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Tag Archives: youth
Remember Your Creator
“Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth” (Ecclesiastes 12:1). The writer goes on to say in effect, “Do so before…” 1. The Light goes out. “While the sun and the light, the moon and the stars, are … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Ecclesiastes, Judgment, life, Man, Textual study, Time, youth
Tagged afraid of falling, afraid of heights, almond tree blossoms, aphrodisiac, back, back bent, balance, bending or weakness occurs, burdened by small things, cant sleep, caperberry, cataracts, clouds return, Death, death comes, dental problems, desire fails, dexterity, difficulties linger, door shut in streets, ears, Ecclesiastes, Ecclesiastes 12:1-7, Ecclesiastes 12:13-14, end of life, eternal home, eyes, eyesight, fingers, food, food lost taste, give God your best, glaucoma, good nights sleep, grasshopper, grasshopper a burden, grinders cease, grinding low, hyperbole, interest in life, john waddy, judgment, keepers of house trembles, legs, light goes out, loss of taste, loss of teeth, lung capacity, lxx, m.d., m.s., man's all, man's completeness, man's whole, mourners in streets, muscular dystrophy, muscular sclerosis, muscular weakness, musical ability gone, musical appreciation gone, parkinson's disease, pitcher broken, rain, remember your creator, rise at sound of birds, septuagint, serve God before..., sexual desire, shakiness, silver cord broken, sound ceases, stong men bow down, sun darkened, sun moon stars, terrors in the way, the days of your youth, the golden bowl broken, time, trembling comes, vision dims, vocal cords, voice, wheel broken, white hair apprears, windlass, windlass broken, window grows dim, youth, zest for life
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Where Are You Leading? (Part 1)
What is a leader? Here are a couple of definitions. (1) “Leadership is a process of social influence, which maximizes the efforts of others, toward the achievement of a goal” (Kevin Kruse, Forbes Magazine, April 09, 2013). There is in … Continue reading
Posted in Example, leadership, Parenting, youth
Tagged 1 Corinthians 11:1, 1 Timothy 4:12, 2 Timothy 1:5, 2 Timothy 3:15, abraham, examples of positive leadership, forbes magazine, Genesis 18:19, imitate Christ, imitate me, john quincy adams, joshua, Joshua 24:15, kevin kruse, lois and eunice, Matthew 15:14, paul, rearing children, teach children, Truth for Today, william w. grasham, youth
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Eternity in the Heart
“He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from the beginning to end” (Ecclesiastes 3:11). 1. Time “He has made … Continue reading
Posted in Ecclesiastes, God, life, Man, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged 2 Samuel 12:23, 2 Timothy 1:10, abraham, cycle of life, David, Death, distinction between God and man, Ecclesiastes 11:8, Ecclesiastes 11:9, Ecclesiastes 12:13-14, Ecclesiastes 2:16, ecclesiastes 2:18-19, Ecclesiastes 3:1-ff, Ecclesiastes 3:11, Ecclesiastes 3:17, Ecclesiastes 3:19, Ecclesiastes 5:10, esv study bible, eternity, eternity in heart, family, God, God is in control, God's thoughts higher than man's, He has made everything beautiful, hebrew matsa, Hebrews 11:10, immortality, John 11:23-24, john waddy, joys of life, leaving inheritance, life and nature, longing for something more, martha, not satisfied with silver, silver, Solomon, solomon's authorship, time, to everything there is a season, vanity, wealth, what befalls animals befalls man, wife, wise and fool, work, youth
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Be an Example
“Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.” (1 Timothy 4:12). Paul lived his life as a Christian role model for others. He … Continue reading
Posted in christian growth, Example, Preachers, Stats, Textual study
Tagged 1 Timothy 4:12, conduct, despise youth, example, faith, love, manner of life, number of words spoken, purity, spirit, tongue, word, youth
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This Coming School Year
Did you know that the term “school,” as used for a place of learning, is derived from the Greek “schole,” which means “leisure”? It seems that the Greek mind so closely connected the concept of leisure with the pursuit of … Continue reading
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