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Category Archives: Rest of God
True Grace
Grace is not a declaration from God of innocence; it’s not a “get-out-of-hell free” card you wave at the pearly gates, and it’s not just unmerited favor. We have God’s unmerited favor because Christ lives in us. God empowers us … Continue reading
Posted in Grace, Rest of God, Sonship
Tagged Christianity, Intimacy with God, Jesus, New Covenant, transformation
4 Comments
Will we follow Holy Spirit or our confirmation bias?
One of the challenges for us as followers of Jesus during this pandemic is maintaining a vibrant faith while not being able to meet in the normal way. This is why I believe God is re-training us during this season … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Rest of God, Sonship, Worship
Tagged Christianity, Following Jesus, Holy Spirit, Relationships, Spiritual growth and health, The Church, The Living Word
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This is the greatest time for the Good News!
While we’re currently living in a very politically divisive and emotionally charged time, there was never a time in our lives when the Gospel message was more relevant. Why? Because every human actually wants the same two things. They just … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom, Rest of God
Tagged Bill Vanderbush, Christianity, Evangelism, Good News, Jesus, liberals and conservatives, Woman at the Well
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God is making new wine…out of us!
I heard a troubling statistic from a new Barna survey recently, that one in three Christians (32%) have not attended either an online or on location church gathering since the pandemic. It does beg the question about the true nature … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Reformation, Rest of God
Tagged Christianity, First love, Intimacy with God, New Wine, Prophecy 2021, revival, Spiritual warfare
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What are we learning?
A soul that’s not self-reflective is a superficial and impoverished soul. It has no knowledge of its own shortcomings. Its focus is more often on the shortcomings of others. It has no governing capability to mitigate against its own hypocritical … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom, Identity, Rest of God
Tagged Christianity, Following Christ, Intimacy with God, Spiritual growth, transformation
3 Comments
The Gospel: God, love, fellowship, and joy!
The Gospel is not ultimately about forgiveness of sin. While important, that’s only a means to a much greater end. The Gospel is, first and foremost, the good news about God. For we see Him in the life of His … Continue reading
Posted in Father Heart of God, Love, Rest of God
Tagged Abiding in Christ, Christianity, Divine Dance, Evangelism, In Christ, Jesus, joy, New Covenant, The Gospel, Trinity
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How to keep a vibrant faith
How do we live a consistent vibrant faith? To be vibrant means to be full of energy and enthusiasm. The etymology for the word, enthusiasm, is instructive. It’s directly from Late Latin enthusiasmus, from Greek enthousiasmos, meaning: “divine inspiration”…from enthousiazein … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Father Heart of God, Identity, Rest of God, Sonship, Worship
Tagged Abba Father, Christianity, Jonathan David Helser, Personal testimony, Salvation, transformation
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Walking out our redemption
Graham Cooke said, “We’re saved once, but we get redeemed from our old ways every single day! We’re learning how to be a new creation.” This is critically important to understand if we’re going to walk in what God intends … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Grace, Rest of God, Sonship
Tagged Abiding in Christ, Christianity, Discipleship, Gifts of the Spirit, Graham Cooke, Holy Spirit, transformation
6 Comments
Overcoming in troubled times
We win. I thought I should start with that reminder. It’s important that we remember this every day, especially in a crazy year like 2020! When all hell breaks loose around us, we need to remember that heaven is for … Continue reading
Pursue doing what is beautiful
It’s a major understatement to say 2020 is a unique year. The cultural atmosphere is full of fear of the present and anxiety over the future. But it’s not unique or scary for Jesus’ Church. Actually, this is rather mild … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Love, Rest of God
Tagged Abiding in Christ, Christianity, Culture, Kingdom of God, Peace of God
6 Comments