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Sacrifice part 2

07/21/2015 13:00

I really only have one thought for today: When we talk about sacrifice, we're not sacrificing ourselves to GOD. We're sacrificing ourselves to EACH OTHER. Which, in a way, is the same thing. Because we love God BY loving each other. But the distinction, the point, I'm trying to make is this: God...

Sacrifice part 1

07/20/2015 09:22

I'm not sure how this Rant series is gonna go. But, as always, I believe God parts things on my heart for a reason. So I'm just gonna share it. Try to explore it over the next couple of days. Ok. I think about love a lot. Like... all the time. I'm kind of obsessed with it. And one of the things...

Shine On part 5

07/19/2015 11:33

Here's the thing about light: Light doesn't CHANGE anything. If you're in the kitchen and the light is off... and then you turn the light on... you're still in the kitchen. But the difference is that when the light shines you KNOW where you are and you can ENJOY where you are. Now, instead of...

Shine On part 4

07/18/2015 11:29

Remember in the last Rant series how we learned that Jesus lit us up with His life, which is the light of men? Well that's not all He did. He put us on display. Look at Matthew 5:15-16, "Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all...

Shine On part 3

07/17/2015 12:25

How do we shine? By trying really hard to "do everything right"? That's pretty much the world's definition, isn't it? But while we are--in a sense--in the world, we are not of the world. And I say, "in a sense" because REALLY we're in the Kingdom. Really we ARE the Kingdom. But I digress. Shining...

Shine On part 2

07/16/2015 12:25

Isn't it interesting that when Moses came down from Mount Sinai--after having a face-to-face encounter with God--HIS face was shining? Shining so brightly that it scared people? Believe it or not, that's what true, sacrificial, unselfish, unconditional agape love does. It scares people. It seems...

Shine On part 1

07/15/2015 17:43

It didn't take me very long to get stuck on a theme. And that theme is the light of the world. That light that is life. The light that Jesus is... and the light that we are! So here's my thought for today: A star doesn't try really hard to shine. A star shines... because it's a star. It's not what...

Light it Up part 5

07/14/2015 12:28

Here's what I think I've been trying to say in this Rant series: It-- and by "it" I mean salvation, holiness, righteousness, abundant, everlasting, eternal, Resurrection Life-- doesn't come from what you do. It comes from what Jesus did on the cross. And BECAUSE of what Jesus did on the cross we...

Light it Up part 4

07/13/2015 11:53

There's a light that shines inside you. That's why you were created--to shew forth the praise of God! But kind of where my focus has really been in this Rant series is the glorious truth that we DO NOT try really hard in order to shine. We light it up, so to speak, only because Jesus already lit us...

Light it Up part 3

07/12/2015 09:20

Light it up! But I thought you said Jesus already lit us up...? Exactly. Look at John 6:28-29, "Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent." Get it? In order to...

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