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Emmanuel Road: August 2015
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God is with us. Let us be with Him. Significance in God's sight. A thought struck me this morning. Sometimes I've thought about heaven as a place where we can admire great art - as lovely as this world is, heaven will be lovelier. And also great art from human artists - perhaps a collaborative symphony from Bach and Beethoven? I think God would. God's work given to us. At the crest of earthly fame. I look back in wonderment. At the journey beyond hope- to this place,. From which I was able to send mankind.
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Emmanuel Road: Wild and crazy promises
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God is with us. Let us be with Him. Wild and crazy promises. Psalm 91 sounds quite clear. "If you say 'the LORD is my refuge,' and you make the Most High your dwelling, no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you, to guard you in all your ways.". Plain and simple. Commit yourself to God and nothing will ever go wrong. Is that really what it says? Don't put the Lord your God to the test," Jesus replied, quoting another Scripture. What I...
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Emmanuel Road: September 2013
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God is with us. Let us be with Him. God wants to make me new? God wants to make me new. “ And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect. The Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory,”. That sounds pretty crazy. I want to laugh, like Sarah laughed. My mediocrity is way too tall and imposing. A solid wall rising up to heaven, like the wall of. Wall But those walls came down. Can I live in hope that this wall will come down? Reluctant to change because I’m afraid? Gal 2...
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Emmanuel Road: October 2013
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God is with us. Let us be with Him. What Will Jesus Do? A colleague shared this week a new riff on the popular 90's slogan, What Would Jesus Do. He says he doesn't ask "What would Jesus do in this situation," but instead "What will Jesus do? I realize I have long felt discomfort with the slogan "What Would Jesus Do? In my Father's house. We often encourage ourselves with Jesus words in John 14. "In my Father's house are many rooms," (John 14:2). I went walking one evening, and felt caught up in wonder...
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Emmanuel Road: Prominence and humility
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God is with us. Let us be with Him. 8220;We all want to finish well, but so many of us do not. Why? Because we too easily cherish our roles in the Great Wedding more than the Wedding itself. This is why John the Baptist must become our mentor.”. In Bloom’s retelling of the story (John 3:25-30). I too have a mixture of ambition for the kingdom, and ambition to have a prominent role in it. But we all have a prominent role - adopted children of our heavenly Father ( Gal 4:6. Jon Bloom's book, Things Not Seen.
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Emmanuel Road: Praying the Psalms
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God is with us. Let us be with Him. I didn't take naturally to the Psalms. They are poetry, and I'm a prose kind of guy. Logic and reason - left to myself I'll head for Paul's epistles time after time. Plus being poetry, they are kind of raw. Lord, I'm all alone here, why aren't you doing anything to help? My enemy is really bad, and I've been good. Make his kids into homeless orphans. When I'm feeling something that isn't right, pretending I don't feel it doesn't help much. May 13, 2015 at 6:05 AM.
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Emmanuel Road: God's humility and ours
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God is with us. Let us be with Him. God's humility and ours. Philippians 2:6-11 is a really awesome passage. Awesome both in the contemporary sense: really, really, really great! And in the the archaic sense: so great it frightens me. This was my favorite passage in my twenties. I loved the image of Jesus giving up his equality with God, lowering himself to the lowest depth made himself nothing . humbled himself by becoming obedient to death - even death on a cross. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Emmanuel Road: August 2013
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God is with us. Let us be with Him. Prayer for the suffering. Lord, open their eyes to see the compassion in your eyes. The story behind this:. I thought, sympathy without words actually happens. I'd thought it was a literary cliché, a cliché from the kind of books I don't like to read much. But in real life, it's actually pretty neat! God, revealing himself as "he" not "she," should be a fixer right? And who could be better at fixing things? Don't we always pray for a quick fix? Allan R. Bevere. How to ...
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Emmanuel Road: How good and pleasant it is
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God is with us. Let us be with Him. How good and pleasant it is. How good and pleasant it is when brothers and sisters come together in unity,. Giving thanks for one another, making new treasures from old memories. May I remember this day when my brokenness surfaces again,. When I ought to know better but don't. May I remember this day when my brother, my sister, disappoint me. May I be patient as you are, O God, shining the light of truth and grace on our messy mix,. Good and evil jumbled together.
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Emmanuel Road: June 2015
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God is with us. Let us be with Him. Rick Warren writes "Faith is not denying reality. Faith is facing reality without being discouraged by it.". I say "Amen, bro! Faith is hard when life comes at you. You're tempted to think God can't be there or else this mess would never have happened. But the promises of God are not predictions we'll have a trouble free existence. The promises are what we cling to when trouble comes. My identity in God. In light of God's truth, what should I believe about myself?
