January 2010
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We don’t follow Jesus because He makes things better. We follow Him...
– Pastor Matt Chandler
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The Crosswalk →
Romans 8: 24-25 (NET)
For in hope we are saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with endurance.
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The Jonah Mentality
The story of Jonah is a simple one right? Obey God Or Else!
I mean, you’re just gonna end up doing it anyway. God says “Do”. Jonah says “No”. God says “Oh yeah?”. Fish eats Jonah. Jonah feels bad. Fish spits out Jonah. Jonah does what God says. Lesson learned right? Um, not exactly.
The most common mistake when reading Jonah’s story is putting...
Throwing myself on your mercy...
Psalm 51
For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.
1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
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