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Tag Archives: expectations
Going With the Flow; September 5, 2020
Acts 28:6 The people expected him to swell up or suddenly fall dead, but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god. Reading the whole story … Continue reading
God’s Grace; February 4, 2020
Romans 9:20 But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? “Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’” Paul writes about the illogicality of this, but people do … Continue reading
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Tagged diligence, dissatisfaction, expectations, faithfulness, God's grace, humility, illogic, innate characteristics, logic, pride, trusting God
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Basics; May 22, 2019
Colossians 2:6-7 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. This chapter is loaded with … Continue reading
The God of Hope; April 4, 2019
Romans 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. There are many benedictions recorded in the … Continue reading
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Tagged expectations, faith, hope, joy, nocebos, peace, placebos, suicide, trust
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Change; February 29, 2019
Mark 6:4 Jesus said to them, “Only in his home town, among his relatives and in his own house is a prophet without honor.” Jesus here states a fairly universal phenomenon, another expression of “Familiarity breeds contempt.” Human beings are … Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, change, distractions, expectations, frustration, mental illness, rate of change, stagnation, stress
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Marriage; November 3, 2018
Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. I find it amusing to have this passage on a day when I am performing a wedding, because I always read this … Continue reading
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Tagged aspiration, expectations, goals, Islamists, love, marriage, pleasing God, relationships, rewards, submission
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Trusting the Holy Spirit; September 21, 2018
Romans 15:14 I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, complete in knowledge and competent to instruct one another. This is a very interesting statement on the part of Paul to people whom he had … Continue reading
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Tagged church planting, delegation, expectations, faith, flattery, maturity, ministry, self image, spiritual growth, transformation
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Looking Forward; January 26, 2018
Isaiah 43:18-19 “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the … Continue reading
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Tagged comfort, despair, expectations, God's best, learning from experience, new things, ruts, the way forward
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January 29, 2017
1 John 5:14-15 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we … Continue reading
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Tagged disappointment, dreams, expectations, faith, giving up, God's will, Shusaku Endo, Silence
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October 31,2011
2 Chronicles 1:7 That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.” This is a very famous story, of how God allowed Solomon to ask for anything, and since he … Continue reading
