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It would be just like him

The God of the Bible looks like Jesus, the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being. It would be just like him to go to the cross.

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Practicing Our Scales

Imagine if our walk with Christ, representing his kingdom in the world, were as practiced and pure as Hania Rani’s fingers on the piano keys.

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Rescue

I practice the spiritual discipline of rescuing earthworms on paved surfaces. It's a reminder to me that I can pause what I'm doing, get a little dirty, and help. Also, that I've been given the responsibility to care.

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Your Roots Are Showing

The life that I bring to the world can only be found in my attachment to Christ. His presence with me is essential.

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Connection

I live in a U.S. county with traffic problems. It's a peninsula, and what's not swamp land has been developed. Building new roads is difficult and expensive. Making things worse, roads that could connect don't.

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What's in the Bowl?

During a spring trip, my wife and I purchased a glass bowl. It's colorful and handmade. When I turn the bowl upside down, nothing falls out. Does that make it empty?

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In Jesus' Name

And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it. ⏤ John 14:13-14

I'm sure it's not intentional, but Jesus' name is often used in ways that seem magic-like to me. Am I just using his name, or am I marinated in it? I want to show up in his name, not just with his name, faithfully bearing his character and his authority over me.

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Knowing Knowing

The Message

Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. — Colossians 3:16

We consider Jesus's divinity, his place as a member of the Trinity, coexisting with the Father and the Spirit from endless antiquity. The message of Christ and the word of God form a consistent revelation. Jesus's message, God's Word, is living and active. And Paul urges us to let that Word live with us, among us (the word you is plural) richly, abundantly, generously.

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Kingdom Kingdom

Where's the Kingdom?

"...the kingdom of God is in your midst.” — Luke 17:21b

Where do you place God's kingdom? Is it somewhere out there in the universe or beyond it? Is it in the future? Is it in the world, an improving world being gradually sanctified? Is it in America on behalf of the world? Or is it in the Church, Christ's body, exiled in the world? Your answer to this question will greatly influence your life, evangelism, discipleship, and ministry.

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