9 results for tag: relationship with God
Having a Personal Relationship with God—Really?! – Steve Orr
Matters of the Heart:
When I was young, I grew up as what is commonly called, "an unchurched youth"—Except for the time when my mom's conscience was pricked with the notion that she was raising a heathen and made me go to church for six months. Then, for reasons unknown, she became re-disenchanted and stopped attending.
I was glad for this turn of events because church was just so boring to my nine-year-old mind, except for the time the Sunday School teacher took us to the matinee where I watched two movies: the epic "Ten Commandments" with Charleton Heston, followed by a lame, cinematically amateurish Jesus movie.
When mom came to ...
God On Call? – Jim Fowler
Many of us have this unique ability to dissect life so easily. We declare that God, that Jesus is our All in All, and then we continue our daily lives as if we have placed God on the mantle or on a shelf as we go about our daily business. If God in Christ by the Spirit is our Life, how can we so easily and quickly dispense with the thought of His presence? Is this a case of moving from the conscious awareness of God to the subconscious awareness of God? Or is this a case of being a practical atheist who can pull God up into our consciousness when we recognize our inability? We do our best, and call on God to do the rest?
It is as if we regard ...
That One Thing – Kerri Lynn
(Taken from Matthew 19:16-22)
I sit in Jesus’s shadow, hugging my knees to my chest as I watch him, feeling defensive, feeling like maybe I don’t know this cool-eyed person as much as I thought I did. I came to this story to rub shoulders with the crowd but I can’t do that today – instead my eyes are stuck to him. These stories always ask me a question with two parts.
What do I know of myself? What do I know of him?
Some days the answer is immediate, but other days, like today, I’m not sure the answer will come at all. The sun reinforces my uncertainty – sitting in the sky like a hard, shiny diamond – casting these ...
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Brad Jersak The Gospel According to A.I. – pg. 2
Greg Albrecht "Divine Appointments?" – pg. 5
Ed Dunn Running the Race – pg. 6
The Christian and a “Heretic” by Ken Williams
How I view my relationship with Jesus determines how I see others.
Ken Williams
I joined the other passengers as we boarded our flight from Sacramento, CA to Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas. I looked forward to relaxing and reading. After getting settled in my window seat and greeting the woman in the aisle seat, I pulled my book out intending to relax and read. But that was delayed by the woman in the aisle seat who asked me if I believe the Bible. It felt more like a trap than a request for friendly conversation. I sensed that nuancing my answer would prolong the conversation, so I replied, “Yes” and started to read. She wasn’t finished. Other ...
A Wakened Heart, a Listening Ear, an Encouraging Word – Brad Jersak
Isaiah the Prophet:
Isaiah, son of Amoz, was a priest and prophet based in Jerusalem in the 8th century. The book bearing his name records visions and events through the reigns of four kings of Judah, leading up to the Babylonian captivity and a period immediately after the exile. Isaiah was commissioned as a messenger in a temple-shaking encounter with the Lord (Isaiah 6) and his prophecies included judgments concerning the nations, the rise of a virgin-born Prince of Peace, and the arrival of God's universal kingdom on a renewed world.
It's worth pondering Isaiah's relationship with God, how he functioned, and his example to us. In this ...
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