tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44826750676028639892011-07-08T03:26:25.230-04:00A blog about prayer and the immensity of God's matchless love!Rob Elyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14785808777468595254noreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482675067602863989.post-33140237325687555882009-12-03T07:22:00.000-05:002009-12-03T07:23:27.229-05:00

My life hasn't always been lived following God. Many times in the past I have struggled with sin, still do at times. But I came across the story of the immoral woman who anointed Jesus with fragrant oil in Luke 7. I love how the NLT renders verse 47: "I tell you, her sins-and they are many-have been forgiven, so she has shown me much love." This is my story as well. I have found the forgiveness

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I read an article entitled "Who Did Christ Die For?" that argued for the idea of limited atonement (the notion that Jesus only died for a few...those who were marked for salvation, but not for the whole world), and had to sigh a great sigh that this ancient argument between believers still lives. I, myself, have been caught up in arguing the different sides of this issue in the past, only to find

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I have come to a place in my life where the exercise of prayer has become far more than something I feel like I have to do or something I feel like God wants all good Christians to practice. I have come to the place where I’m beginning to understand that to say prayer is important is like saying breathing is important.

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God purposely set the bar of righteousness higher than any man can reach on his own. His righteousness is perfect, and yet that's what God requires of us. It is God's intention that we see the impossibility of attaining this righteousness that is necessary to be right with Him and fall upon His GRACE and MERCY that was offered to us freely through Jesus. Jesus fulfilled ALL righteousness in

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This is an exerpt from "Experiencing The Spirit" by Henry and Melvin Blackaby, page 72. "The greatest single tragedy of the people of God today is that they're missing the fullness of the Spirit. If they only knew what they were missing, they would stop everything and seek Him with all their hearts. For apart from the active presence of the Holy Spirit, there's no possibility of an individual

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What happened to the days when the Church acted like the life-changing entity she was created to be? A time when the people who call themselves followers of Christ felt an urgency to affect the climate of their culture around them spiritually. A time when they weren't so busy caught up in what has come to be known as the everyday-ness of life...like going to work and paying the bills are the

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In thinking about how God chooses love instead of guilt in confronting us with our sins, one might ask if this is too soft. Don't some people need to be coerced or given an ultimatum to get them to do what's right? My answer to that is if getting them to do what's right is the only thing you're interested in, then sure. Some people need that. There's nothing like the "hold 'em over hell on a

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In his book, "The Jesus I Never Knew," Philip Yancey tells the story of a prostitute who confides in one of his friends some of the deep pit of struggle that she has been living in. When the friend asks her is she ever thought about going to the church for help, she chides, "Church! Why would I ever go there? They'd just make me feel worse than I already do!" Yancey goes on to write, "Somehow

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True Christian spirituality is the only faith in the whole world where "grace" is the basis. Every other religion teaches you that you have to DO something to earn God's favor or love, or else you have to perform certain rituals in order to attain a certain consciousness or something. The message of Jesus is quite simple--there is absolutely NOTHING we can do to earn our way to Heaven. It was God

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A friend recently asked me to tell her what the Bible is all about. First let me say that I don't consider myself to have all the answers. Not even close. But I will attempt to give an overview of the message of the Bible here and I think the best way to do it is in story form. This will be allegorical but the message is true. This is the story of a King who had a daughter. The King loved

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Welcome to my page where I write thoughts about Christ and His matchless love for us! Stay tuned!

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