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Resting part 1

09/04/2019 20:05

Let's talk about grace. Let's talk about what it really means to be able to stop trying so hard. So stop trying to be someone you're not in order to get something you think you haven't got. Let's talk about this journey--this never ending, eternal life-long journey into the heart of the matter,...

Nature part 5

09/03/2019 15:34

Being filled with the grace, and mercy, and forgiveness, and love of God is what allows--equips and empowers us--to be who we are. Who we really are. Which is the righteouesness of God in Christ. Jesus--God in the flesh, love in a body... God in OUR flesh, love in OUR body--is our true identity....

Nature part 4

09/02/2019 20:16

If it's your nature, it's what comes natural to you. That makes sense, right? So if you're doing what comes natural to you, you don't need to struggle with it. You can let it flow. Let me quote John 7:38 again, but this time from the Amplified Bible, "He who believes in Me [who cleaves to and...

Nature part 3

09/01/2019 20:07

The trick is to stop trying to be something and just let what you have--who you are--flow naturally. That's how nature works. You can't force nature. You can't fake it until you make it. And, listen, I think it's probably better to force yourself to be nice when you don't feel like it than to be...

Nature part 2

08/31/2019 19:53

In order to let our "new" (true) nature flow out from our innermost being we have to understand that it is not something we need. Not something to aspire to. Not something to fake it until we make it. It is the grace of God, lavishly heaped onto us, that equips and empowers us to stop trying to be...

Nature part 1

08/30/2019 19:53

I keep telling you guys (repeating myself over and over) that I repeat myself. Because there are some things that are heavy on my heart that I feel are very important. That I feel I have at least a bit of a handle on. (Having said that, I don't write because I have it all figured out. I write to...

Unconditional part 5

08/29/2019 19:59

Nothing can separate us from the love of God. That's what I've been trying to say in this Rant series. God's love for us is unconditional. It comes without conditions. It came before we came, and it stayed through everything. Like my son and I say every night, "I love you and I can't stop loving...

Unconditional part 4

08/28/2019 20:45

I want to string three verses together tonight that, hopefully, will show us the "unconditional" aspect of God's unconditional love for us. Ready? Let's go. 1 Kings 8:57, "The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us nor forsake us." Which to me is kind of us trying...

Unconditional part 3

08/27/2019 19:55

If it's not unconditional, it's not love. That's what's on my heart these days. If you're picking flower petals saying, "He loves me, He loves me not," and just hoping and praying that you end up on "He loves me," then, well, you're not enjoying love. Or life. Which, really, are the same thing. To...

Unconditional part 2

08/26/2019 18:54

I just want to grab one piece of my main passage of Scripture for this Rant and really dig into it today. And it's the piece that says nakedness shall not separate us from the love of Christ. I think there's a big misconception here about nakedness. So let's start at the beginning. Way back in...

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