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As I look through scripture, following God was never easy. There were always obstacles. There was always opposition. It seems that following Jesus often comes too easy for many of us. Little sacrifice. Little push back. Little trust required. The conclusion I’ve come to… We’re doing it wrong. Jesus said in John 16:33 that…
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The goal of God. The goal of Jesus. The goal of Paul. The goal of Peter. The goal of our early church fathers. The goal of your local church. The goal of you. Is to see old and dead people become new and alive. 2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he…
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Acts 17:6 “…These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,“ I came across this passage several days ago and it has literally kept me up at night. I so desperately want this to be said about me.
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When I first got my driver’s license, my friends and I used to have a little fun in our cars. What we did wasn’t that safe for our lives or for our cars, but here’s what we liked to do… We’d find a straight stretch of road with little traffic. We’d come to a…
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I’m not a parent yet, but I’ve heard the stories of how a newborn baby completely changes their parents’ lives as soon as they’re born. The parents’ priorities change, their time schedules change, their budgets change, their focus changes. All of a sudden they have the responsibility of a human life other than their…
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Philippians 3:16 “Only let us live up to what we have already attained.” When I was growing up, my Mom used to have this saying she’d tell me after I did something that I knew I shouldn’t have done. Mom would always say, “Jonathan, you know better.” This verse kinda says the same thing……