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On today’s Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will ask us to consider this question—Why is it that when someone does something against us, we look at their actions, but when we do something against them, we look at our intentions? And we say we didn’t intend to do it. Yet, we did it. So, whether we intended to or not, we hurt...

To communicate is to share information with someone, that is either verbal or non-verbal, in a manner in which the person understands.  But Pastor Ford will explain, if there isn’t any understanding, then there hasn’t actually been any real communication.

If you saw a house on fire, and the people inside were unaware their lives were in danger, but you could warn them and save them, would you pass by and keep going?  No one would!  Then Pastor Ford asks those of us who are followers of Christ—why, then, when you know that people around you are on their way to hell, are you passing them up—even...

Pastor Ford encourages each of us to ask ourselves, “Is there something or someone that’s in the way, causing my communication to fail?”  Because a lot of times we really have to be careful about who we’re allowing to give us input into our relationships.

If we’ve been untruthful, and we’ve told someone a lie, then we need to be forgiven of the lie so effective communication can be restored.  As long as the lie is between us and the person we are trying to communicate with, we can go back and forth with them all we want to, but we still have to deal with the lie.  Once it’s dealt with, then...

Today, Pastor Ford will continue to share encouragement for those of us who find ourselves in a blended family situation.  And he’ll remind us that if you need help understanding how to raise a child, whether the child is yours or not, then scripture—especially the book of Proverbs—is full of wisdom to help us know how.

As we continue to see how Joseph was a great example of obedience in accepting his assignment from God, Pastor Ford will help us understand how things could have been much different for him.  He could have disobeyed and walked away.  But because he was in tune with God and understood the importance of obedience, we can look back at his story...

As we continue to consider the profound nature of the incarnation of Christ, we see that there’s no way we could have done for ourselves what He did for us.  We couldn’t save ourselves and so God set it up with the purpose of saving us in mind.  Do you realize that if you were the only person in this world, God would have still sent Jesus...

Wherever we are—at home, on the job, or any place else—we’re to be praising God.  As we continue to look at Psalm 103, Pastor Ford will share with us how praise is supposed to be continual, and it’s actually supposed to be the lifestyle of believers.

Some churches today reject new ideas.  They refuse to break tradition and resist change, because they are repulsed by the unfamiliar.  But Pastor Ford says we have to learn to launch out into the deep!  We have to trust the Lord to begin to do some things on our behalf.  And we need Christians who are willing to sail into some uncharted waters.