Getting serious
The new year is upon us. Gym memberships will be up, diet plans will be plentiful, and by March many of them …
Developing Spiritual Grit part 3
Developing the right Mindset In order to have spiritual grit in life’s storms, we have to decide beforehand how we will handle …
Developing Spiritual Grit part 2
Starting with a firm foundation and with a goal The United States Marine Corps has a 13 week recruit training to make …
Starting over
This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has …
Peace with God
Romans 5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. What do …
Love others
John 13:34-35 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also …
Present God your first
Matthew 6:24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will …
Meet with God daily
Proverbs 8:34 Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors. …
Love Jesus more than anything
Mark 12:30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all …
7 habits to improve your spiritual health
John 13:15-16 If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another …
Falling from grace
Galatians 5:1-6 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Look: I, …
New Law or Gospel Freedom?
Colossians 2:20-23 If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the …
Don’t Despise the Day of Small Beginnings: Spiritual Growth
Zechariah 4:10 Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line …
Overcoming the World
1 John 5:1-5 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father …
Children of God
1 John 2:28-3:10 And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink …
The New Commandment
1 John 2:7-14 Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old …
Do Not Love the World
1 John 2:15-17 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of …
Be encouraged
Ephesians 6:21-22 So that you also may know how I am and what I am doing, Tychicus the beloved brother and faithful minister …
How to be a light
Ephesians 5:8-10 for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the …
Are you even obeying God?
I’m sure sometimes people get tired of my advice, which mostly boils down to read the Bible, pray, and obey God. Sometimes …
A life lived for God is an honest life
Ephesians 4:28 Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he …
May we grow to maturity
Ephesians 4:13-14 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature …
He created them in His image
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he …
His glorious grace
Ephesians 1:6 to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. You know what’s best …
The Gospel is For Real
I’ve never been to heaven and back. I have, however, realized the tendency that Christians have to get wrapped up in things …
Growing in Christ – Speaking
Since beginning this series here on the website, I’ve introduced the concept to our children’s ministry at Christ Fellowship of Tampa. The …
Growing in Christ – Eating
Last week I wrote about how to need to be growing spiritually, just as we need to grow physically to be healthy. …
We need to grow
Sometimes there are things that I see in very black and white. The sky is blue, ducks say “quack” and a follower …
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Go and make disciples
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Faith in Fatherhood episode 1
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Just Matthew J
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Taking a walk as a family and testing out the new GoPro
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Taking a walk as a family and testing out the new GoPro
Sermon: How many times should I forgive? (made with Spreaker)
Source:http://www.spreaker.com/user/matthewjcochran/sermon_how_many_times_should_i_forgive Matthew J. Cochran speaks to the 9am service at Christ Fellowship of Tampa on 7/15/12. Text is from Matthew 18:21-35.
The power of a testimony (made with Spreaker)
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What’s the deal with Easter? (made with Spreaker)
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Ready…set…hotdog!
Hank’s fondest memory from this past soccer season is when Coach Nick said “Ready…set…hotdog!”
Righteous contradiction
References: Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a …
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Bible reading plans
You can start reading the Bible in a variety of ways. Make sure you don’t bite off more than you can chew …
Romans: Sharing with Christ
Romans 8:17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ,provided we suffer with him in order that we may also …