Category: Patterns of Life
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Love is Grace Released
I’m Dr. Bob and for just a Mentoring Minute, I want to point out to you that it is easy to recognize genuine love. A great deal of the trouble in our lives comes from failing to recognize and understand the life-changing, life-saving value of love. This value is clear to see in love’s simplest,…
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Contribution or Sacrifice?
I’m Dr. bob and for just a Mentoring Minute, I want to share a life-changing thought I received while listening to the preaching of Pastor Jamie Peters, a friend and apostle to Africa. He pointed out that though a contribution is given with good intentions (there is certainly nothing wrong with that); there is a…
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God Acts When You Ask
I’m Dr. Bob and for just a Mentoring Minute, I want to encourage you that we all go through times when we feel stuck in situations, seasons or places we need to get past. Everyone experiences these times. The critical question is typically twofold. First, what can we do to put these difficult, uncomfortable and…
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Truth is Radical. Lies are Normal.
I’m Dr. Bob and for just a Mentoring Minute I want to remind you that far too many people, regardless of what religious label they wear, now reject God’s truth as radical and accept lies as normal. Our society justifies living with self-determined standards, calling them correct and truthful. Today, if you refuse to accept…
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I’m Not Changing My Message
I’m Dr. Bob and for just a Mentoring Minute, I want to encourage you that the light of God’s glory can brighten your life. Yes, there are times when you will find yourself totally in the dark, without a clue about what is coming next. This is especially true when trouble comes and you have…
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Humble or Grumble?
I’m Dr. Bob and for just a Mentoring Minute, I would like to suggest that it is better to be humble than to grumble. Often we complain about something by saying, “It’s not fair;” or “I don’t deserve this?” Like me, you probably have said the same thing more than you would care to admit.…
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Desperation, Perspiration, then Rest
I’m Dr. Bob and for just a Mentoring Minute, I would like to invite you to consider this: Desperation in a stressful situation can take two paths. The first leads to panic, poor decisions and lots of work that only brings frustration and failure. I heartily recommend the second path, which is to let your…
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Order the Combo
I’m Dr. Bob and for just a Mentoring Minute, think about what it feels like to be really hungry. Perhaps you are there right now. Hunger may be defined as a feeling of discomfort that motivates you to seek what will satisfy it. What might you be hungry for as you read this? Let me…
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Traffic Lights
I’m Dr. Bob and for just a Mentoring Minute, I want to ask if you have ever been frustrated with yourself because you made bad decisions? I certainly have. Sometimes, our decisions take us away from the successes for which we work so hard. At other times, it seems we are all too eager to…
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Tolerance? NO!
I’m Dr. Bob and for just a Mentoring Minute I want to set the record straight about the deception of tolerance. We live in a society that demands a standard of absolute tolerance for everyone who lives by their own rules, while doing their own thing. Is this good? Are we to accept tolerance? Do…
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