January 2011
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The Pursuit of Wisdom
Currently I am reading through Proverbs and it doesn’t matter how many times I have read through these I am still challenged on so many levels.
Today I have been reading through Proverbs 16 & 17. There is so much contained in these Proverbs but the real over arching theme is that of wisdom.
Proverbs continues to make the clear case in Chapters 16 and 17 that wisdom is a vastly superior...
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Sunday Reflections 9/1/2011
We are two Sundays into 2011 and both have been great days. Yesterday we had an anointing service where we prayed for everyone at Hope and we consecrated (set apart) our lives for Kingdom purpose and influence in 2011.
We live in exciting times and it was encouraging to see a group of believers serious and passionate about the gospel. Particularly passionate about how God may use each one of us...
December 2010
6 posts
2011 Here We Come
Happy New Year!! A New Year, a New Day and a New Beginning. I love the opportunity to start again. Isaiah 42:9 says, “See, the former things have taken place, and NEW things I declare.” God is into NEW things, NEW days, NEW beginnings and NEW years.
Whatever 2010 looked like for you, it is now in the past - it is now a former thing! Now as we walk into 2011 we have the opportunity...
I Just Need To Give Myself Grace
We all create rules to follow that make us feel like we’re closer to God. This is a sin called legalism. We add rules that God doesn’t ask us to follow, feel good when we do them, or bad when we don’t, and in the process we create a new law.
Your laws are a burden
Some people make daily Bible reading into law. They feel justified and holy when they read, but guilty when they don’t. This is messed...