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God wants to be your best friend…
For those of us who have felt that God is a distant task master, one to be feared, that expects total and complete obedience, strict with a bunch of rules, and isn’t intimate…this may be a bit of a stretch… continue reading » »
The heart of worship is surrender…
Our reading today focuses on the concept of worship being a form of surrender. Unfortunately for many of us surrender falls into a visual of the white flag going up, admitting defeat, giving in to a stronger opponent, and like a captured criminal, having to give up our freedom. Surrender is something we see mainly in a negative light… continue reading » »
The smile of God is the goal of your life…
If pleasing God is our first purpose, it stands to reason that we figure out just how to do that!
The first purpose that we read about in todays reading is the fact that the minute we were born, God was an “unseen witness” smiling at our birth… what a comforting thought to know that our arrival has given Him great joy! God created us for his own enjoyment, for his benefit, purpose, glory and delight… continue reading » »
Life on earth is a temporary assignment…
Chapter 6 reminds us that our life on earth is “like a mist” that appears for a short while then vanishes away. To make the best use of our life on earth we must not forget two truths.. First, compared with eternity our life here is pretty brief. Second, earth is a temporary residence.
The way you see your life shapes your life.
Day 5 reading starts with this. This builds on the truth of living with eternity in mind as the last chapter points out. Don’t you just love the answers to the question “How do you see your life?” (You have to read it if you haven’t yet…) One of the ones that is funny is: “Life is a 10 speed bike with gears you never use.”
This life is not all there is…
So Chapter 4 begins. The idea of our life being a “dress rehearsal” before the “big show” seems a bit foreign to most of us. After all we don’t really think much about dying do we? continue reading » »
Everyone’s life is driven by something…
This is how today’s chapter begins. It made me think. What really is the driving force in my life? What’s the driving force in your life? continue reading » »
I wonder how many of us felt at times that we are a product of our environment, and the things that have shaped us are outside of our control.
After all, we did not choose where we were born, who our family is, the color of our skin, how tall we are, our personality, our physical abilities or even our seeming limitations. How many times have we heard that it’s “just fate?”
