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Inside Out part 2

01/22/2015 13:23

"But John intervened: 'I'm baptizing you here in the river. The main character in this drama, to whom I'm a mere stagehand, will ignite the kingdom life, a fire, the Holy Spirit within you, changing you from the inside out. He's going to clean house--make a clean sweep of your lives. He'll place...

Inside Out part 1

01/21/2015 11:29

The economy of the Kingdom of God works on an, "inside out," basis. Which is to say, what's in you comes out of you. That's why I always say you can't give what you don't have. That's why you have to receive before you can release. That's why what you believe is so important--because you become...

Great and Small part 5

01/20/2015 13:37

Sometimes the greatest thing you can do feels like a small thing. A cup of cold water for someone who is thirsty. A ear to listen. A shoulder to cry on. I remember when I worked at a law firm one of my coworkers mentioned that she was hungry. And before I knew it I had given her my cookie. I don't...

Great and Small part 4

01/19/2015 13:15

Great and small. Love. The greatest thing there is. But sometimes it manifests as something as small as a cup of cold water. Being there for someone. Meeting a need. NOT telling them, "God will take care of you... good luck," but actually taking care of them! And that's the thing about love. It's...

Great and Small part 3

01/18/2015 13:17

I keep thinking about that cup of water. You know, "And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward" (Matthew 10:39). The example of love that Jesus gave us. Someone's...

Great and Small part 2

01/17/2015 13:58

When Moses was getting ready to go up against Pharoah--the supreme ruler of the land of Egypt in which the people of Israel were slaves--this conversation took place, "And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not...

Great and Small part 1

01/16/2015 11:03

My sister has a sign in her room that says, "Do small things with great love." And when I saw it, it hit me in the heart, right between the eyes. Because I think sometimes we feel as if we're not doing enough for God. When the plain and simple truth is... God already did everythiing for and as us!...

Straight and Narrow part 5

01/15/2015 10:26

Here's what I think I'm trying to say about the straight and narrow way: You don't GET on the way by what you do. Jesus got you on the way when He took up abode in you. Because He IS the Way (and the Truth, and the Life). The way isn't somthing we walk out (in our own power). The way is something...

Straight and Narrow part 4

01/14/2015 10:39

When Jesus finished the work on the cross He made the Way of Grace available to us. He put us on the highway of holiness... by filling us with HIS holiness. By filling us with Himself. And we respond to this Way with the Walk of Faith. Not by walking in our own strength, or our own power, but...

Straight and Narrow part 3

01/13/2015 16:51

The straight and narrow path... the straight gate and the narrow way that IS Jesus... the highway of holiness... does NOT come from trying (and inevitably failing) to keep the Law of Moses. The Apostle Paul put it like this, "For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law,...

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