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Can God Take Your Life?

July 27th, 2010

I was thinking about this the other day.  I hear people talk about those who have died as though their lives were taken from them.  I think sometimes people are even mad at God for “taking” a life.

But I wonder, can God take my life?  Does God take our lives?

We’ve Already Lost our Lives

It seems to me that we traded away our lives when we entered into sin through Adam and Eve.  That our lives were taken from us in a bad trade.  That what we have because of sin isn’t really life.

Unless we give our lives to God.  Unless we trade our banal, death-bound non-life and trade it for the amazing life that we have in Jesus.  And if we have already given God our lives, can they really be taken from us?

What do you think?
Can our lives really be taken from us?
Can your life be taken from you?

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Share Your Spiritual Journey

July 23rd, 2010

Our life in Christ isn’t static.  It’s dynamic.  It shifts and changes and grows.  It’s not a destination, it’s a journey.  And it’s a journey that’s meant to be shared.  Shared with God and shared with others.

In fact your journey – the ongoing story of your life with Christ – might be one of the most powerful things you have to offer.  One of the most irrefutable ways to share your faith.  It might just be a way that you can defeat the work of evil in the world (Revelation 12:11).

Why is Your Story Powerful?

  • It’s YOUR story.
  • It shows that God is interested in our lives.
  • It demonstrates God’s faithfulness and grace.
  • It’s an opportunity to share how you’ve lived so that others can live better than you have.

How Long Should I Wait?

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We’re Not Telling People About Jesus

July 12th, 2010
Discussion on the Merits of Bows vs. Knots

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Can you believe that we’re not telling people about Jesus?  At least not like we (the Church) used to.  I know that I was surprised and saddened as I learned about this from a recent Barna Report.

If you read the report, you’ll find that it was focused specifically on teens.  And you might think that gives us “adults” a pass on this.  After all, we’re not under the microscope.  That’s just not right.

We are under the microscope.  Sure, teens are influenced heavily by our culture.  But they’re also influenced by family, peer groups, and subculture.  If our teens are failing to live their faith, it’s our fault.  We have failed.  And we need God’s help to fix it.

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Happy Freedom Day

July 4th, 2010

Today, those of us in the US are celebrating Independence Day.  The marker of the beginning of our great nation.  But there is a greater day in history.  A day that marks true freedom, though not independence.

True freedom is never independence from God.  Rather, it is total faith in and dependence on God.

As we go through this weekend celebrating freedom, let’s not forget the source of true freedom and peace.  May we always live in gratitude of what God has done and the high cost that was paid for our freedom.  And may we always live in the hope of true peace, eternal life, and freedom.

And may God bless us, every one.

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God Saves the Best for Now

July 3rd, 2010
"Doubt isn't the opposite of faith; it is...
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Sometimes God interrupts our lives.  Sometimes when it seems like everything is going well and sometimes when everything seems to be going poorly.  It’s at those moments that we are reminded that God has the very best for us.  At those moments we realize that God saves the best for now.

That is exactly what happened when Jesus attended a wedding at Cana (John 2:1-11).

Wedding at Cana

You probably already know this story.

Jesus and his disciples were attending a wedding where the wine ran out before the party did.  Jesus’s mother asked that he intervene and he did – turning water into wine.  When the servants took a little of the wine to the one who was in charge of the banquet, he was so impressed that he remarked to the bridegroom, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.” (John 2:10 – emphasis added)

The passage says “saved the best till now,” not “saved the best for last.”

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