Photo by Landiva Weber on Pexels.com To live in three dimensions and not a flat, two-dimensional life. To enter abundance, to find fullness, to let God’s grandeur infuse me, and the beauty of God fill the sails of my life. So much anger and hatred around. So much flat foolishness and wasting of good time …
Living to Please God?: singing our joy back to God
"As for other matters, brothers and sisters, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more." (1 Thessalonians 4:1) I was talking with someone the other day about this passage …
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The Demand of Jesus: we must die in order to live
Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses …
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What is the Way to Real Life?: renunciation and realization with Jesus Christ
I call on you, my God, for you will answer me;turn your ear to me and hear my prayer.Show me the wonders of your great love,you who save by your right handthose who take refuge in you from their foes. (Psalm 17:6-7)Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; …
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A Prayer for Abundant Life in the Lord
"God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us." (Acts 17:27) Thank You, Lord, that You are not far from any one of us. Thank You for the promise of Scripture: "Come near to God and …
Matthew Erickson 