Smothering God’s Fire
God presence is the heat that the fire requites, but we can smother the fire by gathering too many tasks rather that doing what is required.
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I was transformed but then … I was persecuted
Paul, was transitioned from persecutor to persecuted when God transformed his identity from self-righteous Jew, to Servant of Christ.
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I am anointed and appointed, but … I’m pursued
Our Father knows we are broken and fallible. And yet, like David, we are anointed for His purposes and pursued with passion.
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I’m a blessed child of God but … I am afflicted
Secure in our identity of Child of God, we are both blessed and afflicted.
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I’ve been selected and I’m protected but … I’m terrified
We don’t always see God working. But if He is who He says He is, we don’t have to be terrified. We know we are loved, selected and protected.
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You called me, enabled me, and … discipline me?
The Spirit’s stirring confirms we are called. Yet our “Child of God” status is affirmed when we are disciplined by our Father.
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You love me, adopted me, and … test me?
Being adopted by God involves being shaped and transformed, at times, through testing.
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The Perfect Plan – Part 3: He Lives
Christ came, died, rose, and every day He lives for us. He will come again. What does that mean for you?
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The Perfect Plan – Part 2: He Rose
Don’t let the cliche rob the miraculous and wondrous: Christ died. But then He rose.
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The Perfect Plan – Part 1: He Died
Christ came fully human and fully God. But then the unthinkable happened; He died. Yet, this was part of God’s plan.
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