I felt this testimony from Stairway Church in Whitehorse, Australia was a good follow-up to the previous post on the Blessed Child. A member of the church approached a man on the streets who just had been beat up and his wallet stolen. The rest of the story is God takes over. This is an encouraging story, but I would love to hear your thoughts.
A Blessed Child by Dekker & Bright tells a story of 10 yr old boy who was raised in a monastery & taken to the US where his pure faith reveals God’s power.
Our spirit is strengthened in the presence of God, and we want our spirit strong because it is the part of us that is always desiring agreement with God.
As Christians we have the potential to live Emmanuel lives – God with us. We allow others to experience what heaven is like, because heaven is where God is.
Stephen Roach’s song, Room Enough to Dream pulls at a core part of me, which God can do immeasurably more. Let’s go for everything Jesus died to give.
The desires of your heart are those things that God placed in you. They’re opportunities to connect with your heart which is where we connect with God.
The Bible is consistently telling us do not be afraid. Moses, Joshua, Mary, Paul, and others heard God telling them this. Why is this? What is our response?
Rules subvert dependence and deny you responsibility for your decisions. Freedom leads us to dependence on God to keep us from going astray.
The access point to knowing God is through our hearts. He looks for intimate lovers and friends. He will give us as much of His heart as we give Him ours.
Why are promises to God common among Christians? Because we are afraid of sin, so we create rules to prove to ourselves that we are worthy of His sacrifice.
Promises to ourselves are designed to distance us from our pain, but what they really accomplish is to distance us from God and the life He has for us.
This phrase, “if God is for us,” is very transformational. Not only do we feel safe in who can be against us, there are 25 other truths we can hold on to.