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).
Jesus Christ is the Alpha and the Omega of my spiritual nourishment.
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O Lord, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up;…
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I was in a leadership turbogroup during the spring of 2007. At Randy's suggestion, I listened to Walter Wangerin's audio…
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Do I allow myself to be sucker-punched by envy and jealousy? Do I dig deep into an interior whining over…
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I have climbed highest mountains
I have run through the fieldsOnly to be with youOnly to be with you
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What a song! by Jon Foreman. This is a moving reworking of the Lord’s Prayer. Jon Foreman performs this song…
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Memento is about Leonard, a man who claims to be suffering from memory loss—he can only keep a memory for…
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Journey to the Center of the Earth, the 2008 remake of a 1959 movie, is not a movie for the…
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Who is like Him The Lion and the Lamb Seated on the throne Mountains bow down Every ocean roars To the Lord of hosts
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You probably know Paul Washer as the man who preached the infamous "Shocking Youth Message," a sermon that has tallied…
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Look inside the mysterySee the empty crossSee the risen SaviorVictorious and strong
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How do we pray? What should we pray for? Yes, there is the Lord's prayer--Jesus teaching his disciples, and us,…
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We have an amazing God.
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Why is fear of the Lord so important as a follower of Jesus?
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The following is a modified version of a prayer by John Stott, an Anglican theologian from the 20th century.
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The following is a modified version of a prayer by John Stott,
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