Tag: Relying on God
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The Discipline of Presence: Being About Today
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in […]
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The Discipline of Presence: A Place to Start
16 So Cain went out from the LORD’s presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden. – Genesis 4:16 (NIV) We are wanderers in this world. We are born disconnected, separated from the one who made us. We are like Cain, living in a wilderness away from the Lord’s presence; and we […]
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Reconciliation: Christ Our Redeemer
For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. – Colossians 1:19-20 (NIV) Have you ever experienced a long separation from someone you loved? Do […]
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Reconciliation: God’s Gifts in Action
Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms. – 1 Peter 4:10 We make much of gifted people in our culture; athletes, singers, actors and such. We celebrate their excellence and prize their attributes, hoping that they will not succumb to the poisonous […]
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Reconciliation: It isn’t About Me
Philippians 2:3-4 (NIV) Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. We have been taught over the last few decades that the individual is important; that we each […]
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Resolutions: Faith and Works
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But […]
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Thoughts on Christmas: Simeon’s Song
Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah. Moved by the Spirit, […]
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Thoughts on Christmas: For To Us A Child is Born
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. – Isaiah 9:6 (NIV) I am not very good at shopping ahead of time for Christmas. Fortunately I have avoided […]
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Provision: Everything We Need
His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. – 2 Peter 1:3 (NIV) When I went through basic training, we did a number of marches and two bivouacs (a fancy term for camp-out), and every time […]
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Provision: Worry is A Waste of Life
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in […]
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