Sometimes the fake news is what we read. Sometimes the fake news is what we think when we read it. Even more often, fake news is the story we tell ourselves.
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I’d Rather Make A Difference
How do you really make a difference I’ll make this pretty simple: look to Jesus. Jesus saw you in a mess. He left the comforts of heaven. Released His rightful claim to equality with the Father and came to earth as a human, which He designed and created. He was the way out of our mess, but that would require the willful sacrifice of His own life. And… That’s just what He did. He looked at the people and the problem and made Himself the sacrifice to provide a solution.
Making a difference will always look like Jesus.
I’m Not Judging You
We need to maintain a critical eye over our own thoughts, attitudes, words, and actions. How often does that critical eye turn outward and become a critical heart? When our hearts cross that line, we become judge, and when you’re the judge you can no longer be a witness.
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We Need Friends
We should rightly teach our kids to value and appreciate all other kids, regardless of their color, ethnicity, home life, affluence, or popularity. As a parent, I want my kid to sit next to the kid that has no friends, to play with the kid that’s alone, to have friends that look different, and to look for the value that everyone comes to the table with. Why is it, then, that if take a look at our own, personal community that we’ll find almost everyone looks like us, acts like us, believes like us, and shares our views?
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Make It Fun
What if we took a different approach? What if we got involved? What if we made a game of cleaning the rooms? What if we decided to make it relational and fun? The same outcome. Different approaches.
Continue readingThe Next Steps: Season 2 / Episode 3 – “Shine Like The Stars”
You were made to SHINE, but often we allow our perspective of life to dull ourselves. In this episode, Kevin reflects on Philippians 2:12-18 and looks at how problems can hijack our perspectives!
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We Can Still Be Friends
We teach our kids to understand that there are differences between them and others, but we also show them to recognize and celebrate those differences. In the best case, we’re teaching our kids that just because another kid is different, that doesn’t mean you can’t be friends. But… Is that how we live?
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Be There
There is nobody that has greater potential to influence your child’s life than their parents. You have the most significant possible influence unless you outsource it…
Continue readingThe Next Steps: Season 2 / Episode 2 – “Don’t Quit Now”
Have you grown tired? Is life coming against you? Are you trying to make the right steps but experiencing resistance on the journey? During this episode, Kevin takes some time to encourage you to not give up. Our tendency is to quit when things get tougher. The Scriptures show us why we shouldn’t quit! Listen and be encouraged!
You’re Not Right
Even though we teach our kids to see that there is a standard of right and wrong that exists outside of them, we too often try to live by determining for ourselves what is right and wrong. We negotiate our morality, allow ourselves to live outside of what the Scriptures make plain and clear, and choose for ourselves what is right and wrong.
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