...but so sweet!
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Sunday, March 27, 2011
God's Work That Is Bigger Than Us!
"Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen."
http://bible.us/Eph3.20.TNIV
The emphasis in vs. 20 is not to be placed on us...we dream up plans and God will work beyond us. This gives us too much control and limits God. Unstated behind this interpretation is 'if we don't imagine big God won't work'; that is some horrible theology.
Rather the emphasis is on God's "immeasurable" work that is beyond our comprehension. (“Infinitely beyond,” “far more abundantly than” NET Bible). And yet He works in us and His glory is seen in us His people, through His church!
This begs questions regarding: are we OK with God working in ways we will not understand? are we putting God in a box and demanding of Him how He is to work? will we allow God to work any what He wishes as He glorifies Himself?
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Living Our Life Like God Is In Charge
Ephesians 2:10 NLT/CEV mix
"For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, for us to do good things and to live as he has always wanted us to live."
In God's sovereign love (Ephesians 2.4) He redeemed me from sin, death and wrath (2.3). That life of sin was no way to live, in fact I wasn't fully alive until He saved me (2.5). Actually, His purpose for me is even greater than this life, it is to set my identity on His future FULL glorification (2.6,7). Alas, until then I am filled with hope and His direction because even before I was, the great I Am had a plan for me to live IN JESUS (2.10). How cool: before time He thought of me; after time He has a plan for me; and in time He has a way for me to live, in Himself!
That being said I thought this mix of translations represented a great pinnacle to the argument or at least a key thought for me to memorize.
Ephesians 2:10 NLT/CEV mix
"For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, for us to do good things and to live as he has always wanted us to live."
Saturday, March 05, 2011
Interesting Article
The Weekend Interview with Paul Johnson: Why America Will Stay on Top - WSJ.com
How’s this for a teaser of the article…
“The former governor of Alaska, he says, "is in the good tradition of America, which this awful political correctness business goes against." Plus: "She's got courage. That's very important in politics. You can have all the right ideas and the ability to express them. But if you haven't got guts, if you haven't got courage the way Margaret Thatcher had courage—and [Ronald] Reagan, come to think of it. Your last president had courage too—if you haven't got courage, all the other virtues are no good at all. It's the central virtue."”
Friday, March 04, 2011
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
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