Rick Thomas | Your Daily Drive

Pretend your tongue is a paintbrush, and your heart is a bucket full of paint. You dip your brush into your bucket so you can paint a picture on a canvas for the world to see. The picture that you paint reveals your relationship with Christ. And it has an immediate and long-term impact on all those who experience it. What kind of Jesus are you painting? What effect do you have on others?

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One of the downsides of dividing the Bible into chapters and verses is that it can create a principle-driven discipleship methodology. What I mean is that we can turn the Bible into nuggets, snippets, and tips that are not in the context of the passage or motivated by the Gospel. Besides this eisegetical approach to Bible study, it leads to behaviorism. One of the downsides is no heart transformation.

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What are your thoughts about the warnings in the New Testament regarding wolves in sheep’s clothing, or about weeds among the wheat? How am I to think about them, as well as respond to them? What is the best approach when dealing with this subject? Do you have any practical advice? – Supporting Member

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Physical intimacy in a marriage is a vital assessment of how a couple relates to each other. The challenge is having transparent conversations about their sexual relationship. If left unattended, sexual desires rarely cease but take on distortions that adversely impact the couple. Mable found herself in this unenviable situation with her husband, Biff.

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Do you love Jesus with all of your heart, soul, mind, and strength (Matthew 22:36-40)? Do you not particularly like or care for all of His children? Is there any individual in the body of Christ with whom you find it hard to like? Perhaps you can ask this way: do you love the Head of the Church, but not all of His body parts? There are times when it’s useful to self-reflect to see if there are any folks in the body that annoy you, especially those close to you.

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Navigating a disappointing and painful relationship is something we all have to do. And though you can bounce back quickly from some of these strained relationships, others require more work. In the article, I am responding to a person who went through an unwanted divorce and is struggling with forgiving his ex-wife.

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It used to be that everyone identified as a male or female, based on objective anatomical evidence at a child’s birth. In the past few decades, what has always been evident to the naked eye is now fluid; it is “to be determined,” based on other criteria that you can’t know until the child become an adult. Today’s sexually confused society is not hard to understand if you interpret the problem through the correct filter.

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Secondary preferences at times can move to primary prominence in some peoples’ minds. When this happens, division comes and strong opinions prevail. One of the most hotly debated secondary issues in the church, historically speaking, is whether it’s a sin to drink alcohol. When helping believers to think biblically about alcohol, you must have patience, wisdom, discretion, and courage. One of our supporting members asked me how to help a church change its perspective on alcohol use.

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The unchanging person is the loving caregiver’s greatest struggle. You love them and want to help them. You pour out your heart for them. But they do not change. Sometimes you push too hard. Other times, you give up. Knowing how to respond to each individual is a wisdom issue, but being a restful soul is non-negotiable for all of them. Are you a restful soul as you think about the person you love so much but is not changing?

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Technology can be redemptive instruments in the hands of individuals who want to do good and know how to accomplish those positive purposes. Conversely, technology in the hands of someone who does not have redemptive values, it can damage their souls and all of those around them. The question for you is, what is the cyber effect of technology on your soul?

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