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Agape reciprocated God’s love has always been mutually enjoyed – it looks for a resting place and yearns for reciprocation. His love is only “complete” when those he’s reaching out to reach back. Let’s review what John said about the Singer’s song sung to us and sung by us back to him. “If anyone obeys …
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[If you haven't read part 1, you might want to take a couple minutes to do so.] The Lord your God is with you. He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17 Agape received: So, …
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If anyone obeys his Word, God’s love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did. 1 John 2:5 If we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. 1 John …
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[I highly recommend these books. Crabb's book is on dealing with suffering, Lamb's is about the difficulties we have with the Old Testament, and the ones by Cole are about how we do church and how we might do it better: Shattered Dreams... God Behaving Badly... Organic Church...] Shattered Dreams– God’s Unexpected Pathway to Joy, …
[This might be a re-blog. I couldn't remember if I'd posted it before. It's a piece from my memoir, which, by the way, I'm trying to publish. Could use some prayer on that score. I hate the business side of things.] For months, even the thought of eating was an unpleasant one. Chemo tends to …
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