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How to Create a New Level of Faith in Your Life | Jonathan Landis Blog

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How to Create a New Level of Faith in Your Life. July 10, 2014. 8220;There was a tightrope walker, who did incredible aerial feats. All over Paris, he would do tightrope acts at tremendously scary heights. As time went on, he continued to do crazier stuff. He would not only go across the rope blindfolded, but pushing a wheelbarrow, as well. Now, Tightrope wrote back, ‘Sir, although I’ve never been to America and seen the Falls, I’d love to come.’. And he makes it across easily. 8217; ‘Well of cours...

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How to Know If God Is First in Your Life | Jonathan Landis Blog

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How to Know If God Is First in Your Life. July 10, 2014. One way that Wanamaker’s kept God’s work first in his life was a specially constructed soundproof room in his store. Every day he spent 30 minutes there praying and meditating upon God’s Word. Clearly, Wanamaker knew what needed to come first in life. Clearly, he believed Matthew 6:33, which declares, But more than anything else, put God’s work first and do what he wants. Then the other things will be yours as well. What would they say? Each of us ...

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Is Meditation a Christian Thing to Do? | Jonathan Landis Blog

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Is Meditation a Christian Thing to Do? July 10, 2014. When someone talks about meditation, the image that usually surfaces in our minds is a Chinese-looking guy in a toga, sitting cross-legged on a pillow, his eyes closed and his fingers in circles, humming in the key of G minor. Ormaybe you find yourself thinking of the blue-butted monkey from the Lion King sitting in his enormous tree pondering the meaning of life. Thank you for sharing these words of truth. Much needed. It’s actually Romans 12:2...

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Letting Go of Speedy-Gonzales Christianity | Jonathan Landis Blog

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Letting Go of Speedy-Gonzales Christianity. March 12, 2015. Have you ever run in a marathon? Have you ever attempted to sprint as fast as you can for more than just a few minutes? If you have, you know that eventually your speedy-gonzalez zeal will yield to the reality of physics. When you start out a race at full tilt, you’re bound to quickly run out of steam and join the ranks of the less athletic in the back of the line! How will I pace myself to cross the finish line well? Sharing with one of my best...

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Why You May Have Stopped Short of The Place God Intended For You | Jonathan Landis Blog

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Why You May Have Stopped Short of The Place God Intended For You. September 3, 2014. In the scope of Scripture, one person that stands out is Abraham. He is listed as one of the heroes of our faith. God chose Abraham without obligation or precedent to be the Father of a nation that He would call His own. At this time in history, this was an extremely unique interaction; it was an everlasting covenant between the God of the universe and a ordinary rancher and shepherd. We start on a trek with God with exp...

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Is God moving you in a new direction? Is transition ahead? | Jonathan Landis Blog

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Is God moving you in a new direction? July 10, 2014. In China some centuries ago, there was an ordinary person who took a bunch of melted iron and dropped it on a leaf in water. Amazingly, the leaf began to turn in the water and they found that it would always turn and face one direction north. That was when they realized that there was an internal force of the earth that was pulling it over and over to that exact direction. God spoke thousands of years ago, and He is still speaking today. Read Prove...

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Are you “just a sinner saved by grace?” | Jonathan Landis Blog

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Are you “just a sinner saved by grace? March 14, 2015. As I explore social media, I’m often am caught off guard by the first few words that Christ followers chose to begin their bio with. Bios will often read, Sinner saved by grace or Just a sinner saved by grace. Long before the cross, the prophet Isaiah describes the Christian race in vivid technicolor a race that we are continually empowered to win! The Holy Way is the path that lions cannot touch! Are you “just a sinner saved by grace? Why You May Ha...

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How to Adjust Your Life Vision Towards Things That Really Matter | Jonathan Landis Blog

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How to Adjust Your Life Vision Towards Things That Really Matter. July 10, 2014. 8220;In a recent study of alumni 10 years after graduating from a major university, researchers found that 83 percent had no goals. Fourteen percent, who had unwritten goals, were making 3 times as much money as their fellow grads who had no goals. The last 3 percent, who had written down their goals, made 10 times more money annually than the 83 percent who had no goals.”. While there are many of us that simply haven’t take...

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Did you know that your hands actually speak? | Jonathan Landis Blog

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Did you know that your hands actually speak? July 10, 2014. Our hands represent so much. They represent our skills, our talents, our abilities they the creative genius the Lord has put inside each one of us. Our hands speak loudly. When we’re upset, we clinch them. When concerned, we wring them again and again. When we’re afraid, we put them over our face. When desperate and/or frustrated, we throw them up in the air. When confused, we move our hands forward to show our thoughts. Father, I embrace all yo...