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Immutable part 5

09/12/2016 12:33
Jesus is the truth. The truth about God and the truth about you. Who God is--your loving heavenly Father--and who you are--His beloved Son in whom He is wel pleased. And since we're talking about identity, Jesus is the immutable truth. The unchanging truth. His being pleased with you isn't about...

Immutable part 4

09/11/2016 12:26
Nothing can change about God's love for us. God IS love. In order for Him to stop loving us, He'd have to stop being God. And even if that was possible, it would never happen. I always say it like this, "God is not mad AT you, He's mad ABOUT you." God is head over heels in love with you. He loves...

Immutable part 3

09/10/2016 10:12
The immutable truth of God's love for us is unchanging. It's true no matter what. But the key to the truth is KNOWING and BELIEVING it. Because even though God loves you no matter what... even though He always has and always will love you... if you don't know it, it doesn't really do much for you....

Immutable part 2

09/09/2016 15:00
When something is immutable, that means it is unchangable. I was going to put "written in stone" but really it's even more than that. It's written in the heart. It's absolute truth. True yesterday, today, and forever. That's a foundation you can build on. Because no matter what happens, that...

Immutable part 1

09/08/2016 11:05
There are things you "know" and there are things you KNOW. It's the difference between head knowledge and heart knowledge, right? But I've always thought if you're going to base your life on something it should be something true. A truth. And not only "A" truth, but THE truth. We know Jesus is THE...

Rise Up part 5

09/07/2016 09:54
We don't rise up in order to shine. We rise up because we ARE shining! The brilliant glory of the Lord IS risen upon us. We have everything we need to leave the spiritual depression behind. Not in our own strength--because we don't necessarily have any--but in HIS strength. He finished the work and...

Rise Up part 4

09/06/2016 10:50
I always wondered about this idea of "picking ourselves up by our own bootstraps." This idea of somehow making ourselves "more holy." Like... if we're not good enough to begin with, how can we--in our own strength and power--make ourselves any better? That's why I like the Gospel so much. The...

Rise Up part 3

09/05/2016 16:30
When you're stuck in a rut--which we know is just a grave with the ends kicked out--it can feel like you're never going to be able to get out of it. It can feel like a hampster wheel where no matter how fast you go, or how hard you try, you never get anywhere. And the truth of the matter is, that's...

Rise Up part 2

09/04/2016 13:45
Isaiah chapter 60 verse 1 in the Amplified Bible turns the familiar phrase, "Arise, shine for your light has come," into, "Arise [from spiritual depression into a new life], shine [be radiant with the glory and brilliance of the LORD]; for your light has come, And the glory and brilliance of the...

Rise up part 1

09/03/2016 12:08
It doesn't seem like a lot of the religious world knows this, but in the early church being a disciple of Christ was very much being part of a revolution. Even the phrase, "Jesus is Lord" was in direct opposition to the ruler of the time, "Ceaser is lord." It was a time of change. Upheavel. It was...
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