Oct 28

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    kezrush added a text contribution God Works In Chaos
    God loves to play in the dirt in the chaos of our world. 'Formless and empty' in Hebrew is Tohu Va-vohu. It can also be translated 'wild and waste' or 'chaos'. God is someone who brings order from chaos, flourishing from waste, light from darkness. This idea of the world put to rights is called Tikkun Olam. I have two observations in this... 1) God is an active God with dirt under his fingernails. 2) God isn't a sterilize God who defaults to 'controll… Read more »

Oct 14

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    kezrush added a text contribution Embrace Conflict
    Learn to embrace conflict. Without conflict there is no story. Without conflict there is no hope. Without conflict there is no change. Without conflict there is no joy, no victory. Read more »

Apr 3

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    kezrush added a text contribution Eve says, God says...
    I could be wrong (it's late and I haven't put a lot of thought into this), but I believe the first time we have a written record of the name for God (YHVH) is spoken is Eve in Genesis 4:1. But the first time we have a record of God saying it is Exodus 3:14 when he tells Moses my name is "I AM" (YHVH). Very interesting to me. Read more »
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    kezrush added a text contribution God sees your misery...
    Let this be a reminder to us that when God performs signs to us that people will believe. But something we overlook is that people just want to know that God hears their cries and they will bow down worship him. Read more »
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    kezrush added a text contribution God who comes down, when he hears crying
    Our God is the God who comes down to rescue his people when he hears the cry of his people. Whether its the oppression (sin) of others or our own sins. The Lord (Yahweh) is the God who saves. Read more »