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Liberty part 1

05/17/2019 19:33

I quote this memory quite a bit, so I thought this would be a good time and place to really dig into it. Give it a few days. Some time to breathe. Ready? Let's go. "Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty" (2 Corinthians 3:17). And just so we're totally...

Old Commandment part 5

05/16/2019 19:56

I hope we're starting to see that we shouldn't do things just to do them. Change just for change's sake isn't necessarily a good thing. We don't always have to be seeking something new. Its more important, and better in every way, to understand what the thing is that will last. You can call it...

Old Commandment part 4

05/15/2019 19:53

"Old" is a term that we seem to have misunderstood. At the very least we look at it like Barney Stinson from How I Met Your Mother: "New is always better!" But that's just not the case. Change for change's sake isn't good. And don't get me wrong, sometimes change is necessary. But when we're...

Old Commandment part 3

05/14/2019 19:45

I want to quote our key verse for this Rant series again, but I want to do it in the Message Bible. 1 John 2:7 (MSG), "My dear friends, I'm not writing anything new here. This is the oldest commandment in the book, and you've known it from day one. It's always been implicit in the Message you've...

Old Commandment part 2

05/13/2019 20:04

Its the idea of our "new" (true) nature. Its new... to the point that we didn't understand it, but now we do. Now we can. Its not "new" as in God needed to try and try again. Its new... to you. In the sense that we've always had it, but now we know what we have. Like that idea of money in the bank....

Old Commandment part 1

05/12/2019 19:51

This idea is kind of tricky. Because we look at everything through the lens of our own experiences. Our own selves. So we have this idea in our heads that we started off at the bottom. "I'm just a sinner. That's who I am. That's my nature. And, try as I might, I can't rise above my nature. I'm only...

Exercise part 5

05/11/2019 16:00

I started this Rant series with 1 Timothy 4:8 in the King James version of the Bible. I want to finish it with 1 Timothy 4:8 in the Message Bible, "Workouts in the gymnasium are useful, but a disciplined life in God is far more so, making you fit both today and forever." Everlasting life. Fit...

Exercise part 4

05/10/2019 20:48

Exercise helps you grow. Exercising your faith helps you grow in faith. And in grace. And in mercy. And in love. Ephesians 4:15, "But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ." Growing up in all things. By speaking the truth in love. How do we...

Exercise part 3

05/09/2019 19:48

From what I understand about exercising--and I used to work out, around middle school when I wrestled and played football so many moons ago--the more you do it, the stronger you get. Paul writes kind of extensively about the journey from babes (in Christ) to full blown maturity. And it is a...

Exercise part 2

05/08/2019 20:21

Let me get my memory verse for today out: "For we walk by faith, not by sight" (2 Corinthians 5:7). A pretty popular verse. Probably right up there with John 3:16, right? But here's what I want to say about it, "You can't walk by faith without... you know... walking." Putting one foot in front of...

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