God can fashion a customized system of signs and symbols to speak just to YOU — a secret language between you and God. This past year, with me it has been deer. God has been using deer to give me messages. He often uses deer sightings in very obvious ways to give me encouragement and confirmations. Let me explain…
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I believe God’s prophecy to Israel through Amos is also a word from God to US today. Just as God has historically always done before He administers justice, He is raising up prophets around the world today to warn us about what is coming. God warns us and then mercifully delays His judgment to give us time to “seek the LORD and live.”
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This is a hard life. We get weary from the perpetual toil and stress. But God “promises peace to His people, His faithful servants.” (v.8) Jesus is always beckoning us closer, urging us to come home where we belong within His presence, following His guidance. Within His perfect plan is our home, where His glory dwells, where “love and faithfulness meet together,” where “righteousness and peace kiss each other.” (v.10)
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Not ALL of us. Millions of us are humbly on our knees praying for our world, begging God for mercy. We know. God knows. And He is raising up His prophets to warn us, church! He’s giving us an opportunity to repent of our sins and return to Him. The good news is that it’s not too late to change our ways, to change His mind. Please LISTEN, CHURCH!
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Real relationship with God is not a physical system of do’s and don’ts. God is spirit; relationship with Him is a matter of the soul. A soul that is deeply in love with Christ WILL act a certain way. The Holy Spirit sanctifies over time. A soul truly in love with Jesus will become more loving, more serving and humble… more like Christ. But the soul relationship has to come FIRST.
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There is someone that God has been speaking to. He has been telling you to do something that you don’t want to do. You KNOW what He is saying but you are scared to do whatever it is. You don’t think anyone will listen to you. You are afraid people will think you are crazy or get mad at you. If this is YOU, then you know it, so please read on. I want to give you some encouragement. (If it isn’t you, please say a quick prayer for whoever it is, thank you!)
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God really IS our righteous judge whether we like it or not. He says it about Himself. It is true. Trying to ignore this uncomfortable fact doesn’t make it go away, it just makes us wrong. Fortunately He is all those wonderful things too! There is a time and season to focus on each side. There is always this divine tension between God’s grace/mercy/love and His righteous judgment. Part of our journey in this life is to find our balance between these two sides of God.
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The Tower of Babel wasn’t just something that happened a long time ago. We humans are ALWAYS building our own Towers of Babel — piling up our bricks of pride and wickedness, attempting to push God aside and get to heaven ourselves.
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Creation itself reveals the existence of God. Paul says that because of this, humans are “without excuse” for not seeking to know the God of the universe. There is more to the story, of course. A flower can’t really tell you details about Jesus. But I know my God, and whenever someone seeks Him, He REVEALS Himself, somehow, some way. He is more than capable of delivering His message to the seeker. We just have to SEEK!
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What does your soul yearn for? What are you passionate about? Is it God? It can be. Your relationship with God can be the most precious, meaningful part of your life. True relationship with God is like no other relationship. It is communion with the Almighty God who is powerful enough to create the entire universe out of nothing, yet knows each one of us personally, loves each of us intimately. How is that even possible? It is true! It is the most fantastic miracle!
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