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Blessing with a Side of Caution
Interesting that Joshua is delivering this (basic) message: God has fulfilled EVERY DETAIL of His promise to you- now don't screw it up!!! He warns specifically against getting familiar with the people…
Created almost 3 years ago
Joshua 23:6 (MSG), Joshua 23:7 (MSG), Joshua 23:8 (MSG), Joshua 23:9 (MSG), Joshua 23:10 (MSG), Joshua 23:11 (MSG), Joshua 23:12 (MSG), Joshua 23:13 (MSG), Joshua 23:14 (MSG)
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"To be Mature is to be Basic"
LOVE how MSG words Paul's writing- "We teach in a spirit of profound common sense." That's so awesome, kinda like the saying "the older you get the more you realize how much you don't know." The gospel…
Created about 3 years ago
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Working... restfully =)
Pastor has been talking about the gospel of grace- we rest in God's righteousness provided for us, but are motivated by love and gratefulness to do the work of the ministry, not the other way around-…
Created about 3 years ago
Colossians 1:10 (MSG), Colossians 1:11 (MSG), Colossians 1:12 (MSG)
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Just Get It! and be humbled...
Love what the Message says: "So let’s walk right up to him and get what he is so ready to give. Take the mercy, accept the help." Truly walking in God's grace takes humility... accepting what He has done…
Created about 3 years ago
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Asking Jesus Stupid Questions
Man, what Martha was doing wasn't bad- just not the best. We have to continually ask ourselves if what we are doing FOR God is what He's asked us to do or not- is it the BEST thing, or just wasted energy?…
Created about 3 years ago
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Hope in Despairing
I LOVE this Psalm, and I love God. He knows how to meet me right where I am. I love how the MSG says "my heart within me is appalled" . Feel that way today- disappointed with the choices I've made that…
Created about 3 years ago
Psalm 141:5 (ASV), Psalm 143:3 (ASV), Psalm 143:4 (ASV), Psalm 143:10 (ASV)
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Justice and Correction
Interesting how in the MSG version, direction is related to justice and kindness to correction... gotta think on that first one, but I am sure aware that God's correction is always cloaked in kindness…
Created about 3 years ago
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The Wilderness is plan "A"
That is so amazing to me- that God chose to send the Israelites into the wilderness to protect them from war- wow! Sometimes or destiny is to go through the wilderness- its the safest place for us and…
Created over 3 years ago
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Can't I just make it happen?
I am a doer- I like to get things done, people who sit around easy breezy get on my nerves. hilarious, because I miss so much in doing doing doing- sometimes i need to just BE. And that's why grace is…
Created over 3 years ago
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Moses and his calling
The calling of Moses is so amazing to me- it reinforces for sure that God can choose ordinary people to do extraordinary things. 1. Moses was tending someone else's flock- he was serving someone else's…
Created over 3 years ago