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God’s Idea and My Worries
Yesterday one of my sisters sent me something she heard in church: Worry is believing God won't get it right, bitterness is believing that God got it wrong. This got me thinking about something related I've learned: God's idea is always better than yours. Followers of...
Obedience and Gratefulness
This past Sunday the pastor talked about the ten lepers in his sermon from Luke 17:11-19. Of necessity, lepers in that day were separated and quarantined from society so they wouldn't give their disease to anyone else. This disease eats away at your body, and since...
Deep in the Ministry
Continuing from the things I've learned last Sunday (last post, Being a Believer, Being a Disciple, Being Free). In the sermon after Sunday School, one of the things we talked about was being in ministry. Through Martha and Mary in Luke 10:38-42, we saw that sometimes...
Being a Believer, Being a Disciple, and Being Free
Continuing from things I learned Sunday in John 8, (things after the last post, Jesus' Identity and Missing the Point). Speaking to some of the people who believed on Him, Jesus told them to continue in His word, which shows that they are truly His disciples (John...
Jesus’ Identity and Missing the Point
I was at a different church yesterday. Something about Sunday School stuck out. We were in John 8 when Jesus is talking to the religious leaders about who He is, and how much they're missing the points He's making. Right after Jesus had forgiven the woman caught in...
God Inside and Outside the Box
I've written before about how God doesn't fit into a box you've made for Him (God in a Box), and about the universe being like a box (Outside the Box). Sometimes it helps to think of God being outside of the box and reaching in, but God is omnipresent so it's...