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Patience part 4

07/23/2021 16:44

In order to use the patience that we have--love is patient, and we have love because we are love, so we have patience. It's not something we need, it's something we have--we must learn to see past right this minute. I know there's a lot to be said about "living in the moment." Fully experiencing...

Patience part 3

07/22/2021 18:43

The biggest thing, in my opinion, about having patience is understanding that things don't always go according to your timeframe. Nor, necessarily, should they. Especially when it comes to other people. If you expect someone to do something your way, in your time, all you're really doing is setting...

Patience part 2

07/21/2021 19:06

Patience is a virtue. Because love is patient. But... because love is patient, and we ARE love (because we are loved), that means we don't have to "get" patience. That means we have it. We ARE it. The key is to be who we are. To use what we have. To know and believe that we have it instead of...

Patience part 1

07/20/2021 17:33

You've probably heard it said--I know I have--that if you ask God for patience, He will give you opportunities to be patient. But let's look at that. It's kind of the same idea that God gives you mountains you can learn how to climb, right? Except that according to Isaiah 40:4, "Every valley shall...

Judgment part 5

07/19/2021 19:31

When we understand the judgment of God--that it was in our favor... that it was not a death sentence, but an eternal LIFE sentence--that's when we can stop being afraid of the judgment. Look at 1 John 4:17, "Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because...

Judgment part 4

07/18/2021 19:51

God's judgment was handed down 2000 years ago AFTER Jesus died on the cross, when, three days later, God raised Jesus from the dead. The book of Hebrews tells us it is appointed unto man once to die, THEN the judgment. So death can't BE the judgment, right? God's judgment was not a death sentence....

Judgment part 3

07/17/2021 17:38

There's a very simple but important principle in this life, especially in regards to our relationship with God, and it goes like this: Receive it and release it. That, really, is our purpose why we were created. God--who is love--wanted to express Himself, so He created us. He wanted something to...

Judgment part 2

07/16/2021 19:37

It blows my mind how often I hear religious folk talk about the judgment of God against humanity. Usually, unfortunately, in the terms of "the wrath of God." Like God has a vendetta against humankind. And here's how it usually seems to go: God created humans. Humans disobeyed God. God got mad and...

Judgment part 1

07/15/2021 17:18

I ended the last Rant series kind of talking about God's judgment. How it is appointed unto men ONCE to die, and THEN the judgment. And about how Jesus (and us IN Jesus) kept that appointment. How God's judgment was not a death sentence (the judgment came AFTER the death), but an eternal LIFE...

Second Death part 5

07/15/2021 17:03

You have to die if you want to live forever. Or, rather, you have to understand that you DID die 2,000 years ago on an old rugged cross when Jesus died. His death was our death. That's why, now, His life--His abundant, everlasting, eternal, Resurrection Life of love--is our life. We can only...

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