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Daddy-o part 2

04/22/2015 12:12

It's interesting to me that when Jesus came to the earth to show us who God is He came as a beloved Son. And He showed us a loving heavenly Father. That's always struck me as important. Because God IS love. And, apparently, the best way for us to understand that love is in the form of that...

Daddy-o part 1

04/21/2015 10:56

I'm calling this Rant series "Daddy-o" because I tried to get Logan to call me that one time and he said, "You mean, 'Daddy'." That's who I am to him. Daddy. And I gotta tell you, that term kind of melts my heart. Because it's so... intimate. To me it kind of perfectly encapsulates our entire...

As He Is part 5

04/20/2015 13:26

As He is, so are we in this world. What's true about Jesus is true about us. That's what He came to show us; not what we could be if we tried really hard, but what we truly are. He came to show us what God looks like. And what He showed us was a man who was filled with the Holy Spirit. A man...

As He Is part 4

04/19/2015 11:36

Our key verse for this Rant series is 1 John 4:17, "Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world." Today I want to focus on that phrase, "Herein is our love made perfect." And this is what I want to say about it:...

As He Is part 3

04/18/2015 13:06

Ok. Boldness in the day of jugdment. A boldness that comes from our total and complete identification with Jesus. Let me work this for a minute. First things first: Judgment day was 2,000 years ago on the cross. But it's also every day. We don't judge... but we excute the judgment that God passed...

As He Is part 2

04/17/2015 13:13

As He is, so are we in this world. Jesus said it like this, "I am my Father are one" (John 10:30). There is no difference and no separation. Jesus lives in us, and He lives through us, and He lives as us. It's not "Jesus AND me." It's "Jesus AS me." I can't live His life, only He can do that. But...

As He Is part 1

04/16/2015 13:37

1 John 4:16 tells us, "Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world." I base a lot of ministry on this verse. Or, rather, on the phrase, "As He is, so are we in this world." Because what that means to me is exactly what...

Consciousness part 5

04/15/2015 12:25

Abundant, everlasting, eternal, Resurrection Life is the conscious awareness of God--of LOVE--in your life. Love is what makes it abundant, and eternal, and everlasting. Love is what we are conscious of--or aware of--because of Jesus' resurrection. He gave His life FOR us and He gave His life TO...

Consciousness part 4

04/14/2015 13:37

The difference between being "self-centered" (or self-conscious) and "Christ-centered" (or Christ-conscious) is, in a word, love. It's the difference between being asleep and being wake. Being dead and being alive. Jesus said it like this, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word,...

Consciousness part 3

04/13/2015 13:34

What you are conscious of is what you are aware of. What you are focused on. What you are... awake to. In the garden of Eden Adam (humanity) fell asleep. Our natural eyes were opened when we ate of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, but our Spiritual eyes closed. We couldn't see things...

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