tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37567531932383564642024-03-18T02:14:31.122-07:00Delight Directed LivingSharing ways to delight in life's journey whatever one faces along the way.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248483093711799736noreply@blogger.comBlogger143125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756753193238356464.post-69243661462559356752015-04-30T23:30:00.000-07:002015-04-30T23:30:03.038-07:00XYZ - eXamine Your Zeal<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
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- e<b>X</b>amine <b>Y</b>our <b>Z</b>eal. When you think about what’s been breaking out in cities
across the U.S. right now, the riots and the mobs and the protests, can you help
but wonder what’s going on? Is their zeal well grounded or unfounded? What is
under it or behind it? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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believe within each of us there is a need, a desire to be part of something bigger
than ourselves. We may not know it or see it or understand it, but it is
there and it shows itself in someway. I believe we are witnessing the ugliness
that it can produce when we misidentify what that bigger something is. That the
need was placed in us for a purpose. Yes, we have a real need which fuels a real desire, and it is for the something bigger that we were created for, God Himself. We were created to belong in the <a href="http://delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/2015/04/family_9.html" target="_blank">family</a> of God.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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we also have something else naturally in us, a rebellious nature. So when that
need for something bigger intertwines with our nature to rebel, it can produce
the kinds of things we are witnessing in our society. We search to belong to
something bigger in all the wrong places. Only God Himself can give us what we
long for, what we are created for, relationship with Him. The <a href="http://delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/2015/04/biblical-studies.html" target="_blank">Bible</a> tells us God has made Himself known within us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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heaven against all ungodliness and <a href="http://delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/2015/04/sin.html" target="_blank">unrighteousness</a> of men who suppress the
truth in unrighteousness, because that which is known about God is evident within
them; for God made it evident to them. For since the creation of the world His
invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly
seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without
excuse. For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give
thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart
was darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory
of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of
birds and four-footed animals and <a href="http://delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/2015/04/worms.html" target="_blank">crawling creatures</a>. </span></i></div>
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should e<b>X</b>amine what we are <b>Z</b>ealous for. With what do <b>Y</b>ou <a href="http://delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/2015/04/identity.html" target="_blank">Identify</a>? In what do
<b>Y</b>ou find You <a href="http://delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/2015/04/reality.html" target="_blank">Reality</a>? How do <b>Y</b>ou determine <a href="http://delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/2015/04/truth-with-capital-t.html" target="_blank">Truth</a>? What is <b>Y</b>ou <a href="http://delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/2015/04/u-is-for-ultimate.html" target="_blank">Ultimate</a>? Are <b>Y</b>ou
<a href="http://delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/2015/04/equip.html" target="_blank">Equip</a>ped to defend or offer an <a href="http://delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/2015/04/apologetics.html" target="_blank">Apologetic</a> <b>Y</b>our <a href="http://delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/2015/04/christian-worldview.html" target="_blank">Worldview</a>? Can <b>Y</b>ou <a href="http://delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/2015/04/laying-it-out.html" target="_blank">Lay it Out</a>
for someone? How do <b>Y</b>ou deal with <b>Y</b>our <a href="http://delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/2015/04/doubt.html" target="_blank">Doubt</a>s?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are <b>Y</b>ou willing to make some <a href="http://delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/2015/04/o-is-for-observation-p-is-for-prayer.html" target="_blank">Observations</a> to <a href="http://delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/2015/04/making-most-of.html" target="_blank">Make the Most</a>
of the <a href="http://delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/2015/04/quality.html" target="_blank">Quality</a> of <b>Y</b>our Life? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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made to be an <a href="http://delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/2015/04/heirs-of-kingdom-of-god.html" target="_blank">Heir of the kingdom of God</a>. <a href="http://delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/2015/04/jesus.html" target="_blank">Jesus</a> has made a <a href="http://delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/2015/04/name-above-all-names.html" target="_blank">way</a> to restore us to
what we were intended for, <a href="http://delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/2015/04/glory.html" target="_blank">Glory</a> as children of the <a href="http://delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/2015/04/king-of-kings.html" target="_blank">King of Kings</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248483093711799736noreply@blogger.com70tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756753193238356464.post-42366055629859449692015-04-30T18:21:00.003-07:002015-04-30T18:21:53.455-07:00WORMSI am catching up on my <a href="http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/" target="_blank">A to Z Challenge.</a> I fell behind due to an accumulation of circumstances that occur in life.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Light"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Light";">As I <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">walked</b> this morning, there were lots of little squirming <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">worms</b> about on the sidewalk. I couldn’t
help thinking about them. They were seeking refuge from the rain. I thought
about their purpose, burrowing through the soil to aerate and fertilize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Amazing little creatures aren’t they?!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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from nothing? I mean, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">when</b> I think
about the importance of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">worm</b> and
its purpose, I think about the other things in the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">world</b>. I think of how it all fits together and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">works</b> together. Could it have just come about randomly? No, I don’t
think so. It takes too much faith to look at a world that is clearly designed
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248483093711799736noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756753193238356464.post-82348678824237885042015-04-30T17:12:00.001-07:002015-04-30T17:12:09.671-07:00V is for Virtue<br />Well, I am running behind, but I vow to finish. So let me start by catching up with V.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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showing high moral standards, goodness, virtuousness, righteousness, moral
excellence, integrity, dignity, honor, decency, nobility, rectitude, purity,
conformity of one’s life and conduct to high moral and ethical principles,
uprightness, rectitude</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Light"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Where
is the virtue today? Where are the high moral standards, standards of goodness
and excellence, righteousness, honor? Have they died as we negate God in our
world? Without God, where does virtue come from anyway?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a search for ‘virtue’ on the internet, I found many organizations attempting to
recreate the virtuous that has been lost. There are some that admit religion
plays a role. There are others that identify other mechanisms to instill virtue
like sports, work, or stable relationships like families or schools. However,
this neglects a deep question. Why should anyone desire to be virtuous? Who
defines virtue and where does the idea of virtue originate?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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have true virtue, we need a standard by which to measure that virtue. We need a
definer of virtue. That standard definer is God.</span></div>
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and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility,
gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of
you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over
all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you
were called to peace. And be thankful. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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out to:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue Medium";"><a href="http://www.voicesforvirtue.org/" target="_blank">Voices for Virtue</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue Medium";"><a href="http://www.discipleshiptools.org/apps/articles/?articleid=37123&columnid=4166" target="_blank">The Character of Virtue</a> </span></div>
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<a href="http://www.sharefaith.com/guide/christian-principles/virtues-of-godly-women/the-value-of-virtue.html" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14pt;" target="_blank">What is the Biblical Value ofVirtue?</a><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue Medium";">God bless, Maria</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248483093711799736noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756753193238356464.post-63496647009411009952015-04-24T15:00:00.000-07:002015-04-24T15:00:01.067-07:00U is for Ultimate<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">What’s your ultimate thing? What
is it that you put before all else, that guides your decision-making, that most
important, most valued item in your life? That is your idol, your ultimate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13pt;"><i>Then God spoke all these words, saying,<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13pt;"><i>“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of
Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before Me. You
shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above
or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.”</i></span><span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+20%3A1-4&version=NASB" target="_blank">Exodus 20:1-4</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13pt;"><i>For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes,
His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood
through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. For even though
they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks; but they became
futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing
to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God
for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed
animals and crawling creatures.</i></span><span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+1%3A20-23&version=NASB" target="_blank">Romans1:20-23</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">If we allow something to take the
ultimate place in our hearts, in our lives above the place that God should
have, then we actually reduce the value of all things in our life. Why? Because
God IS the ultimate; so to put anything in His place devalues the ultimate
place and consequently devalues everything else in relation to the false
ultimate. Only by giving God the place in our lives that He should hold to we
give appropriate value to all in our lives. It is in dignifying truth, that we
dignify all else by the standard of truth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248483093711799736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756753193238356464.post-47483293721825749672015-04-23T15:00:00.000-07:002015-04-23T15:00:01.274-07:00TRUTH with a Capital T<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Truth</b>: <a href="http://delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/2015/04/reality.html" target="_blank">Reality</a>; What is real. The
actual state of what is; Consistency and conformity with God’s perspective and
standards; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><i>“The sum of Thy word is truth, <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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ordinances is everlasting.</i>” <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+119%3A160&version=NASB" target="_blank">Psalm 119:160</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><i>“Be diligent to present yourself
approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, handling
accurately the word of truth.</i>” <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Timothy+2%3A15&version=NASB" target="_blank">2 Timothy 2:15</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><i>“And we know that the Son of God
has come, and has given us understanding, in order that we might know Him who
is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the
true God and eternal life.”</i> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+John+5%3A20&version=NASB" target="_blank">1 John 5:20</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">How does one determine truth? It
is not uncommon to treat truth as mere preference today. For instance, the
thought is that what’s true for you may not be true for me. However, that isn’t
then truth. What is true must apply universally, though circumstance may change
the application of truth, for truth to be truth it must be so regardless of who
we are and what we may think of it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Greg Koukl from <a href="http://www.str.org/" target="_blank">Stand To Reason</a>
puts it something like this. When you go the ice cream shop with friends, you
can all choose your favorite flavor. What you choose is merely your preference.
However, when you go to the doctor, you want to be sure he is treating you with
the right medication for your particular ailment. A topical ointment will not
help you if you have an internal injury. If you have a disease, you want the
doctor to treat you with the right medicine. If the doctor offers you ice cream
when what you need is insulin, then you wouldn’t appreciate his prescription. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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about what to believe concerning God and eternity, truth matters. If God is,
and He has determined the path to eternity, then there is a right way and a
wrong way. It isn’t a matter of our preference, but a matter of truth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="https://www.truthforlife.org/" target="_blank">Truth for Life</a></span></div>
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<a href="https://carm.org/what-truth" target="_blank">What is the Truth about God?</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.gty.org/resources/articles/A379/What-Is-Truth" target="_blank">What is Truth?</a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248483093711799736noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756753193238356464.post-31416387126846331142015-04-22T15:00:00.000-07:002015-04-22T15:00:01.093-07:00SIN<h4>
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">As I have been navigating my way through the 2015 <a href="http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/" target="_blank">A to Z Challenge</a>, I've been examining briefly various words and concepts in <a href="http://delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/2015/04/apologetics.html" target="_blank">apologetics</a>, that is the defense of what we believe, and for me that is Christianity and the <a href="http://delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/2015/04/christian-worldview.html" target="_blank">Christian worldview</a>. Today's word is sin.</span></span></h4>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Sin</b>: The violation of God’s
expectations; transgressing divine law; rebelling against God; making something
other than God our ultimate thing, our ultimate standard, our ultimate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><i>…All have sinned and fall short
of the glory of God</i>. <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+3%3A23&version=NASB" target="_blank">Romans 3:23</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><i>The wages of sin is death, but
the gift of God is eternal life through <a href="http://delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/2015/04/jesus.html" target="_blank">Jesus</a>, Christ our Lord.</i> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+6%3A23&version=NASB" target="_blank">Romans 6:23</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">People in America today don’t
like to hear the word sin. They think no one has the right to pass judgment on
them, even God. Who is anyone to declare something sin? That argument easily falls
apart with a little thought, however. If God made us, He knows how we work best, and He has the right to set the guiding principles for how the world and we in
the world should operate. If there is a God, then He is the ultimate, and He
determines our purpose. In fact He gives us purpose and meaning. If there is a
God, as A. W. Tozer said,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">“What comes into our minds when
we think about God is the most important thing about us.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Why do I bring up God in the
topic of sin? Because according to the definition of sin, it is God who
determines what it is. If He is the<a href="http://delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/2015/04/king-of-kings.html" target="_blank"> King of Kings</a>, then He has the authority to say what sin is and why it is significant.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">We must determine what we think about God first in order
to have a right view of sin. Otherwise sin has no meaning. Someone who says, "There is no God," likewise must say there is no sin to be consistent, and rightly so. However, if there is no sin, what is the basis for determining right and wrong? If it is just us and our own conclusions, who gets to decide? Think about that to its logical conclusion, and you will understand why Voltaire said,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Are you willing to consider the
reality of God and sin? What do you think of Tozer’s statement? Do you have an <o:p></o:p></span><span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">alternative thought to Voltaire's statement?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Here are a few websites to help you consider what sin is and what to do about it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.allaboutgod.com/what-is-sin.htm" target="_blank">What is sin? </a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.greatbiblestudy.com/forgiveness_of_sins.php" target="_blank">Forgiveness of sin</a> </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248483093711799736noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756753193238356464.post-73899416108267346782015-04-21T15:00:00.000-07:002015-04-21T15:00:06.491-07:00Reality<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #420178; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">So is God reality? Is <a href="http://delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/2015/04/jesus.html" target="_blank">Jesus</a> real? Did he live? The evidence is there to examine. If one is looking for reasons
to reject God, one will find them. However, if you truly are seeking truth,
seeking to find God, clearly the God of the Bible says you will find it if you
are seeking it. What are you looking for?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be
opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to
him who knocks it will be opened.” </span></i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+7%3A6-8&version=NASB" target="_blank">Matthew7:7-8 (NASB)</a></span><span style="color: #420178; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248483093711799736noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756753193238356464.post-81338983051514694222015-04-20T15:00:00.000-07:002015-04-20T15:00:01.196-07:00Quality<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="color: #420178; font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">Participating in the </span><a href="http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/" style="color: #420178; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;" target="_blank">A to Z Challeng</a><span style="color: #420178; font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">e is just that, a challenge. It is also a wonderful learning experience and a way to meet new friends, other cultures, </span><span style="color: #420178; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: 19px;">and new</span></span><span style="color: #420178; font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;"> ideas. Checking out the<a href="http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/" target="_blank"> Blogging from A to Z homepage</a> is a great way to keep up with all the latest goings on in the challenge, but it's also filled with encouragement and tips to make it to the end. </span></div>
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Essential characteristic of a thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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the day will show it because it is <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">to
be</span> revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each
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quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God.</span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue Medium";">To grow in the qualities of
Christ is to be a quality Christian. The Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit grows
those qualities of Christ in the Christian who seeks to follow Jesus Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Spirit</b> is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, self-control; against such things <b>the</b>re is no law.</span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=The+fruit+of+the+spirit&qs_version=NASB" target="_blank">Galatians 5: 22-23 (NASB)</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248483093711799736noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756753193238356464.post-85579813943270869192015-04-18T18:49:00.003-07:002015-04-18T18:49:34.443-07:00O is for Observation / P is for Prayer
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #424242;"><b>Observation:</b> </span><span style="color: #1a2935;">an act of recognizing and noting a fact or occurrence; to be
aware of one’s surroundings; to listen and pay attention; to see, watch,
recognize details, to collect information through one’s senses<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a2935;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It seems today, we have lost the art of using our brains when told something or even when looking at something. We no longer observe. Instead we absorb. Time to reawaken those observation skills that engage our reason and thinking. Yes, think and weigh the evidence presented to us. Is it logical? Does it make sense? Are we truly open to where the evidence leads? </span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Then Hezekiah took the letter from the
hand of the messengers and read it, and he went up to the house of the Lord and
spread it out before the Lord. Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and said, “O
Lord, the God of Israel, who are enthroned above the cherubim, You are
the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and
earth. Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, O Lord, and see; and
listen to the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living
God. Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have devastated the nations and their
lands and
have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but the work of
men’s hands, wood and stone. So they have destroyed them. Now, O Lord our God,
I pray, deliver us from his hand that all the kingdoms of the earth may know
that You alone, O Lord, are God.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to
Hezekiah saying, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Because you have
prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard you.’ This
is the word that the Lord has spoken against him….<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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“He will not come to this city or shoot an arrow there; and he will not come
before it with a shield or throw up a siege ramp against it. <b>…</b>‘For
I will defend this city to save it for My own sake and for My servant David’s
sake.’”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i> Then it happened that night that the
angel of the Lord went out and struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and
when men rose early in the morning, behold, all of them were dead.</i> From <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+kings+19&version=NASB" target="_blank">2 Kings19</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There are different approaches to prayer, different techniques to help us. Here are a few approaches.</span></span></div>
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name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248483093711799736noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756753193238356464.post-52502298348813470492015-04-15T14:57:00.001-07:002015-04-15T19:08:04.979-07:00Making the Most of...<h3>
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am participating for the third year in the April <a href="http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/" target="_blank">A to Z Challenge</a>. Each day of the month, minus Sunday, we blog on a certain topic that begins with the designated letter from the alphabet. Today is 'M' and I chose to make the most of it. </span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We have reached the halfway point. So I thought one way to make the most of the challenge was to again thank <a href="http://tossingitout.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Arlee Bird</a> for creating the challenge for all of us to enjoy. It is amazing how it has grown. Well over a thousand people are participating this year. Thank you to all of those involved in making the most of this blogging experience.</span></span></h3>
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careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of your
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the therefore is there for in this verse from Ephesians. But even if you don’t,
the point that is made about being wise in the use of your time if you are
going to make the most of it is worth pondering. We are constantly in a state
of making choices from the littlest thing to the monumental. Do I stay in bed
an extra 5 minutes? Should I take the job? Do I marry him? Many little
decisions we don’t even realize we make. Will I smile at the cashier or remain
preoccupied? What kind of an attitude will I have today? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are in these little decisions, the more likely we are apt to make the most of…(fill
in the blank.) Deciding to have a good attitude, to have a positive impact on
one’s environment, to be a blessing and to receive the blessings from God gratefully,
all these little decisions have monumental consequences and lead to making the
most of our lives and everything in them. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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make the most of your life, talents, and even less than happy circumstances.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.relevantmagazine.com/god/deeper-walk/blog/29397-finding-god-in-a-break-up" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans'; font-size: 14pt;" target="_blank">Making theMost of a Breakup</a><span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Gill Sans'; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248483093711799736noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756753193238356464.post-25951748301195845392015-04-14T19:55:00.000-07:002015-04-14T19:55:19.339-07:00Laying it Out<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Check out the <a href="http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/" target="_blank">A to Z Challenge</a> home page. There's always something interesting, encouraging, and inspiring taking place there. There's also the master list of those participating and many are worth a visit. Today, I'm just laying out a little 'A to Z' fun.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #424242; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Laying it out</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">: answering the
question, bringing out the basics, clarifying your case, delivering your
message, explaining the essentials, finding the facts, giving your support,
holding forth the fundamentals, informing of the idea, justifying the logic,
keeping it real, making your message known, naming the nuts and bolts,
observing the details, proving your point, questioning the answer, revealing
your position, settling the specifics, telling the truth, underscoring the
information, verifying the data, weighing the particulars, eXamining the
evidence, yielding to reason, zapping objections.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Here are a few 'L' songs and sites to lay out before you more of my message.</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #424242;"><br /></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">The Bible clearly points to
Jesus as the king of heaven and earth. In ‘J’, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I propose that what we do with <a href="http://delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/2015/04/jesus.html" target="_blank">Jesus</a> can make all the
difference in the world in our lives. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><i>Jesus answered, “My
kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My
servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews; but
as it is, My kingdom is not of this realm.” Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So
You are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say correctly that I am a king.
For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify
to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.” Pilate *said to
Him, “What is truth?” </i><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+18%3A36-39&version=NASB" target="_blank">John 18:36-38 (NASB)</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></div>
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all things, and of Christ Jesus, who testified the good confession before
Pontius Pilate, that you keep the commandment without stain or reproach until
the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which He will bring about at the proper
time—He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,
who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man
has seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.</i> </span></div>
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Camp, is called “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cascGE4fNB4" target="_blank">King Jesus</a>.” Enjoy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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keep believing in Jesus, the King of Kings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jesus – The
historical person who Christians accept as the second person of the Trinitarian
God on whose birth, Dionysius, a monk who lived in the 5<sup>th</sup> century,
based the center point of the current calendar. Though his calculations may
have been incorrect, the point is that the birth and life of Jesus is accepted
by most of the world from a calendar perspective as the center of human
history.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I believe
it was C.S. Lewis who first said, Jesus must be viewed as a liar, a lunatic, or
Lord. You see, Jesus claimed to be God and the Messiah. Here are just three of
the many examples.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<i>I and the
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>“Jesus
*said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the
Father but through Me.</i>” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<i>And
those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, “You are certainly God’s
Son!</i>” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Someone who claims to be God is either
seeking to deceive or is crazy. He can’t be a good teacher or just a prophet
with the claim being among His proclamations. The third possibility is that He
is who He says He is. When I examine the evidence: the eye witness accounts of
His life and His miracles, the changed lives then and throughout history, the
archeological and forensic evidence of the validity of the Biblical accounts, I
can’t help but come away with a conviction that Jesus is who He says He
is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If He is who He says He is, what you
decide about Jesus makes all the difference in your life. Here are a few "J" websites to help you consider Him further.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://jesusonlineministries.org/resources/" target="_blank">Jesus Online Ministries</a></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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God bless, Maria</div>
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am, where I find my value and meaning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Where do I find my identity? Is it in my job, in my roles as wife or mother, child, sister, friend? As a Christian, my identity is something that is not limited by the constraints of this world or by my success in a role. I know that I have value as a sacred creation of God, and as a child of God, that I am loved and precious to Him. Pretty awesome for all those who accept God's invitation to be in His family through faith in Jesus Christ.</span></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>So God
created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and
female he created them.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Yet to all
who received [Jesus], to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to
become children of God.</i> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>For all of
you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is
neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in
Christ Jesus.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://www.greatbiblestudy.com/who_we_really_are.php" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Who we REALLY are - Our identity in Christ </span></a></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248483093711799736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756753193238356464.post-19405810767318933592015-04-09T23:30:00.000-07:002015-04-09T23:30:00.479-07:00Heirs of the Kingdom of God<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMcc0ae4NMtFveOUmejytx1ZsoJJYjc3694UnxHrhxjGYDzr8KgjvVs7m3DAGVjd666t7Qqr7PhGUCbAft1jyZ3NtspEzJ25-CMV6V16rZK-DN8qyfwzW2F6j0J0ot9B5IW708f1Rpe_E/s1600/H.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMcc0ae4NMtFveOUmejytx1ZsoJJYjc3694UnxHrhxjGYDzr8KgjvVs7m3DAGVjd666t7Qqr7PhGUCbAft1jyZ3NtspEzJ25-CMV6V16rZK-DN8qyfwzW2F6j0J0ot9B5IW708f1Rpe_E/s1600/H.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Heir – </span></b><span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Someone destined to receive an
inheritance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">The Spirit Himself testifies with our
spirit that we are children of God, and if children, heirs also, heirs of God
and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Him</span> so that we may also be glorified with <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Him</span>.</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/" target="_blank">Romans 8:16-17</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Now I say, as long as the heir is a
child, he does not differ at all from a slave although he is</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">owner
of everything, but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by the
father. So also we, while we were children, were held in bondage under the
elemental things of the world. But when the fullness of the time came, God sent
forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, so that He might redeem
those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.
Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts,
crying, “Abba! Father!” Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if
a son, then an heir through God.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">He saved us, not on the basis of deeds
which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing
of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us
richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by His grace we
would be made heirs according to <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">the</span>
hope of eternal life.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">The first
two recommendations today are bloggers worth a visit who give their perspective
on what it means to be an heir of the kingdom of God. I hope you find all three
expand your understanding of the Biblical promise of becoming a child of God, an
heir of the kingdom through faith in Jesus Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><a href="http://thegospelwriter.com/2013/06/27/hired-servants-and-heirs-of-the-kingdom/" target="_blank">Hired Servants and Heirs of the Kingdom</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2c2e30; font-family: Georgia;">Glory: What is
Glory? </span><span style="color: #2c2e30; font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/what-is-gods-glory" target="_blank">John Piper </a>puts
it like this:</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2c2e30; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">“I believe the
glory of God is the going public of His infinite worth. I define the holiness
of God as the infinite value of God, the infinite intrinsic worth of God. And
when that goes public in creation, the heavens are telling the glory of God,
and human beings are manifesting His glory, because we're created in His image,
and we're trusting His promises so that we make Him look gloriously
trustworthy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2c2e30; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">The public
display of the infinite beauty and worth of God is what I mean by
"glory," and I base that partly on Isaiah 6, where the seraphim say,
"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty. The whole earth is full of his—"
and you would expect them to say "holiness" and they say
"glory." They're ascribing "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God
Almighty. The whole earth is full of His—" and when that goes public in
the earth and fills it, you call it "glory."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2c2e30; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">So God's glory is
the radiance of His holiness, the radiance of His manifold, infinitely worthy
and valuable perfections.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2c2e30; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Other websites to
help unfold God’s glory and His grace:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://dtjsoft.com/giving-glory-to-god/" target="_blank">Giving Glory to God</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #272727; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.gty.org/search/What%20is%20glory" target="_blank">Grace to You</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.gotquestions.org/glory-of-God.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">What is the glory of God?</span></a><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248483093711799736noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756753193238356464.post-8556221078819438362015-04-09T06:35:00.001-07:002015-04-09T06:35:23.242-07:00FAMILY<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #272727; font-family: Georgia;">Family:
Traditionally the family unit would be defined as a husband and wife with the
possibility of children produced by said union. It would also extend to the
father and mother of said husband and wife, so grandparents, and aunts and
uncles and nieces and nephews and so on. The word family has come to include a
whole host of different unions today. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #272727; font-family: Georgia;">In our Sunday
school recently, we considered what a Biblical family looks like and what the
idea of a Christian family should look like. If you look in the Bible at
families, it doesn’t pull any punches in identifying an assortment of dysfunctional families. So we are left with the question, “what
would God want from family and in family relationships?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #272727; font-family: Georgia;">It is my belief
that God wants a family to be the source of learning about Him, the place where
we find strength, refuge, character, among other empowering and good things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i>“You have heard that it was said, ‘You
shall <b>love</b> <b>your</b> neighbor and hate <b>your</b> enemy.’ But I say
to you, <b>love</b> <b>your</b> enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
so that you may be sons of <b>your</b> Father who is in heaven; for He causes
His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the
righteous and the unrighteous. ...</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Matthew 5:43-48 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">(NASB)</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i>Now for this very reason also, applying
all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral
excellence, knowledge, and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your
self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, and in your
godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. For
if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither
useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/" target="_blank">2 Peter 1:5-8</a></span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/" target="_blank"> (NASB)</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Clearly God
wants us to be loving and kind to reflect what it means to be a member of the
family of God. To find out more about living as a Christian in family visit: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://www.familyrenewal.org/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt;">http://www.familyrenewal.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://www.focusonthefamily.com/">http://www.focusonthefamily.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://www.cftministry.org/">http://www.cftministry.org</a></span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">This is another “F” website I came across in my search
with some excellent short clips on living as a follower of Jesus Christ in the
family of God..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="https://flannel.org/store/films/nooma">https://flannel.org/store/films/nooma</a></span><span style="color: #272727; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248483093711799736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756753193238356464.post-38792953161499864852015-04-08T06:35:00.003-07:002015-04-08T06:35:54.777-07:00Equip<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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providing of what is necessary and essential to perform a certain work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic;">He who descended is Himself also He who
ascended far above all the heavens, so that He might fill all things.) And He
gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as
evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints
for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all
attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a
mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of
Christ.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt;"><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+4%3A10-13&version=NASB" target="_blank">Ephesians
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">All Scripture is </span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">[<span style="color: #4f1512;">a</span>]</span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">inspired
by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for </span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">[<span style="color: #4f1512;">b</span>]</span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">training
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3:16</a></span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue Medium"; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/" target="_blank"> (NASB)</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be
able to teach others also.</i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 21px;">There are many sights, some provided in earlier posts, which can provide the essentials for equipping the Christian to understand and give an </span><a href="http://delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/2015/04/apologetics.html" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 21px;" target="_blank">apologia</a><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 21px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 21px;">for one’s faith. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">There are also plenty of websites that you
can find which attempt to equip against the Christian faith. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">As a Christian, I
want to be equipped to be an effective Ambassador for Jesus Christ, to examine
and be prepared to explain the essentials of the faith and represent the
kingdom of Heaven to those with whom I interact. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Christians to do just that, to be Ambassadors for Jesus Christ and the kingdom of Heaven.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248483093711799736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756753193238356464.post-41264265530213483832015-04-06T23:30:00.000-07:002015-04-06T23:30:00.985-07:00Doubt<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">We all have doubts. What we do with them is the question. I prefer to examine and weigh the evidence, using critical thinking to come to the best conclusion. Still doubts may resurface simply because we are constantly bombarded with a cacophony of conflicting, confusing communication which stirs up uncertainty. So I go back to the examining and weighing of evidence, using critical thinking which generally strengthens my faith, because doubt is one element of faith. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are a few web posts dealing with the issue of doubt.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248483093711799736noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756753193238356464.post-83878917503301529122015-04-06T17:59:00.004-07:002015-04-06T17:59:52.850-07:00Christian Worldview<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Georgia;">A worldview is
the comprehensive way we make sense of and relate to the world, touching</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Georgia;"> every area and aspect of life. </span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Georgia;">We all have one, but many of
us don’t live a consistent worldview that is in line with who we say we are and
what we say we believe.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">What is a Christian Worldview? A
Christian worldview would be the way a Christian should relate to and make sense
of the world if he is living as a true follower of Jesus Christ and son of God
through faith in Jesus Christ. In other words, if I am a Christian, am I walking
the walk not just talking the talk?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #343434; font-family: Georgia;">Here are<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a few websites that delve a little deeper into<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Christian Worldview.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;"> Of course there are many others,
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<span style="color: #272727; font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://thechristianworldview.com/tcwblog/"><span style="font-size: large;">http://thechristianworldview.com/</span></a></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248483093711799736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756753193238356464.post-6744718988284780232015-04-06T16:58:00.001-07:002015-04-06T16:58:01.293-07:00Biblical Studies<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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learning in the USA, the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bible</b>, has
become more misunderstood and misinterpreted than studied today. I am not
talking about the academic discipline pursued at the college level. What I mean
is the daily intake of Biblical truth that was taught in homes and schools from before this nation’s beginnings. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Yes the Bible may be the “Christian’s”
book, where we believe the revealed Word of God can be found to answer the
basic questions of life, but it also holds wisdom, culture, and history that
has served mankind throughout the centuries. It is a sorry state of affairs that
humanity at large has become so Biblically illiterate.</span></div>
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you can explore the Bible and also find answers to some of those questions
which may be causing you some misunderstanding. Of course there are many others, but these are a few I have found reliable that start with '<b>B</b>'.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248483093711799736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756753193238356464.post-14007088924427346322015-04-01T20:52:00.000-07:002015-04-01T20:52:00.817-07:00Apologetics <span style="font-size: large;">From the Greek word, apologia, apologetics is the disciplined defense of a position and is the word used for being able to give reasons for one's faith. In the Bible, <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Peter+3%3A15&version=NASB" target="_blank">1 Peter 3:15 </a>says:</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"> "</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">but </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">sanctify </span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NASB-30440A" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NASB-30440A" title="See cross-reference A">A</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">Christ as Lord in your hearts, always </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">being</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"> ready </span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NASB-30440B" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NASB-30440B" title="See cross-reference B">B</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">to make a </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the </span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NASB-30440C" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NASB-30440C" title="See cross-reference C">C</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">hope that is in you, yet </span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NASB-30440D" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NASB-30440D" title="See cross-reference D">D</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">with gentleness and </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">reverence;"</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://answersingenesis.org/" target="_blank">Answers in Genesis</a> is a website offering a reasoned rationale for a Biblical Worldview from the very beginning. For the open-minded thoughtful Christian, this is a good place to start, especially if you want some clarity about foundations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The website <a href="http://www.apologetics315.com/" target="_blank">Apologetics 315</a> was a recent delightful discovery in my quest for growing my faith. I have found the podcasts and articles not only illuminating in themselves, but they lead me to other very helpful resources which further stretch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I signed up a little late for the <a href="http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/p/a-to-z-challenge-sign-uplist-2015.html" target="_blank">A to Z Challenge</a> this year and haven't blogged since last November, and my blog visiting has slacked off lately, but I decided it was too much fun to not jump back in. So here I am, last minute, but here. Since I literally just added my blog on the last day of March, I'm not prepared this year. That will certainly make the challenge more of a challenge, but I have no doubt it will stretch me in a good way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I believe that we are meant to be always stretching, always learning. As a Christian, I want to be always growing in my faith, testing it, confirming it, deepening it. I want to be able to share it meaningfully, truthfully, lovingly. So in that pursuit, I hope to complete my A to Z with resources that will do that, stretch, and in the stretching, grow faith, and in the growing, share.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I look forward to once again visiting old A to Z friends and making new ones. Thank you to <a href="http://tossingitout.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Arlee Bird</a> and all the A to Z team for this blogging adventure. It's time to relearn blogging for me. I have so much to learn and relearn and I will delight in the journey.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248483093711799736noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756753193238356464.post-46663925090204938482014-11-17T05:45:00.002-08:002014-11-17T05:45:36.251-08:00Blog Blitz 2.0 is Here<span style="font-size: large;"> I can't believe how long it has been since I checked into my blog. It is so easy to let the months roll by since time is a limited commodity. I find myself stretched thin during the school year as a homeschool mom even with only one child left under my tutelage. Since the computer can easily distract me from my top priorities, so I try to relegate blogging to the bottom of the to-do list. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Today, however, I'm back to recommit to the "<a href="http://www.dlhammons.com/2014/11/blog-blitz-20.html" target="_blank">Blog Blitz 2.0</a>." </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> In March 2013 DL Hammons started the blog blitz as "</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: large;">a tool for focusing blogosphere energy for fun" and encouraging bloggers. It is fun. It's a simple way to meet other bloggers, to expose oneself to new blogs, and to be part of that positive blogosphere energy. </span></span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: large;"> I haven't been blitzed yet, and honestly, I hope I am not anytime soon, because I am not spending the time on my blog that I would like to at the moment, so I don't really deserve or desire a blitz. However I like to hop aboard the blitz of others whenever I can, keeping my hand and head in the blogosphere a little bit. Though I can't do it every time, it is a little pleasure for me to be a blessing to a fellow blogger in this small way when I can.</span></span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: large;">I
do hope when I am more regularly blogging to one day wake up and have
some extra visitors who might like what they see but for now, I'll be a
blitzer. </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: large;">If you are a blogger or if you aren't, this is a fun and worthwhile blog hop to be a part of. So hop on over to <a href="http://www.dlhammons.com/2014/11/blog-blitz-20.html" target="_blank">DL Hammons blog</a> and sign on to the blog blitz 2.0. You'll be glad you did.</span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: large;"> Have a delight filled day! God bless, Maria </span></span><br />
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