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Light it Up part 2

07/11/2015 13:53

We are the light of the world. Not because we try really hard to shine... but because even though in the beginning we were dark and void and without form, God spoke and said, "Let there be light!" He lit us up. In Him is life and that life is the light of men. Let me say it another way by quoting...

Light it Up part 1

07/10/2015 11:52

I love the theme of light in the Bible. God IS light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. So that's where I wanted to start year four of Ranting. And I want to start this series with John 1:4, "In him was life; and the life was the light of men." I don't think we've really even scratched the...

Secure part 5

07/09/2015 12:30

Safe and secure in the loving arms, the unconditional embrace, of our heavenly Father. That's what gets me through the day. Let me say it like this, "No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the...

Secure part 4

07/08/2015 09:24

Philippians 4:7 tells us that, "...the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." That kind of peace--TRUE peace, a peace that passes understanding--doesn't come from an absence of a storm. It comes from calm IN the storm. It comes from...

Secure part 3

07/07/2015 12:25

I think, really, the biggest battle we fight is with ourselves. With our own thoughts. Which is why LETTING the mind of Christ that's already in you BE in you is so important. I think so often we make mountains out of molehills because we're so focused on the problem. We feel like we have to solve...

Secure part 2

07/06/2015 08:33

Sometimes I wonder about the things we take for granted. For example, we seem to think that "meekness" and "weakness" are the same thing. We seem to think that we are supposed to be out there fighting any and everything. I've said this many times: the ONLY fight we're supposed to fight is the good...

Secure part 1

07/05/2015 13:08

We have a saying in the "church world" (or at least in my little circle of it). And it goes like this: It came to pass, not to stay. We say that because over and over in the Old Testament the Bible uses that phrase, "it came to pass." And the thought is that while we may have to go through things,...

Separation part 5

07/04/2015 13:05

Doesn't it seem like (at least if you follow my ministry for any amount of time) it always comes back to the central truth that what is true about "us and God" is also true about "us and each other"? There's no separation between us and God. Nothing--and no one (except ourselves to some limited...

Separation part 4

07/03/2015 13:06

Let me try to work this patch today: If there is NOTHING and no one (except ourselves, in a sense) that can separate us from the love of God... then what's the deal with the sheep and the goats? Because in Matthew 25:31-34 we see this, "When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy...

Separation part 3

07/02/2015 13:23

Yesterday we looked at the question, "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?..." (Romans 8:35). And we answered a similar question, because nothing can separate you from that love. But we kind of missed the original question. WHO shall separate us? And the answer, in a sense, is "only you."...

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