Going deeper with Jesus
This writing is about a friend who taught me a lot.
They have it all togetherThey may be famous, have written many books, be listed in amongst the most influential persons in Christian circles,sometimes even raved about by non-ChristiansSome have formulated teachings for every subjectTheir words are so perfect and their teachings have such strength and guidance How do you know when they are off?It’s easyWhere […]
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A better question is: Who is Truth?Jesus isSound simple? It is not:Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6 We are told to love the truth:2 Thessalonians 2And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received
I used to play tether ball when I was youngThe motions were somewhat like volleyball, but not the same freedomThen again, it is you against the other player, nobody else was involvedThe ball was stuck on the rope, restrictedCouldn’t go anywhere but around the pole whoever got the ball around the pole in their directionhowever
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. Mark 16:25 Give it upGive up your ideasGive up your idealsGive up your wants, your desires,the things in this life you believe are due to youGive them upGive up your very lifePlace all things
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Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Philippians 4:8 We’re supposed to count our blessingsLook for the good things in our lifeFocus on the beauty and the lovely and the good and kindIt
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Abraham was called a friend of God and so was Moses.Not many people in the Bible were spoken of that way.Jesus spoke of the disciples as friends.He shared His innermost thoughts to the Prophets.Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. Amos 3:7What were the attributes
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Thinking you can do it on your own is not being freeBy good deeds, good works, being nice, being kind, all those are valuable attributes but if done in the flesh, in other words, to try to be a good human, they mean nothing in The Kingdom of God. There are scriptures about us doing
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It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. Lamentations 3:22-24 Your mercies are new every morning?How is it that they are new every morning?The
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It you could see hatred, you would see a greenish/grayish, sticky substance that oozes out of everything it contaminates. Its stench is so putrid that a person not tainted with it cannot bear the vile vapor. The fumes/stickiness reach those around it. Those infected by hatred serve it like it’s their master. Hatred destroysIt foulsit
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Jesus spoke in Parables, or Metaphors so that many could not understand. His word is like hidden treasure and not all will find it. When you were a child, you might have grown a plant from a seed and through the germination process, watched that plant grow. You know how important it is to make
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