Today's words aren't my own, but a collection from both of today's shereadstruth and hereadstruth devotionals. Today let us humble ourselves before our Father and King, tear our sinful hearts and allow Him to restore us to the people He made us to be.
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âRepent and believe.â These are the words Christ uses in the Gospel of Mark to begin His earthly ministry (Mark 1:15). But isn't it funny how quickly we skate past that first part Believing is beautiful, but repentance is less glamorous. Yet, right out of the gate, Jesusâ ministry began with a call for us to repent of our sin and believe He came to save us.
If we skip repentance, what do we believe He saves us from @shereadstruth .
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"Even nowââ
this is the Lord's declarationââ
turn to me with all your heart,
with fasting, weeping, and mourning.
Tear your hearts,
not just your clothes,
and return to the Lord your God.
For he is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger, abounding in faithful love,
and he relents from sending disaster."
(Joel 2:12-13)
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"Tear your hardened heart, and let the grace of God soften it, making it whole in Christ) @hereadstruth .
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2017-09-09 23:50
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""Eternal life doesn't start when we die;
It starts now.
It's not about a life that begins at death;
It's about experiencing the kind of life now that can endure and survive even death." - Rob Bell .
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This is one of those things that God has sunk deep into my heart over the past little while. It's so crucial to our faith and living our faith on earth, yet I don't think we really realize it. Our life starts now! We are living in the kingdom of God NOW! Our life with Jesus doesn't start when we die and go to heaven, it is NOW.
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God hit me with some truth today through the #if_revivalcamp2017 reading. So here it is under an aesthetic but unrelated photo.
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I often point out my flaws, as Iâm sure many of us do, and whenever I do Nick says in annoyance, âHey, thatâs my wife youâre talking about.â He says the same when he calls me beautiful and I laugh. As my husband, he sees my flaws and loves me anyway. God is the same but in such a greater way. When I look in the mirror and call the girl I see ugly, useless and pathetic, He angrily replies, âHey, thatâs my daughter youâre talking about! Thatâs the gal that I knitted together in her motherâs womb! Thatâs the gal who I gifted with specific talents to do my work! Thatâs the gal I have an amazing plan for! That the gal who I, the creator of the universe and all that is in it, love beyond description!"
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I was looking for a place to journal this in my bible and God hit me with 1 John 4:8. It reads âAnyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.â If we love God, if we are in relationship with Him and are filled with His love, then we will love his creation - that includes ourselves.
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"A Christian's life in all its aspects - intellectual and ethical, devotional and relational, upsurging in worship and outgoing in witness - is supernatural; only the Spirit can initiate and sustain it. So apart from him, not only will there be no lively believers and no lively congregations, there will be no believers and no congregations at all." (J. I. Packer)
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Another random aesthetic photo (of my new stunning cups!!) with a deep and meaningful quote, but isn't this so good! ONLY THE SPIRIT can initiate and sustain our Christian life. Why the heck are we trying to do it by ourselves! If the first believers sat in a room and waited for the Holy Spirit before they did anything - and they had spent years in the presence of Jesus! - what on earth makes us think we can do it alone! May we all be filled anew with the Holy Spirit again today, and tomorrow, and the next day, forever and ever, amen.
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