Lost in Faith

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Verse 1 comes before verse 9.  How often have I wanted to change my behavior before I changed my heart.  Verse 9 says Love must be sincere,…. But verse one says be a living sacrifice, or in other words join God in the renewing process and trust him.
Why is it that I revert to changing [...]

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The heavens declare the Glory of God!  I have been assaulted this week with this passage.  Before I read it I traveled to Cape Town South Africa.
The beauty of a sunset of Table Bay declares the glory of God.
The Twelve Apostles (a set of mountains in Cape) declare the glory of God.
Cape Point, the meeting [...]

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Verse 1 has to be the sweetest sound of all eternity!  “There is therefore no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”
Imagine, no judgment, no guilty verdict, for simply being in the the family of Jesus.
This verse doesn’t come out of a clear and clean argument.  Chapter 7 of Romans is one of the [...]

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Verse 4 “Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”  This verse stands as an indictment to my theological education!
I’ve spent a lot of time in Matthew 18.  Father, you know the time I’ve wasted arguing about “Church Discipline” and the process of dealing with those who profess to [...]

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“Joseph could not control himself…and he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard it.”
Joseph’s change of mind (repentance) was more than a mental thing.  His cry was fron the heart.  Those who repent deepest cry loudest!
I used to think that the more mature I became as a follower of Christ the less emotional I would [...]

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This chapter doesn’t bring fond memories. Not this chapter’s fault but it is on the door step of chapter 7 which was a battleground for so many useless arguments while in graduate school.
Yet the bright side comes from the first verses. Dr. Ed Blum used this passage to say, “We can’t live the [...]

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In verse 37 Jesus says that we must love Him more than our families.  He sets up a hierarchy of love.  Who is first in line.  Who or what is it that I value most?  What gets my energy?  As I move thru my day what is it that I am aiming for?
Having grown up [...]

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Flew in to East London, South Africa on Tuesday night and had a ride in The Little Red Bus to my Bed & Breakfast.
At 9:30 am Michael Hale and Schaun Colin picked me up and we drove to Bhukwini. There 21 men were engaged in the construction of a two room school building. [...]

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