http://elkcreekcc.org/greg reflections and devotional thoughts Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:19:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yeah, I know what a lot of you who know me are thinking:  “… Greg, teaching on time management – this I’ve got to hear/read …”!  Read on please!   A couple of weeks ago, we started to look in Ephesians 5 where, Paul says this, “Live life with a due sense ... http://elkcreekcc.org/greg/?p=49 Suppose you had a bank account that every morning at 6, the bank deposited $86,400 into your account ... the one requirement was that you had to spend it all that day - any unused money would be debited back out of the account.  What would you do?  You’d figure out a ... http://elkcreekcc.org/greg/?p=47 When we started this series last month, we said that we’re going to look at three different areas of your life mainly – your time, talents and treasure.  In my estimation, these are the THREE MAIN AREAS of our lives the areas in which God wants to “direct our paths” (Prov. ... http://elkcreekcc.org/greg/?p=45 After establishing the "Why" of setting godly goals that God desires to bless (they give us hope; focus or energy & efforts; stretch our faith; and build our character), we're continuing the series by answering the question "What does a Godly goal look like?"  Not every goal that you set ... http://elkcreekcc.org/greg/?p=43 I started a new series of messages this past Sunday on goal setting.  I've heard it said on different occasions by numerous "motivational speakers" (and preachers) that there are three kinds of people in the world - those that make things happen; those who watch things happen; and those who ... http://elkcreekcc.org/greg/?p=41 This past Sunday, preaching from Isaiah 43, I shared with our congregation at Elk Creek that God promises to carry us through rough waters.  Some, if not many, of us though mistake His promise to carry us "through the waters ... through the fire" as a guarantee that we'll never ... http://elkcreekcc.org/greg/?p=39 This past Sunday, we concluded our series of sermons from the Psalms entitled, “Managing Our Emotions” -- over the last several weeks, we've seen how studying the Psalms can help us become more aware of our emotions, and manage them better in a biblical way. As one writer has said, ... http://elkcreekcc.org/greg/?p=36 This is taken from the website, The Presidential Prayer Team (http://presidentialprayerteam.com/) ... As our nation’s Founders designed their plan for a more perfect union, they understood that the success of a modern republic would require more than a political document like the Constitution. From their study of history, the Founders had learned ... http://elkcreekcc.org/greg/?p=34 Gratitude has nothing to do with how much you have.  It has nothing to do with how much money, how much stuff, how many friends, how much influence. People who overflow with these things never take the time to stop and be grateful, while people with just a little overflow ... http://elkcreekcc.org/greg/?p=32 No matter how long we’ve been following Jesus, there’s still a restless ache that lives deep within our hearts. Restlessness can cause people to make sudden, life-changing decisions—both good and bad. Psalm 42 offers three possible causes of restlessness. 1. We're restless because our small taste of God leaves us hungering ... http://elkcreekcc.org/greg/?p=29