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Our Brains and the Need for Rest – The Rest Series – Part 2
Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Matthew 11:28 (MSG) Our Brains and the Need for Rest – The Rest Series – Part 2 Go to PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3 | PART 4 | PART 5 | PART 6 | PART 7 Culturally,...
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To Rest – The Rest Series – Part 1
Now I can say to myself and to all: “Relax and rest, be confident and serene, for the Lord rewards fully those who simply trust in him!” Psalm 116:7 (TPT) To Rest – The Rest Series – Part 1 Go to PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3 | PART 4 | PART 5 | PART 6 | PART 7...
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A Mighty God to Save Us – A Vast Joke Series – Part 2
Oh, wonder of wonders! Manger of Bethlehem, miracles have poured into you. - CH Spurgeon. A Mighty God to Save Us – A Vast Joke Series – Part 2 Go to PART 1 I wonder if you can answer the questions below: - What animals were present at Jesus birth? - Who saw the star...
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Understand His Humanity – A Vast Joke Series – Part 1
So the word became human and made his home among us. John 1:14 (MSG) Understand His Humanity – A Vast Joke Series – Part 1 Frederick Buechner said: "The incarnation is a kind of vast joke whereby the Creator of the ends of the earth comes among us in diapers… Until we...
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Friends and Followers – The Failure Series – Part 7
Listen carefully: Unless a grain of wheat is buried in the ground, dead to the world, it is never any more than a grain of wheat. But if it is buried, it sprouts and reproduces itself many times over. In the same way, anyone who holds on to life just as it is destroys...
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Divine Image – The Failure Series – Part 6
Since our lineage can be traced back to God, how could we even think that the divine image could be compared to something made of gold, silver, or stone, sculpted by man’s artwork and clever imagination? Acts 17:28 (TPT) Divine Image – The Failure Series – Part 6 Go...
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Pretend All Is Well – The Failure Series – Part 5
For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.' Acts 17:28 (NIV) Pretend All Is Well – The Failure Series – Part 5 Go to PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3 | PART 4 | PART 5 | PART 6 | PART 7 There is...
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Your Identity – The Failure Series – Part 4
I identified myself completely with him. Galatians 2:19 (MSG) Your Identity – The Failure Series – Part 4 Go to PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3 | PART 4 | PART 5 | PART 6 | PART 7 I’m not the sum of my failures and successes. I exist beyond them. “It’s no longer...
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I Failed – The Failure Series – Part 3
What actually took place is this: I tried keeping rules and working my head off to please God, and it didn’t work. So I quit being a “law man” so that I could be God’s man. Christ’s life showed me how, and enabled me to do it. I identified myself completely with him....
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No Longer – The Failure Series – Part 2
It is no longer important that I appear righteous before you or have your good opinion, and I am no longer driven to impress God. Christ lives in me. Galatians 2:20 (MSG) No Longer – The Failure Series – Part 2 Go to PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3 | PART 4 | PART 5 ...
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