On Earth As It Is In Heaven
When we pray two things are happening. We are participating in bringing heaven to down earth and we are participating in lifting earth to up heaven.
When we pray two things are happening. We are participating in bringing heaven to down earth and we are participating in lifting earth to up heaven.
For a fight, you want a focused force.
God does what He is going to do only after we have done all that we can. It is not always the case, but it is true enough to make it a rule and then point out the exceptions.
e often like to share how Jesus being fully human means He knows and can empathize with our deepest struggles. We often say this when talking about a major sickness or spiritual temptation, but to me, it also means Jesus knows our small daily struggles that make up the stuff of life.
God’s atonement, the work of the cross, is for everybody. God is not willing that any should perish but that everyone should come to repentance… We have agency. We have choice. How will we respond to the gospel?
Only when we understand the holiness of God, will we understand the depth of our sin.
I go through doubt. You go through doubt. Even people like Mother Theresa and Billy Graham went through doubt. Doubt is natural. It is not sin. What we do with the doubt is what matters.
They believe that they are spiritually strong, and yet Christ is on the outside knocking and asking to come in. They have some sort of church fellowship, but that fellowship is not with Christ Himself.
In modern western culture, we have equated love with tolerance… I’m sorry but this is not love.
Mary did you know that your baby boy will one day walk on water?
Mary did you know that your baby boy will save our sons and daughters?
Did you know that your baby boy has come to make you new?
This child that you’ve delivered, will soon deliver you