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We are given so many messages in society. We are told how we're supposed to carry ourselves and how to speak. We are told what type of clothes we are supposed to wear to be trendy and popular. We are told that the path to success is through ambition and the willingness to step on someone on the way.

 

However, none of these are messages that we get from scripture. The Bible offers us different messages about what it means to be successful and how we should carry ourselves in society. It offers u

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Claiming your territory. This is the call of men to seize what God has in store for you. God told Joshua,  every place you put your foot, I have given it to you. That means you got to go get it. A lot of people want an Amazon relationship with God. They just want God to drop it and deliver it. But God says no, I have paid for it. I have provided it, but I need to see you walk in faith to go get it. You cannot be passive and be a kingdom man, you're gonna, be the man God has created you to be, th

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Author, Rita Snowden tells a delightful story about visiting a small village in Dover England sitting outside of a cafe she became aware of the most beautiful of scents. Rita asked the waiter where it was coming from and was told it was from workers who were passing by.  You see most of the villagers were employed at a nearby perfume factory when they left work. that scent would cover the entire town.

 

What A beautiful metaphor of the life in christ, as the Apostle Paul says in 2 Corinthians we

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What's true about ourselves, how can we know that what we see in the mirror - and what we observe about ourselves is actually true.

We have a dichotomy here on one hand, I have followers who love me and others who hate me. You know that you have people like that in your life too. But how are we supposed to know the capital T truth about ourselves? Are we lovable or are we hateable when we are basing our self-worth on the opinion of others? Let's turn to the word and see what it has to say, John

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Right now, in your mailbox, there's probably an invitation to a club, some group will be offering discounted travel or your local grocery store is offering double coupons to join. Club membership revolves around having something in common like your age or zip code. Joining a team, though, is a little different. To win the super bowl or experience success at the office teams need unique skills.

In first Corinthians we learn that Jesus is building a team. not only are you invited, you're, a vital

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There is a cultural crowd, a day Kingdom, men, men who are all areas that would rule from the perspective of heaven who get their instructions from above, but flesh it out here below in the nasty here and now where real life has to be lived. There's a cry for Kingdom men, it's the cry of a of a child who grow up grows up every day without a father. It's the cry of a single woman who's whose biological clock is ticking at. There is no man to marry who would be responsible in the relationship. It'

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