. Everett Reward incentive motivation permeates our society. People respond to rewards just like little puppies do. Some parents think only in terms of rewarding their children, and, they even reward them for being bad. When a parent says to a little child, “If you will quit throwing a temper tantrum, we will…
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