The abundant life Christ died to give us (i.e. unspeakable joy, unshakable peace, profound rest..) can only be found “in Him”. It is not some sort of reward for good behavior, it is the natural result of abiding in the vine.
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Thought of the Day – Oasis
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged abiding in the vine, abundant life, in Him, profound rest, unshakable peace, unspeakable joy on November 28, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Thought for the Day – Tainted Wine
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged spoiled, tainted, wine, wineskin on November 20, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Bad fruit produces tainted wine, and spoiled wine will not be sweetened by a new wineskin.
Thought for the Day – Grace Like Manna
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged grace, manna, undeserving on November 20, 2023| Leave a Comment »
God’s grace is like manna. Its power is diffused when we try to store it on a shelf for later. Its true potential is only realized when we pass it along to someone as undeserving as we are.
Thought for the Day – The Missing Element
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged healing, humility, missing element, seek His face on November 16, 2023| Leave a Comment »
We all know 2Chron.7:14 (If my people, who are called by my name…), but without humility, we will not see the need to change our ways or seek His face, thus failing to recognize that we are actually the missing element in our nation’s healing.
Thought for the Day – For Christ
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged boldness, for Christ, genuine fruit, in Christ on November 16, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Our boldness “for Christ” is only valuable to the degree it is derived from our boldness “in Christ”. A vital connection to the Vine is the “only way” to produce genuine fruit.
Thought for the Day – Us or Them
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged high calling, shaking our fist, them, us on November 16, 2023| Leave a Comment »
We can spend time shaking our fist at the proverbial “them”, but it would probably be more fruitful to take a hard look at the proverbial “us”, and to ask whether we’re living up to our high calling.
Thought for the Day – Trustworthy
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged Heart, power, trust on October 12, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Unless we have God’s heart, we cannot be trusted with His power.
Thought for the Day – Statement
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged change the world, Nazareth, working-class family on October 11, 2023| Leave a Comment »
When the Son of Man chose to be born on a roadside, raised by a working-class family in Nazareth, and to spend His years of ministry pouring into 12 simple men of little influence, He was making a statement about how He would change the world.
Thought for the Day: Self-Perpetuating
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged demanding, essential, government, health care, higher education, religion, self perpetuating on September 26, 2023| 1 Comment »
A system or entity that is “self-perpetuating” has the ability to sustain, and even grow itself with little or no outside intervention. To create such a dynamic, the systems are intentionally designed to keep you coming back, ultimately demanding more and more of your resources to maintain a static level of participation. They are largely dependent on the perception that they are essential to our well-being.
While these systems do tend to provide some amount of return initially, continued interaction routinely requires an increased level of contribution for an ever-diminishing return. I would suggest that the best examples of this would be our system of government, the higher education system, the health care system, and our religious systems.
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