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Abba part 5

07/14/2016 10:59

I think one of the biggest differences between being childlike and being childish is that being childish is like throwing a fit to get what you want, whereas being childlike is trusting Daddy to take care of you. When Jesus spoke about receiving the Kingdom like a child as the only way to enter in,...

Abba part 4

07/13/2016 12:10

Once upon a time, when I was very young, I did something wrong. Hard to believe, I know. And I was going to get punished. So I ran for my life. Literally. I ran around a tree until my dad caught me. And when he did catch me--it honestly didn't take very long--I looked up at him and said, "You're a...

Abba part 3

07/12/2016 10:26

Our key verse for this Rant series is Galatians 4:6, "And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father." Today I want to link that verse with this one, "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved" (Romans 10:13). And...

Abba part 2

07/11/2016 15:32

Abba. Father. A term of endearment. A term of intimacy. A term of love. Available to us through the Holy Spirit. The Spirit of truth. The Spirit that leads and guides us into all truth. The love receptor. The Spirit of God's only begotten Son so that we might know that we ARE God's Son. So that we...

Abba part 1

07/10/2016 10:46

To start year 5 of Jesus Rants (and I can't believe it's been that long either!) I want to focus on who God is. There are 4 things in the Bible that God is concretely defined as: Love, Spirit, Light, a Consuming Fire. And those pictures are amazing. We'll probably get into each one of them this...

Extra Rant

07/09/2016 10:27

Because this was a leap year, there's an extra Rant. (Hooray!) And I want use it to talk about what love is. I know, I know, it feels like that's all I ever do. But I want to literally define the word love. 1 John 4:8 says, "He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love." This verse,...

Undeserved part 5

07/08/2016 13:48

It's not about what we deserve, because it's not about what we did. It's about what JESUS did, both for us and as us! And that's why it's called REST. Jesus did the work. And we get to enjoy the fruit of His labor. The fruit of the Spirit. Love. Jesus said the greatest love a man can have is to lay...

Undeserved part 4

07/07/2016 10:52

Remember, mercy is NOT getting what you deserve, and grace is getting what you DON'T deserve. Which is basically what Ezra 9:13 says, "And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespasses, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and...

Undeserved part 3

07/06/2016 15:29

When you understand that the gift of God--eternal life, knowing the Father and the One whom He sent--has nothing to do with what you do and everything to do with who you are... that's when you can start to ENJOY the gift of God. You can stop trying to earn something that can't be earned. Look at...

Undeserved part 2

07/05/2016 11:25

I've heard it said that mercy is NOT getting what you deserve, and grace is getting what you DON'T deserve. And those are two of the three things (which ain't bad at all) found in 2 John 1:3, "Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the...

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