Tag Archives: Obedience

3 Simple Steps to Die to Self or Slaying the Imp

By Eyvonne Sharp | Published: November 24, 2010
A friend asks, “How can I pray for your family today?” I answer: “Pray that we’d finally learn the lessons of our disobedience from the past and really, truly die to self.” — We talk a great deal about this self-death in Christian circles. We echo words from the only Good Book and repeat them [...]
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Do something, even if it’s wrong

By Eyvonne Sharp | Published: September 24, 2010
In times of decision, the best you can do is the right thing; the next best is the wrong thing. The worst you can do is nothing. – Theodore Roosevelt ‘Do something even if its wrong’ is American pragmatism at it’s best. This concept moves us out of indecision. It gets work done. It prompts [...]
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Mastering the Tongue

By Eyvonne Sharp | Published: September 12, 2009
A Sunday School Lesson from the Young Adults class at Brookview Baptist on 9/12/2009 Has there ever been an instrument of mankind that has caused more damage than the tongue?  Today we’re going to look at a selection of verses from Proverbs and see what they say to us about mastering the unwieldy tendancy our [...]
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Do you want to get well?

By Eyvonne Sharp | Published: July 2, 2009
Imagine this scene with me. A 38-year-old man is lying on the ground beside pool of water. He’s been taught since childhood that if the waters of this pool stir, and he makes it in first, he will be healed. Every day of his adult life he has come to this pool to lie beside [...]
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The Great Whisperer

By Eyvonne Sharp | Published: March 23, 2009
“I have a task for you to do. I have things to say and I have chosen you to be my instrument, my voice, my whisperer,” said the Great Whisperer. The small one replied, “But I am not good at whispering. And, people cannot hear whispers clearly anyway. Surely your message deserves a shout!” “I [...]
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