And to those many places where Paul had planted the seeds of faith with total confidence, God will bring about growth, and maturity.
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A relationship with God full of spirit requires waiting
These are not just Advent themes, but everyday themes of the spiritual life.
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Jesus teaches, but we also hear his call
And to be sure, the sinners knew with all their heart that Jesus was calling them and loving them into goodness. The fact that Jesus did it in spite of all those who criticized his words and actions gave the perfect proof.
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Determined to seek his healing, love
He spoke of and offered forgiveness; and he healed and gave a man who was paralyzed the ability to walk, run, dance, and jump like a child!
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Seeing ourselves as happy souls doing God’s will
And maybe we all need a little of Eli in our lives, too. Maybe we need to share with one another our own experiences of God, and our own growth in listening and surrendering so that others might learn it, too.
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An extraordinary story is promised
Uh oh! This, undoubtedly, would one day be his downfall.
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This word will do something to us
The question is, how will we experience it? And, what will happen to us and in us because of this word? The psalms, once again, say we will be blessed and we will draw and drink water joyfully from the springs of salvation. So, are we thirsty?
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We are broken, but Jesus leads us back to God
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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Being ‘double amen-ed’ by Jesus is kind of a big deal
Have we “come to believe” and “come to see” just who this Jesus the Christ really is and what he promises also to us?
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Looking for Jesus in all the eternal places
Maybe Jesus was introducing them to something eternal even then. And so, even and maybe especially for us, is that not the same? When we discover what we are looking for within ourselves, should not that help us to find it?
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