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Words of Encouragement: In The Good and The Bad (Part 4)

April 28th, 2013 Up4Dsn

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“Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.”

– 2 Timothy 4:2 ESV

 

As we bring to a close the topic of “In The Good And The Bad”, let’s first revisit the things we have discussed. We looked at what “Good” means biblically which is, “to be desired or approved of” or “that which is righteous”. Then we looked at what “Bad” means biblically which is, “that of poor quality, inferior or defective” or “wicked, evil, poor, nasty, vicious or ill”. Then we looked at how we act out our situation. In the “good” we have a great personality and speak to everyone, but in the “bad” we want to be secluded and not be bothered at all. At that point we have allowed our situation to dictate our mood. Then we looked at how “bad” to some, really isn’t bad at all…it’s normal. We looked at how “good” to some, really isn’t all that good to others. The experience of the person affects the response “In The Good And The Bad” naturally. Then we discussed the way we see bad, is the way God sees growth.
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Words of Encouragement: In The Good and The Bad (Part 3)

April 21st, 2013 Up4Dsn

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“Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.”

– 2 Timothy 4:2 ESV

 

As we dig deeper into the topic of “In The Good And The Bad”, lets look at other areas where this exact principle could be applied. It could be applied in life when we are eagerly waiting on something to happen that hasn’t happened yet. It could also be applied when looking at someone desiring to get a degree in school because we all know not all of that is a good time. We could look at a friend in life that we grew up with and not all those times were good or bad. Here’s my point, you never know what is around the corner and the reason for the bad times. Most great thinkers and inventors ideas came when they were in the most difficult times of their lives. For some reason, pressure invokes us to be more creative, but you have to invite that creative time in and allow yourself to see growth through the trial.

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Words of Encouragement: In The Good and The Bad (Part 2)

April 14th, 2013 Up4Dsn

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“Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.”

– 2 Timothy 4:2 ESV

 

As we began to take a step into looking at making sure we remain faithful “In The Good And The Bad”, lets first look at some areas of this. Conditions change the attitude and personality, but why is that? Why do we look at where we are at in life, spiritually and situationally and think “I’m going to act out my situation?” As we discussed before, your good may not be someone else’s good or your bad may not be someone else’s bad. So in your mind and life, you have created parameters for what you consider good and bad. Many times because some of us have had such bad hands dealt to us in life, others “bad” is not really bad at all to us. In that same understanding, some of us have had a great life and what is considered “good” to another person may be the norm in our life. What we don’t do is take into consideration that there are “seasons” in life.

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Words of Encouragement: In The Good and The Bad (Part 1)

April 7th, 2013 Up4Dsn

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“Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.”

– 2 Timothy 4:2 ESV

 

During our next Words of Encouragement series we will touch on the topic of “In The Good And The Bad”. Things change for many of us given the circumstances and within this series we will look at these changes and why they may occur. We will discuss what’s really “the bad” versus what’s “the good”. Lets first break down what “Good” means biblically. Biblically “Good” means, “to be desired or approved of” or “that which is righteous”. Now let’s take a look at what ”Bad” means biblically. Biblically “Bad” means, “that of poor quality, inferior or defective” or “wicked, evil, poor, nasty, vicious or ill”. Just looking at the definition of those two words, I think you would agree that your situation may not be as “bad” as you thought. In a previous lesson, we learned what “Love” really meant, but it was only AFTER learning the meaning that we realized what we were giving wasn’t what the bible considers love to be, but instead that of the world. It’s the same thing with “Good” and “Bad”; if the bible is the standard…our parameters shouldn’t extend the verses.

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Words of Encouragement: Accountability (Part 3)

March 17th, 2013 Up4Dsn

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“Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.” – James 5:16 (ESV)

 

Lets go a step further into the topic of Accountability, but first reiterate what it looks like. By definition, the word Accountability means responsibility to someone or for some activity. So we have to understood that Accountability is not only being responsible for others as brothers and sisters, but also for “some activity”. This could mean the things we do or the things/places we allow ourselves to be around. As we broke down Accountability last week, we saw how Christ held everyone that He came across accountable for their actions, BUT He also presented correction at a appropriate time. Many of us can’t communicate correction to someone because of the timing. The timing for some could be the reason a person despises you, closes their ears to your counsel or listens to you attentively. We have to make sure that we are continuing to operate in wisdom so that when the time presents itself, we can execute the information properly. Information given to a person too quickly can be the reason for a disconnect, not only with you but with Christ as well.

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