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Deeper part 2

02/11/2015 12:06

There's a line in my favorite song that says, "If His grace is an ocean, we're all sinking." And I think it's appropriate. Because we don't really seem to understand how deep His love for us is, even though we are literally surrounded by out. We are literally overwhelmed by it. We are drowning in...

Deeper part 1

02/10/2015 13:19

"Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and billows are gone over me" (Psalm 42:7). I know I've read this verse many times. But I can't remember exactly when it was that I HEARD this verse. Or at least that phrase, "Deep calleth unto deep." But whenever it was that it...

Break Glass part 5

02/09/2015 09:41

If you have an emergency, you should break the glass and call on the name of the Lord. He's got your back. He's always with you. And that, actually, is the point of this whole Rant series. Because SINCE God is always with us--He swore that He would never leave us nor forsake us--I truly believe...

Break Glass part 4

02/08/2015 13:11

In order to get rid of this, "Break glass in case of emergency," mindset... this mindset where we try to do it ourselves until we get in over our heads... this idea where there are places or situations where God isn't present... we need to understand that on the cross Jesus gave us full access to...

Break Glass part 3

02/07/2015 13:10

When we use God as a last restort--a break glass in case of emergency--we miss out on so much of what is available to us. Jesus came to give us life and that more abundantly. He came to give us HIS life; eternal, everlasting, abundant, Resurrection Life. On the cross He gave His life for us and He...

Break Glass part 2

02/06/2015 13:15

Here's what I think I'm trying to say in this Rant series: "And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent" (John 17:3). God is not a "break glass in case of emergency" last resort when we try it ourselves and inevitably screw it up....

Break Glass part 1

02/05/2015 13:33

Break glass in case of emergency. Something to help you out that is only used as a last resort. Isn't it terrible that this is how we treat God? I always find it funny that we blame God for the bad stuff that happens, but we want Him to bail us out of any mess we make? We treat Him as last chance....

Expression part 5

02/04/2015 11:50

I started this Rant series talking about Logan and I making funny faces at each other. About what's inside being expressed on the outside. And I think that's a pretty accurate picture of how this "Christian" life works. What's inside--love--comes out naturally. God lives in us, and expresses...

Expression part 4

02/03/2015 12:22

"Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise" (John 5:19). We are God's expression. What He does... He does through us. And it's not, "I...

Expression part 3

02/02/2015 12:26

It's kind of a two part deal: Before the cross Jesus came and expressed the Father TO us. And then through the cross--and now, after the cross--Jesus expresses the Father THROUGH us! Hebrews 1:3 says it like this, "Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and...

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