When we are afflicted by the devastating trials of this life it can feel like we are being held underwater. It's tough to hear, hard to breathe, and frightening. We panic. We get anxious. This is understandable. Life in this broken world is filled with heart-shredding trials that leg-sweep us surprisingly.
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What kind of relationship does Christ want with us and how does he wants us to accomplish it? Below are a few ideas I've culled from scripture, Greg Laurie, Wayne Jacobsen and Dallas Willard, among others.
The following list is of names and titles given specifically to our Lord Jesus. The more we study this list, the more we will understand who Jesus really is. How can we help but love Him?
Listen to Paul's prayer for his friends in Ephesians 3:16-19. "I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being...that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge-that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God."
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Listen to the blessing in Philemon 25 ."The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit." "How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live!" (Heb 12:9).
We experience a great sense of the wonder, boldness, and overwhelming awe of God through our relationship with the Holy…
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In Freedom of Simplicity Foster gently encourages us to see that our identity, our sense of comfort and security must…
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Wright confronts the perspective that this world doesn’t matter, and that we live only to be in heaven. He shows…
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It is doubtful if, in 1972, those attending one of Jim Cymbala's worship services in a run-down Brooklyn church imagined…
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One of my all time favorite songs. Sums up the struggle for letting Christ live through me rather than me…
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A video of For My Ashes by Duke Divinity students from 2008. Through its minor chords and rising melody this…
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Loving others is not easy,
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Surprise us with love at daybreak;
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“falling in love with God,” as Boa’s subtitle for the facet explains. In this approach we attempt to enter into…
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Our God is not out of breath, because he hath blown one tempest, and swallowed a Navy: Our God hath…
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Chris Tomlin We fall down and lay our crowns At the feet of Jesus The greatness of Your Mercy and…
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Mike Reeves discusses the love of Jesus for us in the way he prays to the Father, reflecting on his…
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Exceptional discussion of how the Song of Songs
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Can we ever afford to be vague about the nature and identity of our God?
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Michael Reeves speaking to the worship leaders
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