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The Promised Land part 2

08/21/2018 19:43

God came down to us so that He could bring us up to Himself. That's called reconciliation. Not demanding that someone, somehow, improve themselves enough to get up to where you're at, but rather bringing them to where you're at. Basically, I'm trying to say God promised us that land that flows with...

The Promised Land part 1

08/20/2018 19:46

I think I want to really slow down and look at this idea of the Promised Land. You know, the one described (first) in Exodus 3:8, "And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto a...

Taste and See part 5

08/19/2018 19:54

I don't remember what we were going to eat, but someone asked Logan if he wanted some. And he said, "I don't like it. Learned that the hard way!" Which was his way of saying he'd tried it. Which is all I, as a parent, expect him to do. I'm not one of those "eat three bites or else" types of...

Taste and See part 4

08/18/2018 19:41

Try it... you'll like it. That's basically what God is actually saying to us. No matter what religion would have you believe. God is NOT saying, "Turn or burn." He's NOT saying, "Love me or else." Look at Revelation 22:17, "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come....

Taste and See part 3

08/17/2018 19:52

I wanted to quote this memory verse the last couple of days, but it'll go nicely right here. "Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: If so be ye have...

Taste and See part 2

08/16/2018 20:01

Faith is not hoping something will happen. Faith is knowing something happened. Two thousand years ago. On an old rugged cross. That's why the good fight of faith is laying hold of something you've already got, not trying to get something you haven't got. Seeking first the Kingdom and His...

Taste and See part 1

08/15/2018 19:43

I really think we've twisted faith around. We say things like, "Have faith," and we mean "Hope really hard." That old saying, "PUSH, Pray Until Something Happens." Because it seems like we're always trying to get God to move. Trying to get God to do what we want Him to do. In a way, trying to make...

Disappointment part 5

08/14/2018 19:47

When you're disappointed about something, that means you're letting what's going on around you affect what's going on inside you. And that's not ok. That's a bad idea. Because, as Peter found out when he was walking on water, what's usually going on around you is wind and waves. In this world you...

Disappointment part 4

08/13/2018 19:44

Life happens. Every single day. In this world, you will have tribulations. Things don't go our way. And we can either let that wreck us... or we can rise above it. We can get frustrated and bang our head against the wall trying to make things go our way... or we can have peace. We can try to...

Disappointment part 3

08/12/2018 18:29

When you, inevitably, get disappointed... what do you do? Do you let one bump in the road ruin the entire journey? That seems to be the go to response. We're so ready, willing, and able to let the smallest things wreck us. Because we're so completely focused on what is going on around us. When...

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