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ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: Supernatural Maturity, Part 17

July 10, 2015

We may run long today as we attempt to wrap up this series, so let's see what kind of progress we can make in today's sharing.

Here again is the amplified and re-translated portion of this passage from Matthew 5:14-16:

[When I said, “Light be,” that was the light that brought this world into being.  I AM that…

ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: Supernatural Maturity, Part 16

July 3, 2015

There is a lot of territory to cover today and in the next two weeks, and even as I write, Holy Spirit just seems to keep downloading, so let's get right to it.

Here again is the amplified and re-translated portion of this passage from Matthew 5:14-16:

[When I said, “Light be,” that was the light that brought this…

ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: Supernatural Maturity, Part 15

June 26, 2015

OK.  We've spent the last three weeks on what it means to be the salt of the earth.  Now it’s time to get on with what it means to be the light of the world.  Once again, here’s how it reads in the KJV:

Matthew 5:13-16:  Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith…

ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: Supernatural Maturity, Part 14

June 19, 2015

Greetings and Solutions! Today, we were going to move on to the second part of Jesus' use of the two metaphors describing our authority in the earth -- the first one was the way we permeate and "season" our homes, our neighborhoods, our communities, etc., as salt -- and the second being our function in Christ as "the light of the world." We WERE going to move on to that second part, but I got to thinking about…

ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: Supernatural Maturity, Part 13

June 12, 2015

Good Morning!  Gotta share a recent event that took place as an illustration of our continuing study of what it means to be "the salt of the earth."

A couple weeks back, our daughter, Shelley, stopped in to see us and brought a friend of hers (whom I will call "Arlene" for the sake of this discussion). …

ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: Supernatural Maturity, Part 12

June 5, 2015

And another TGIF day to you!  If my calculations are correct, we have passed the 1,000 mark in these Coffee Break articles during the past few weeks -- and that spans a period which began in December of 2004 on a sporadic basis.  Beginning in January of 2005 and spanning several months, I actually tried to publish these posts…

ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: Supernatural Maturity, Part 11

May 28, 2015

We begin again today with the amplified version of Jesus' declaration of blessing for those who are persecuted:

Matthew 5:10-12:   “Blessed and highly favored by the King [of Kings] are those who are harassed, molested, mistreated, or pursued after with hostile intent simply because they have been justified [by faith (in Jesus…

ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: Supernatural Maturity, Part 10

May 21, 2015

Let's begin again today with the amplified version of Jesus' declaration of blessing for those who are persecuted:

Matthew 5:10-12:   “Blessed and highly favored by the King [of Kings] are those who are harassed, molested, mistreated, or pursued after with hostile intent…

ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: Supernatural Maturity, Part 9

May 15, 2015

Whenever we think of the term, "persecution," in today's vernacular, and especially among those who have an "end times" mindset, we tend to view it as a lead-in to "tribulation" -- and for some, the so-called "Great Tribulation."  It isn't my purpose to discuss tribulation in this week's (and next week's) Coffee Break.  Rather…

ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: Supernatural Maturity, Part 7

May 1, 2015

In the next couple of Coffee Breaks, as we continue with the truths of Jesus' character expressed in the Sermon on the Mount, I'd like to deal with something that some folks may consider as controversial and even heretical -- and that is the ability we have IN CHRIST to literally change the chaos and strife around us by the same…

ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: Supernatural Maturity, Part 6

April 24, 2015

When we paused in this discussion last week, we were talking about the presence of the Lord as it manifested in the cloud.  This is a discussion that could take us way off track if we followed the rabbit trail, but I'm really just wanting to draw some illustrations for you to help in understanding what Jesus means…

ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: Supernatural Maturity, Part 5

April 17, 2015

Let's get right to our discussion today.  This concept of being "naturally supernatural, and supernaturally natural" is rooted and grounded in the following truths.

We've been fitted together and joined together with Jesus Christ as a living, breathing extension of Him.  This may sound…

ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: SUPERNATURAL MATURITY, Part 4

April 10, 2015

Need to share a personal story with you as a lead-in to today's Coffee Break.  It was December 5, 1960 that I joined the Army.  Not long after completing Basic Training at Fort Ord, I was standing out on the tarmac, duffle bag in hand, awaiting being boarded on an aircraft with orders that would send me to Ramstein, Germany, with…

ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: SUPERNATURAL MATURITY, Part 3

April 3, 2015

For those of you with children who are running from God or who simply ignore the call of Holy Spirit in their lives, let me share a quick story of encouragement before we begin today's sharing.

Our youngest son, Joshua, has had his battles for years.  He has had anger issues stemming from abuse and rejection from his biological…

ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: Supernatural Maturity, Part 2

March 27, 2015

To repeat what we started with last week in this series, we are talking about the personality, the makeup, the very essence of the Lord Jesus Christ.  Jesus -- as the Son of God -- was naturally supernatural, and supernaturally natural.  I know that sounds a bit clichéd, but he was the "natural" Son of God.  By the world's standards -- make…

ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: SUPERNATURAL MATURITY, Part 1

March 20, 2015

During the past few months, I've been sharing in our local fellowship a revelation from what we commonly refer to as The Sermon on the Mount.  As I was reading Matthew 5, 6 & 7, I suddenly realized that Jesus was sharing with the folks a whole lot of character pictures which epitomize the very nature of His being, makeup and personality.

Before we dig…

ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: Signs, Part 2

March 13, 2015

Well, I hadn't intended to do a Part 2 of this message, but after receiving some of the responses from folks who'd had their own experiences, it just seemed appropriate to do a follow-up.  My follow-up, by the way, does NOT include more discussion on UFO's.  Some folks wanted me to explore that discussion further but that would not have served the purpose of alerting people to the…

ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: Signs

March 6, 2015

Greetings, Salutations and Blessings on you as we head into another weekend.  I will continue this week with one more set of stories before we resume doing series-type Coffee Breaks.  Next week we will dig into the Sermon on the Mount and begin taking a look at the character and nature of the Lord Jesus Christ.  Today, however, we're going to stay kinda casual and…

ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: POINT OF NO RETURN

February 27, 2015

'Mornin' Folks!  Had a good week so far?  Great!  I'm continuing on reprising a few stories that go back ten years or more when  I first began publishing these Coffee Breaks.  I'm going to return to a rather casual, kinda-round-the-table, relaxed way of writing (conversational style, OK?) for this -- and next week's -- Coffee Break.  This week's Coffee Break deals…