Revisiting the Top Thought Provoking Teachings of 2019

Singing has always played an important role in the worship of God. Why should God’s people sing? It is not merely, as some have suggested, to prepare worshipers for the sermon. Rather, we sing because it is an effective way to express our adoration, our supplication, our praise, or our testimony. Through song we praise the Lord and edify one another.

Is God only good if your life is going the way you want it? While no Christian perfectly holds their tongue (James 3:1-10) and therefore Christians do erupt with grumbling and disputing at times, because God is at work in us, that diminishes in the individual Christian over time as they are conformed into the image of Christ. This week Dr. Dixon teaches that “We Are Far Too Easily Displeased”

God loves us, and He wants us to live blessed, peaceful, and thankful lives, so He commands us to be thankful, and tells us what kinds of things to think about. Now it is our turn to love Him and ourselves enough to obey. Let’s be diligent to obey God, and be thankful. This week Dr. Dixon is teaching, “How Is It Possible To Obey”

Is there something painful, disappointing or frustrating in your life that makes it hard to be grateful? How can you give thanks in your circumstances even when you can’t see anything good in them? Are you thankful no matter what? This week Dr. Dixon teaches “How Can We Be Thankful In All Circumstances”

Habits are more than just discipline. They are based on REWARD. The secret of all spiritual discipline is not pain: It’s pleasure! Interested? By forming good spiritual habits we position ourselves in the paths of God’s grace. Habits free us from being distracted by our own actions and techniques so our attention can focus on God.

We have to choose to let annoyances pass, to forgive, to be kind, to respect, to support, to be faithful. Sometimes it’s easy and sometimes it’s incredibly hard, but it is up to us to choose how we want to act, think and speak. Life can change in an instant. Make sure you appreciate what you have, while you still have it.

Humility doesn’t makes sense in our world. Humility calls for you to be courteous, respectful and patient in a world that is shrill, disrespectful and intolerant. So to be humble is to be unreasonable. Humility goes against the grain of reason because this virtue compels you to not think about yourself in a world that is obsessed with itself.

Humility enables you to be honest with yourself, it impels you to commit to your full potential to God, and that prepares you to be filled with the Holy Spirit, this is the way to happiness. Build your life on the foundation of humility, because it is the way to happiness.

When we think about what it looks like to live as a Christian, we often forget many of the inner heart virtues that lead to the outward behaviors that would make our list. In the Beatitudes, which describe the character of the person who is a citizen of God’s kingdom, Jesus starts with humility. Humility serves as the root of our growth as believers. However, our growth can be stunted by allowing ourselves to become prideful and arrogant. Thus, on today’s podcast, Dr. Dixon gives us the spiritual process to kill our pride and challenges to chose to grow in humility.