Psalm 114:2 S–Judah became God’s sanctuary; Israel His dominion. H–As the author is remembering the mighty acts of God through the exodus and journey to the promise land this verse jumps out and grabs me this morning. I have never thought of God having a sanctuary; a place where God worships. So often I think [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Becoming God’s Sanctuary….today’s task
Posted: October 27, 2009 in discipleshipTags: crossroads, discipleship, Faith, jesus, sanctuary
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Hope vs. Optimism….the difference between followers of Jesus and positive thinkers.
Posted: October 26, 2009 in Hope, leadershipTags: crossroads, discipleship, Hope, jesus, leadership
Job 17:15 S–”Where then is my hope? Who will see my hope?” H–Job finds himself in the pit of despair; life is terrible; he’s ready to give up. Its easy to read this and also hear Paul situation in Acts 24-26. Job is experiencing a reality in life that sometimes life sucks and there is [...]
Focus is the task of majoring in the “essentials” and not the “minors”
Posted: October 22, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: acts, crossroads, essentails minors, focus, jesus, mission, vision
Acts 15:28 (majoring in the essentials) S–For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to impose on you no further burden then the essentials. H–there is already a temptation in the early church to become a bunch of rules and practices…..the exact thing that Israel was never able to live into [...]
Tragedy and Suffering…..is God punishing us like an angry school teacher keeping score?
Posted: October 20, 2009 in FaithTags: crossroads, god, jesus, job, punishment, suffering, tragedy
Below is how God is SHAPE (ing) me today. Job 6:8-9 S–O that I might have my request, and that God would grant my desire; that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off! H–Here Job is crying out to God in despair; He is [...]
