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The Journey part 3

12/04/2014 14:10

God loves the number three. You see it over and over again in the Scriptures. Faith, hope, love. Righteousness, peace, joy. "The three tenses of salvation," have been saved, are being saved, will be saved. But most prophetically we see the three days' journey. Exodus 3:17-18 encapsulates it, "And I...

The Journey part 2

12/03/2014 12:00

The more I get into this truth of a Finished Work the more my thinking begins to change. Or, as the Apostle Paul put it, the more I BE transformed (into what I'm already transformed into) by the renewing of my mind. Not by trying to think God's thoughts, but by letting Him think His own thoughts in...

The Journey part 1

12/02/2014 12:59

Sometimes it seems like we look at life life a journey. From point A to point B. But one of the biggest problems with that mindset is that we can easily get stuck along the way. And then that opens up a whole can of worms. We start in with the self condemnation, and we consider ourselves (or...

Satisfaction part 5

12/01/2014 12:04

A job well done can give a strong sense of satisfaction. Or, as we put it when I worked for the city, "filling up the pride meter." A lot of our sense of self-worth comes from what we do. We define ourselves by our jobs. And seemingly there is some Scripture to back this up. For example, "I...

Satisfaction part 4

11/30/2014 13:28

I once preached a sermon about man's appetite. It was in the Gripped by Grace sermon series and what I THOUGHT I was going to preach about was how grace changes your appetite. But the day before I preached the sermon God revealed something to me. This is what He said, "Grace isn't about changing...

Satisfaction part 3

11/29/2014 11:53

As long as we think our satisfaction comes from getting something we don't have, we will never be satisfied. Because in Christ we already have it all. So if we are approaching life from a position of (perceived) lack, then we will never be able to enjoy what we've got. If we're always looking...

Satisfaction part 2

11/28/2014 09:46

We all have this idea of what life is supposed to be. This idea of what "success" is. And (whether we realize it or not) we all work towards this goal. We think if we can just GET whatever it is that we think will satisfy us... then we'll be happy. But here's the dirty little secret about getting:...

Satisfaction part 1

11/27/2014 13:11

You know the song, "I can't get no satisfaction." That's the cry of most of humanity's heart. We always seem to want what we can't have, or what we don't have. We spend all of our time, talent, and treasure trying to fill the hole inside of us. But let me just say it right off the bat: It's a...

Meaning of Life part 5

11/26/2014 11:57

"What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?" (1 Corinthians 6:19). You are not your own. You belong to God. The Son belongs to the Father. But, as we are all one body--the body of Christ--we also belong to each...

Meaning of Life part 4

11/25/2014 13:21

This is where the rubber meets the road. If the meaning of life is love--and it is!--then life really isn't about you. Or rather, it isn't about what you can do for you. It's about others. It's about what you can do for others. True happiness comes from making others happy. It's not about outside...

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