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).
The Trinity function as farmers of our souls, actively caring for God’s creation: an ongoing, radical reclamation of His creation.…
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The Jesus who calmed a sea of deadly, stormy waves, whose arrival sent thousands of demons cringing and cowering to…
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Eugene Peterson’s book, Eat This Book gets its name from Revelation 10:9-10 when John asks for the scroll containing God’s…
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This Christian apologetics written by C. S. Lewis and first published in 1942. Lewis composed a book of letters from…
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Few songs capture the entrancing, humbling, overwhelming awe I experience in the presence of God. Magnificent, a song by U2…
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I'll go crazy if I don't go crazy tonight
Every generation gets a chance to change the world - U2
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What is the Holy Spirit? What role does the Holy Spirit play in our relationship with Christ, and our Christian…
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“Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse.” (Proverbs 2:12) Few movies…
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This is a compilation of some of the writings by E.M. Bounds. I've read a fair amount of books on…
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Contemporary classic that probes the meaning of prayer for 21st century believers, and provides extended, personal anecdotes from a wide…
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This is a little known work which has a significant impact on those who read it.
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Our minds are always active. We analyze, reflect, daydream, or dream. There is not a moment during the day or…
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In all your ways acknowledge him,and he will guide your paths. Proverbs 3: 6. It is a bit of a…
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The I Believe series, of which Rector Michael Green is the editor, illustrate basic Christian teaching in practical, understandable language.…
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The Holy Spirit was given on the day of Pentecost to the church in her collective capacity, to abide with…
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A fascinating discussion of the nature of prophecy in the 21st century, by Wayne Grudem. He became Research Professor of…
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