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And further, this will be done divinely by Jesus on the cross as he loves and forgives, and gives us the model of what and how to do that in total pain and rejection, and human failure, but Divine Redemption.
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Jesus reveals a Father who always loves
Or does he withhold his love?
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The kingdom of God is the reality of dying, coming to life
The kingdom of God is the reality of dying and coming to life: letting go and grabbing on to something bigger, better, deeper, more loving, and more wonderful.
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Jesus Christ sends us forth to respond to this world with compassion
Anyone can judge it, but a true disciple sees it with compassion and loves as Christ loves.
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We rejoice in his complete openness through marital and parental near-catastrophes and rejoice in Joseph’s faithful response to God.
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God wants to form us into Christian warriors
Do you form warriors with easy, peaky, weaky words; or do you shout out commands to toughen and roughen them up?
Continue readingWe are his hearts, hands in this world
Do we bring our Gifts and in the giving discover that we have been far more gifted?
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Like Stephen, we will find ourselves enduring the eternal love of God in Christ
But like Stephen, be prepared to be filled with the Holy Spirit of God. Be prepared to see what so many could not and would not see. Be prepared to share in enormous trust that even in the face of death will not diminish. Be prepared to speak wisdom in the face of danger and impending death. And be prepared, in the trust and deepest sense of all, to be saved!
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