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When we pray, God hears. When the Lord makes a promise, we can hold Him to it. When we pray a reminder to Him, as Daniel did, it is not because we think He may have forgotten. ... When we remind God's of His promises, it is a statement of faith on our part. We are affirming that He is a God who always follows through with His commitments. He will fulfill His promises in His time and in His way, 100 percent of the time.

Amir Tsarfati, The Day Approaching

#amir Tsarfati #the day approaching #god #promises #pray #daniel #faith #prayer

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Isn't it a comfort to worship a God we can't exaggerate?

Francis Chan

#god #exaggerate #worship #comfort

[garymillar]

How is it possible for Satan to delay his final judgment? ... Just prior to the Second Coming of Christ (the catalyst that will usher in the final period of the devil's freedom), Romans 11 promises us that all Israel will be saved. But what if there is no Israel to be saved? If the nation is eradicated, the prophecy cannot be fulfilled, and Christ cannot return to take His rightful throne on the earth. This is another reason why the enemy has been so determined to destroy God's chosen people.

Amir Tsarfati

The Last Hour

#satan #judgment #second coming #christ #israel #saved #nation #eradicated #prophecy #throne #earth #determined #enemy #amir Tsarfati #the last hour #romans 11

[garymillar]

#isaiah #know #yahweh #god #victory #strengthen

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#psalm #93 #thunder #waters #breakers #lord #most high

[garymillar]

#psalms #psalm #92 #praise #lord #morning #deeds #works #hand #faithfulness #music

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Because of the blood of Jesus Christ, we can come pure and holy into the presence of our righteous Creator, and that is a right and a privilege that will never be taken away.

Amir Tsarfati

Revealing Revelation

#amir Tsarfati #revealing Revelation #blood #jesus christ #pure #holy #come #presence #righteous #creator #privilege #right

[garymillar]

The great evangelist of the Bible is not Jonah, it's the Lord. And that's good news because by the Spirit, the Lord continues to reach out through rubbish evangelists like Jonah, like me, like you. As you seek to share your faith with others today, take heart; nothing can thwart God's gospel mission to the ends of the earth - not even you can thwart it. Because "Salvation comes from the Lord." (Jonah 2:9)

Glen Scrivener

Reading between the lines: Old Testament Daily Readings

#glen Scrivener #jonah #evangelist #lord #spirit #rubbish #share #faith #heart #gospel #mission #ends of the earth #salvation

[garymillar]

In the Scriptures, I would read passages like Ephesians 6, which talks about the belt of truth and the helmet of salvation. Meanwhile, my own spiritual attire seemed more akin to the flip-flops of fear, the socks of silence and the underpants of uncertainty.

Andy Bannister

How to talk about Jesus without looking like a idiot

#andy bannister #how to talk about jesus without looking like an idiot #jesus #idiot #helmet #belt #truth #salvation #socks #silence #flip flops #fear #underpants #uncertainty

[garymillar]

The essential part is to dwell in God, and this walking before God means that you live with the conviction ever before your consciousness that God is in you, as he is in everything: you live in the firm assurance that he sees all that is within you, knowing you better that you know yourself. This awareness of the eyes of God looking in your inner being ... searching your soul and your heart, seeing all that is there ... is the most powerful lever in the mechanism of the inner spiritual life.

St Theophan the Recluse

(quoted in Beholding by Strahan Coleman)

#strahan coleman #Beholding #awareness #st Theophan #god #consciousness #saint

[garymillar]

The question isn't, "Does God love us?" but whether we'll allow the fact that He always does to become an experienced reality in our daily lives.

Strahan Coleman, Beholding

#strahan coleman #Beholding #love #experienced reality #daily lives

[garymillar]

Without the call to climb higher into the adventure of divine friendship, our preaching lacks the wonder, beauty, and celebration the kingdom of heaven is truly meant to be.

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Sometimes I wonder if this is all the world has seen or learned from us over the years: a transactional spirituality more obsessed with evil in the world and our personal sin than with the wonder of divine friendship that God's love came to give us.

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This is the gospel, and how incredible it is. That God hasn't just forgiven us; He's fully restored our place at His table of friendship forever. It is stunning that we might be called friends of God and it transforms the way we see prayer entirely.

Strahan Coleman, Beholding

#Strahan Coleman #Beholding #gospel #forgiven #restored #reconciliation #table #friendship #friends #transforms #prayer #climb #adventure #divine #wonder #beauty #celebration #kingdom of heaven #transactional spirituality #obsessed #evil #world #personal sin #divine friendship #love

[garymillar]

God is an endless source of wisdom, truth, and fascination. So often we don't realise just how true that is because we don't stick around long enough. I think we'd all be shocked to hear what God longs to talk with us about if we just took a little more time to ask and wait. ...

None of this is about tiring ourselves out with words and agenda. If prayer is about asking and interceding alone, we'll spend time with God only when we have needs to pray about. ...

We're a self-driven culture, and it seems to me, even in the church, we've forgotten that prayer is mostly the art of joining a conversation, not starting one. ...

When we pray, when we open our minds and hearts to God in any moment, we're simply joining the conversation.

Strahan Coleman, Beholding

#strahan coleman #beholding #pray #self-driven #culture #needs #conversation #words #agenda #time #church #minds #hearts

[garymillar]

Love is patient, love is kind, love doesn't boast or force itself. God's voice is a whisper, and here we discover that love is heard less as the sound of a revival tent and more like the sound of breathing.

Strahan Coleman, Beholding

#strahan coleman #beholding #love #patient #kind #whisper #revival tent #breathing

[garymillar]

... consumer spirituality is most notable in its pursuit of good feelings as the primary sign of God's presence. We often assume that the presence of these experiences equates to the Spirit moving, and that in their absence God must also be absent. However, feelings make great companions but terrible masters, and to use them as the watermark of the Spirit's activity in our lives runs the risk of our enthroning our emotions and becoming enslaved to them.

Strachan Coleman, Beholding

#strahan coleman #beholding #emotions #presence #consumer spirituality #feelings #god #absence #absent #companions #masters #spirit #activity #enthroning #enslaved

[garymillar]

When I wonder if God knows my needs, the story of Ruth reminds me that he does. When I imagine that I've been overlooked or forgotten by God, I remember how Naomi's lament turned into praise. When I think I can see the outcome ahead and I'm afraid that it's not good, I tell myself that this same God is at work in my life too, and that he means to benefit me. I don't have to work like crazy to make sure all the pieces fit. The story is not mine to write. It's his.

Laura Story

I give up

#laura story #i give up #ruth #overlooked #forgotten #story #god #needs #knows #imagine #lament #praise #naomi #outcome #afraid #life #work #pieces #write

[garymillar]

#laura story #when god doesn't fix it #samaritan #messiah #past #courage #authenticity #woman