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Hand Full part 5

10/12/2016 15:29

The thing is... we have everything we need. But if we don't know what we have, it doesn't do us very much good. And, listen, I KNOW that God is always looking out for us like the amazing Father He is. I KNOW that He does things behind the scenes that we might not be aware of. But what we've been...

Hand Full part 4

10/11/2016 15:35

We need to stop looking without, and start looking within. We need to stop acting like we ARE without, and start enjoying the gift we've been given. Don't seek the Kingdom as if you don't have it. Seek it--EXPLORE it--to find out what you DO have! I liken it to the admonition in Ephesians 3:17-19,...

Hand Full part 3

10/10/2016 11:32

It's not about getting. It's about giving what you've got. USING what you've got. Sharing what you've got, and in that way truly experiencing it. Look at Matthew 4:17, "From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." I think this is such an important...

Hand Full part 2

10/09/2016 16:15

When you have your hands full... use what's in your hand. I hear this phrase it seems like every day, "God works in mysterious ways." And I always have to ask myself, "Really? He does?" Because it seems to me like MOST of the time God works through people. Even when something miraculous happens,...

Hand Full part 1

10/08/2016 18:01

I always think it's interesting--and a little bit tragic, really--that people (especially religious folk) are always waiting for God to do something. Because God did what He was going to do. He gave His only begotten Son. And then Jesus did what HE was going to do. He went to the cross and finished...

Mirror Image part 5

10/07/2016 16:53

When you look in the mirror you need to stop seeing what's on the surface. You need to start seeing what's deep inside. Look at Ephesians 5:27 in the NLT, "He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be holy and...

Mirror Image part 4

10/06/2016 16:49

If you don't know what you really look like--and you don't like what you THINK you look like--then it only makes sense for you to try as hard as you can to look like something (or someone) else. But when you do that, when you try to be someone you're not, what you end up doing is missing out on...

Mirror Image part 3

10/05/2016 17:26

I want to use today to Rant about one of my favorite Bible verses. And yes, I know they're all my favorite. My pastor is the same way, and I'm happy to take after him. But this verse I pretty much wrote a whole book about. (Identity Crisis, check it out.) Ready? 2 Corinthians 3:18, "But we all,...

Mirror Image part 2

10/04/2016 15:33

We were made in God's image. Just exactly how we needed to be. Even when the heaven and the earth (the mind and the body... you!) were dark and void and without form, all God had to do was say, "Let there be light." That happened in the beginning. Jesus is the lamb slain from the foundation of the...

Mirror Image part 1

10/03/2016 13:37

I preach, and Rant, all the time about being Christ-centered (people-centered) instead of being self-centered. Because I believe that's why we're here. We're here to be loved (by God) and to love God (by loving one another). Receive and release the love of God. That's WHY we were created. But look...

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