The following is an excerpt from Who Is This Jesus? By Daniel Owens
The Teacher
There was a man of the Pharisee sect, Nicodemus, a prominent leader among the Jews. Late one night he visited Jesus and said, “Rabbi, we all know you’re a teacher straight weren’t in on it.”
Jesus said, “You’re absolutely right. Take it from me: Unless a person is born from above, it’s not possible to see what I’m pointing to-to God’s kingdom.” (John 3:1-3)
Many have called Jesus the greatest teacher ever to live. He is our example of how to teach. He could hold the attention of his listeners, no matter their age. The parables he taught have been told and retold for generations.
In John 3, Nicodemus approaches Jesus, the great teacher. Sometimes we gloss over this story, but a closer look reveals why this was such an amazing encounter. We see in this story the qualities that made Jesus such a wonderful teacher.
Jesus Was Approachable
Nicodemus was from the upper class, a leader, and a member of the ruling council. He was so prominent that, in verse 10, Jesus refers to him as “Israel’s teacher.” As a Pharisee, however, he led a legalistic lifestyle, holding on to the Old Testament law and man-made traditions that had developed among the Jews over the years. Nicodemus was the one with all the answers to people’s questions.
We all know people like Nicodemus, people who believe their way of thinking is the only way to think. There are even ministers like that. In several of his books, Philip Yancey exposes the damage that dogmatic, legalistic pastors have done. They wield Scripture as a tool of manipulation, and they use guilt as a weapon.
Nicodemus might have been very closed minded when it came to new ideas, but something about Jesus gnawed at him. So he came to see Jesus at night. Many theologians have supposed that Nicodemus was afraid of what his peers might think of him going to see Jesus, prompting him to wait for the cover of night. It could also be, however, that he was smart and knew that people surrounded Jesus during the day. Perhaps that’s why he sought him in the evening, when he could easily have a private audience with him.
An even more thought-provoking possibility is that he came at night because he was a teacher of the law, and many teachers at that time did a great deal of their studying at night. Today we still have college students who stay up well into the night to churn out a paper or study for a test!
The main point, however, is that Nicodemus went to see Jesus. He must have heard much about this new teacher. He believed Jesus would receive him and listen to him.
Charles Templeton, who traveled extensively with Billy Graham back in the 1950s, eventually drifted away from the faith. He even wrote a book called Farewell to God: My Reasons for Rejecting the Christian Faith. Shortly before his death, he granted an interview to Lee Strobel, in which he explained his reasons for walking away from the Lord.
In his book The Case for Faith, Strobel quotes Templeton:
[I saw] a picture of a black woman in Northern Africa . . . . They were experiencing a devastating drought. And she was holding her dead baby in her lorn expression. I looked at it and I thought, “Is it possible to believe that there is a loving or caring Creator when all this woman needed was rain?”
Then I began to think further about the world being the creation of God. I started considering the plagues that sweep across parts of the planet and indiscriminately kill-more often than not, painfully-all kinds of people, the ordinary, the decent, and the rotten. And it just became crystal clear to me that this is not possible for an intelligent person to believe that there is a deity who loves.
Charles Templeton could not reconcile this problem in his mind. He could not understand why God would let bad things happen to good people. It kept him from approaching Jesus, in whom he had previously believed.
What keeps us from approaching Christ? Doubts? Time? Pride? Self-love? Shame? We don’t have to come by night. We can come before God at any time to pour out our hearts. Hebrews 4:16 says, “Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”
Approach Christ this week and pour out your heart to him.
God bless,
Dan
Copyright 2008 Eternity Minded Ministries
Monday, July 28, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
Listening To God
The Spirit of God does speak to us. But we have to be willing to listen. God wants to encourage us, he wants to lead us, and he wants to empower our lives. So how do we listen?
First, we study the bible. Some people are confused by the word study. I am not talking about simply reading The Daily Bread or some other daily devotional. If we go to church, Sunday school, and a Bible study during the week, that is all great, but that is not what I mean when I say, "Study the Bible." We need time alone with God and his word. This leads into the next step: meditation.
Psalm 1:2 says of the man who is blessed by God, "His delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night." Meditating on God's Word does not involve "emptying the mind" as some of the Eastern religions define it. Meditation means filling our minds with the Word of God, then pondering it, reflecting on it, and considering how it might pertain to us. After we have read a passage thoroughly and studied it carefully, then it is time to chew on it for a while.
Most of us don't have time for meditation. We just have time to grab the Bible, flip it open to a random passage, read a few verses, and call it quits. We may think briefly about how what we have just read might apply to our lives or how we can use it to teach our Sunday school classes, but we don't allow it to penetrate our minds, wills, and emotions. If we read the Bible without allowing it to have and impact on us, if it does not change us from the inside out, then we have missed the whole point.
The purpose of reading the Bible is not so much to gain knowledge as it is to transform our lives. Meditation causes us to think: "God, that's me. I need to change. I need you to work on something inside of me."
The third step involves moving from meditation to contemplation. Contemplation goes further and deeper than meditation. Webster's dictionary defines the word contemplate as "to view or consider with the continued attention," and the word contemplation as "a state of mystical awareness of God's being." We move from reflecting on the passage we have just read to contemplating the nature and being of God. We are not rushed, we don't say much; we just dwell on the majesty, greatness, and awesomeness of God.
Joyce Huggett, in her book The Joy of Listening to God, said of the process: "We bask in the warmth of his love. We feel his gaze on us. He fills us afresh with his spirit. We receive a new perspective on life-his perspective. We draw so close to his heart that we sense his concern for the world and from our contemplation flows intercession as we catch his compassion for the hurting world." I encourage you to study the Bible not only to gain knowledge but also to develop an ear that listens for God to speak. Do you have times when you think the Lord may be speaking to you to do something, but you aren't sure?
I encourage you to do it anyway. See what happens. You may be very surprised. Be open to God's prompting.
Have you ever done a random act of kindness for someone who later told you, "That was just what I needed. How did you know?" (I love it when this happens.) You may not have even realized it, but you heard God's voice, and he used you to meet the needs of someone else.
Contemplation can take a bit of time. If you are retired, you probably have a lot of time. If you are semi-retired, you probably have much time. If you have a full-time job and a family to care for, you have some time. If you are a single mother of three children under the age of five, you have no time and no life. But no matter what your circumstance is, no matter what stage of life you are in right now, decide when you are going to make time for study, meditation, and contemplation.
The wonderful part is that you can meditate and contemplate while changing diapers, mowing the lawn, or sitting in traffic. Meditation is a matter of the heart. Sometimes it is good to find a quiet relaxing place, but that is not always possible. Just be quick to listen when you study, meditate and contemplate.
Be blessed,
Dan
Copyright 2008 Eternity Minded Ministries
First, we study the bible. Some people are confused by the word study. I am not talking about simply reading The Daily Bread or some other daily devotional. If we go to church, Sunday school, and a Bible study during the week, that is all great, but that is not what I mean when I say, "Study the Bible." We need time alone with God and his word. This leads into the next step: meditation.
Psalm 1:2 says of the man who is blessed by God, "His delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night." Meditating on God's Word does not involve "emptying the mind" as some of the Eastern religions define it. Meditation means filling our minds with the Word of God, then pondering it, reflecting on it, and considering how it might pertain to us. After we have read a passage thoroughly and studied it carefully, then it is time to chew on it for a while.
Most of us don't have time for meditation. We just have time to grab the Bible, flip it open to a random passage, read a few verses, and call it quits. We may think briefly about how what we have just read might apply to our lives or how we can use it to teach our Sunday school classes, but we don't allow it to penetrate our minds, wills, and emotions. If we read the Bible without allowing it to have and impact on us, if it does not change us from the inside out, then we have missed the whole point.
The purpose of reading the Bible is not so much to gain knowledge as it is to transform our lives. Meditation causes us to think: "God, that's me. I need to change. I need you to work on something inside of me."
The third step involves moving from meditation to contemplation. Contemplation goes further and deeper than meditation. Webster's dictionary defines the word contemplate as "to view or consider with the continued attention," and the word contemplation as "a state of mystical awareness of God's being." We move from reflecting on the passage we have just read to contemplating the nature and being of God. We are not rushed, we don't say much; we just dwell on the majesty, greatness, and awesomeness of God.
Joyce Huggett, in her book The Joy of Listening to God, said of the process: "We bask in the warmth of his love. We feel his gaze on us. He fills us afresh with his spirit. We receive a new perspective on life-his perspective. We draw so close to his heart that we sense his concern for the world and from our contemplation flows intercession as we catch his compassion for the hurting world." I encourage you to study the Bible not only to gain knowledge but also to develop an ear that listens for God to speak. Do you have times when you think the Lord may be speaking to you to do something, but you aren't sure?
I encourage you to do it anyway. See what happens. You may be very surprised. Be open to God's prompting.
Have you ever done a random act of kindness for someone who later told you, "That was just what I needed. How did you know?" (I love it when this happens.) You may not have even realized it, but you heard God's voice, and he used you to meet the needs of someone else.
Contemplation can take a bit of time. If you are retired, you probably have a lot of time. If you are semi-retired, you probably have much time. If you have a full-time job and a family to care for, you have some time. If you are a single mother of three children under the age of five, you have no time and no life. But no matter what your circumstance is, no matter what stage of life you are in right now, decide when you are going to make time for study, meditation, and contemplation.
The wonderful part is that you can meditate and contemplate while changing diapers, mowing the lawn, or sitting in traffic. Meditation is a matter of the heart. Sometimes it is good to find a quiet relaxing place, but that is not always possible. Just be quick to listen when you study, meditate and contemplate.
Be blessed,
Dan
Copyright 2008 Eternity Minded Ministries
Monday, July 14, 2008
Be Convinced
C.S. Lewis once wrote regarding the historical resurrection of Jesus Christ, "If the thing happened, it was the central event in the history of the earth", which is why it is still an "issue" to this day.
A person is defined as a "theological liberal" based on their stance on the authority of the Bible, the divinity of Christ, and the resurrection of Christ. For those of us who are more conservative or "biblical" in our beliefs, we would say that without the resurrection there is no Christianity at all. For us, everything rises and falls on the resurrection, or at least it should.
I recently heard the President of Gonzaga University enthusiastically promote a book that he just finished reading. The book was by N.T. Wright called The Resurrection of the Son of God. Gonzaga is a Catholic University in Washington and N.T. Wright is a conservative Anglican from England, and yet I have heard many Protestant scholars hail this book as one of the greatest works of the past century. Why is the resurrection so important? Another man from England, Michael Green put it so well when he wrote, "Christianity does not hold the resurrection to be one among many tenets of belief. Without faith in the resurrection there would be no Christianity at all." In other words, it is the chief tenet!
Please allow me to be of assistance in building your faith. Below is a partial review of the book The Resurrection of the Son of God by N.T. Wright. I want to encourage you to read this review and then purchase the book, especially if you find your faith weak. N.T. Wright is accepted across the board as one of the greatest New Testament scholars of our day, or any day for that matter. Instead of reading all the bad news in the papers or on the internet, read his book and allow your faith to be built up in the risen Lord!
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RICHARD N. OSTLING
Associated Press
Easter is a day not only of hope, but discord - at least among theologians.
Throughout modern times, liberal scholars have challenged a central tenet of Christianity: that Jesus Christ rose bodily from the dead after being crucified by the Romans on Good Friday.
Whether the Resurrection occurred, they say, is ultimately unimportant compared with Christ's message.
But to myriad Christians - who each Sunday profess faith in Jesus' Resurrection and, ultimately, their own - that's heresy. Now, a conservative theologian is backing their viewpoint with a new book.
The Rev. N.T. "Tom" Wright, who will be consecrated in July as bishop of Durham, the fourth-highest Church of England post, has just produced the most monumental defense of the Easter heritage in decades.
Wright, 54, a prolific writer of both scholarly and popular books, is currently canon theologian of Westminster Abbey and a former university instructor at Cambridge, Oxford and McGill in Montreal. He often visits the United States, lecturing in his strong baritone.
Wright's 817-page The Resurrection of the Son of God (Fortress Press) marches through a clearly organized case that confronts every major doubt about Easter, ancient and modern.
He disputes those who think the Resurrection is "beyond history."
There's a historical question, Wright insists, that is inescapable: Why did Christianity emerge so rapidly, with such power, and why did believers risk everything to teach that Jesus really rose?
He concludes the best explanation is that the earliest Christians held two strong convictions that worked in tandem:
Jesus' tomb was discovered empty on Easter morning.
Jesus then appeared to his followers alive in bodily form. In other words, they held the convictions that make up the unvarnished New Testament story.
Wright carefully sifts the New Testament and adds to that his circumstantial and logical arguments.
The best history can provide with ancient events is a "high probability" they occurred, he says. The Easter story qualifies as true because all proposed alternatives fail to explain the early power of Christianity.
The oldest alternative, mentioned in Matthew 28:12-15, was the claim Jesus' body was stolen from the tomb. Wright notes the New Testament writers presented that possibility even at the risk of "putting ideas into people's heads." They did so, he says, precisely because skeptics were trying to explain why the tomb was empty.
Saturday, April 19, 2003
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Be convinced of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, purchase N.T. Wright's book!
Go Read,
Dan
Copyright 2008 Eternity Minded Ministries
A person is defined as a "theological liberal" based on their stance on the authority of the Bible, the divinity of Christ, and the resurrection of Christ. For those of us who are more conservative or "biblical" in our beliefs, we would say that without the resurrection there is no Christianity at all. For us, everything rises and falls on the resurrection, or at least it should.
I recently heard the President of Gonzaga University enthusiastically promote a book that he just finished reading. The book was by N.T. Wright called The Resurrection of the Son of God. Gonzaga is a Catholic University in Washington and N.T. Wright is a conservative Anglican from England, and yet I have heard many Protestant scholars hail this book as one of the greatest works of the past century. Why is the resurrection so important? Another man from England, Michael Green put it so well when he wrote, "Christianity does not hold the resurrection to be one among many tenets of belief. Without faith in the resurrection there would be no Christianity at all." In other words, it is the chief tenet!
Please allow me to be of assistance in building your faith. Below is a partial review of the book The Resurrection of the Son of God by N.T. Wright. I want to encourage you to read this review and then purchase the book, especially if you find your faith weak. N.T. Wright is accepted across the board as one of the greatest New Testament scholars of our day, or any day for that matter. Instead of reading all the bad news in the papers or on the internet, read his book and allow your faith to be built up in the risen Lord!
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
RICHARD N. OSTLING
Associated Press
Easter is a day not only of hope, but discord - at least among theologians.
Throughout modern times, liberal scholars have challenged a central tenet of Christianity: that Jesus Christ rose bodily from the dead after being crucified by the Romans on Good Friday.
Whether the Resurrection occurred, they say, is ultimately unimportant compared with Christ's message.
But to myriad Christians - who each Sunday profess faith in Jesus' Resurrection and, ultimately, their own - that's heresy. Now, a conservative theologian is backing their viewpoint with a new book.
The Rev. N.T. "Tom" Wright, who will be consecrated in July as bishop of Durham, the fourth-highest Church of England post, has just produced the most monumental defense of the Easter heritage in decades.
Wright, 54, a prolific writer of both scholarly and popular books, is currently canon theologian of Westminster Abbey and a former university instructor at Cambridge, Oxford and McGill in Montreal. He often visits the United States, lecturing in his strong baritone.
Wright's 817-page The Resurrection of the Son of God (Fortress Press) marches through a clearly organized case that confronts every major doubt about Easter, ancient and modern.
He disputes those who think the Resurrection is "beyond history."
There's a historical question, Wright insists, that is inescapable: Why did Christianity emerge so rapidly, with such power, and why did believers risk everything to teach that Jesus really rose?
He concludes the best explanation is that the earliest Christians held two strong convictions that worked in tandem:
Jesus' tomb was discovered empty on Easter morning.
Jesus then appeared to his followers alive in bodily form. In other words, they held the convictions that make up the unvarnished New Testament story.
Wright carefully sifts the New Testament and adds to that his circumstantial and logical arguments.
The best history can provide with ancient events is a "high probability" they occurred, he says. The Easter story qualifies as true because all proposed alternatives fail to explain the early power of Christianity.
The oldest alternative, mentioned in Matthew 28:12-15, was the claim Jesus' body was stolen from the tomb. Wright notes the New Testament writers presented that possibility even at the risk of "putting ideas into people's heads." They did so, he says, precisely because skeptics were trying to explain why the tomb was empty.
Saturday, April 19, 2003
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Be convinced of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, purchase N.T. Wright's book!
Go Read,
Dan
Copyright 2008 Eternity Minded Ministries
Monday, July 7, 2008
What's Behind The Curtain?
I never did like the Wizard of Oz as a kid. Ok, it was those flying monkeys that gave me the creeps. All the smoke, the fire, and the harsh tone of voice that came from Wizard made we want to go hide under my bed. You can well imagine how happy I was when Toto finally pulled back the curtain and revealed the little old man so gentle and sweet-the great Oz. Once that curtain was pulled back, the mysterious Oz was approachable.
I just cannot proceed to the resurrection of Christ without commenting on one of my favorite passages in the Gospels. It too speaks of a curtain and the revealing of someone great and mysterious.
With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. And when the centurion who stood there in front of Jesus heard his cry and saw how he died, he said, "Surely this man was the Son of God!" Mark 15: 37-39
"The curtain of the temple was torn" is just so captivating to me. Jesus was not even near the temple; He was slowly dying on a horrible cross. Although Jesus was not at the temple it seems people were aware that the curtain had been torn, not by man, but by God. It gives me goose bumps! Such a little phrase this is, yet it is THE story of the Bible and all of history.
This curtain was hung between the Holy Place and The Most Holy Place or the Holy of Holies. You might remember that the Holy of Holies was where Gods presence was and that once a year only the High Priest could enter there on the Day of Atonement. The curtain was woven out of blue, purple and scarlet threads into the form of a cherub and then sown onto white linen. The cherubim are and were the guardian angels of God's holiness. If anyone besides the High Priest made it past the curtain they would surly die.
Just as Jesus breaths his last human breath the curtain tears from top to bottom. Its significance makes you want to shout "Glory to God!" The tearing of the curtain tells us that for the first time in human history every man, woman, and child had direct access to God! Yes, priests and pastors still have their function but anyone can come directly to God because of the death and resurrection of Christ and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. For centuries, the righteous ones had longed for this; the promise they were holding on to. Jesus brought us all back into a right relationship with God. It's back to the Garden of Eden where we can once again commune with the living God because of His indwelling Spirit! It's what God wanted from the beginning.
There were many who understood the significance of this event, including Jewish priests. Acts 6:7 tell us that there were priests who became followers of Jesus. "So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith." Maybe they became followers of Jesus because they saw the curtain supernaturally tear. Could it be that they were the ones who told the other followers like Peter and John what had actually happened. It was certainly a significant event that did not fall on deaf ears.
By the time the book of Hebrews was penned, followers of Jesus knew quite well what this tearing of the curtain meant to them. "Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, this his body, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our own hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water."
Yes, we have access to God because that curtain was torn, but the more amazing thing to me is that God came after me. I did not tear the curtain, God did! God is the pursuer in His relationship with humanity. He made it possible to bring His creation back from the curse of the garden. He is the one who is deeply in love with us and committed to us. When that curtain was torn I would imagine all of heaven sang for joy and all the demons of hell stood up to take notice.
We must get this drilled into our heads and our hearts-God wants us. He wants to walk with us, talk with us, hear from us, guide us, love us, counsel us, console us, reveal to us-God is for us!
St. Augustine the Catholic and Charles Spurgeon the Protestant both agreed upon this point of God's love. It was St. Augustine who wrote, "God loves each of us as if there were only one of us to love" and Charles Spurgeon penned, "He knows your case as thoroughly as if you were the only creature He ever made, or the only saint He ever loved." Both these great men of faith came to understanding that they were loved not because of their gifts or sacrifice, but because the God who is love, chose to love them.
I am encouraged by the words of Meister Eckhart from the 13th century, "For however devoted you are to God, you may be sure that he is immeasurably more devoted to you."
He made it possible for us to come to Him at anytime so let's take Him up on it. As Meister Echart also wrote, "God is at home, it we who have gone out for a walk" Let's ring His door bell and spend some time with Him this week. The curtain is gone and His door is open.
Peace,
Dan
Copyright 2008 Eternity Minded Ministries
I just cannot proceed to the resurrection of Christ without commenting on one of my favorite passages in the Gospels. It too speaks of a curtain and the revealing of someone great and mysterious.
With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. And when the centurion who stood there in front of Jesus heard his cry and saw how he died, he said, "Surely this man was the Son of God!" Mark 15: 37-39
"The curtain of the temple was torn" is just so captivating to me. Jesus was not even near the temple; He was slowly dying on a horrible cross. Although Jesus was not at the temple it seems people were aware that the curtain had been torn, not by man, but by God. It gives me goose bumps! Such a little phrase this is, yet it is THE story of the Bible and all of history.
This curtain was hung between the Holy Place and The Most Holy Place or the Holy of Holies. You might remember that the Holy of Holies was where Gods presence was and that once a year only the High Priest could enter there on the Day of Atonement. The curtain was woven out of blue, purple and scarlet threads into the form of a cherub and then sown onto white linen. The cherubim are and were the guardian angels of God's holiness. If anyone besides the High Priest made it past the curtain they would surly die.
Just as Jesus breaths his last human breath the curtain tears from top to bottom. Its significance makes you want to shout "Glory to God!" The tearing of the curtain tells us that for the first time in human history every man, woman, and child had direct access to God! Yes, priests and pastors still have their function but anyone can come directly to God because of the death and resurrection of Christ and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. For centuries, the righteous ones had longed for this; the promise they were holding on to. Jesus brought us all back into a right relationship with God. It's back to the Garden of Eden where we can once again commune with the living God because of His indwelling Spirit! It's what God wanted from the beginning.
There were many who understood the significance of this event, including Jewish priests. Acts 6:7 tell us that there were priests who became followers of Jesus. "So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith." Maybe they became followers of Jesus because they saw the curtain supernaturally tear. Could it be that they were the ones who told the other followers like Peter and John what had actually happened. It was certainly a significant event that did not fall on deaf ears.
By the time the book of Hebrews was penned, followers of Jesus knew quite well what this tearing of the curtain meant to them. "Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, this his body, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our own hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water."
Yes, we have access to God because that curtain was torn, but the more amazing thing to me is that God came after me. I did not tear the curtain, God did! God is the pursuer in His relationship with humanity. He made it possible to bring His creation back from the curse of the garden. He is the one who is deeply in love with us and committed to us. When that curtain was torn I would imagine all of heaven sang for joy and all the demons of hell stood up to take notice.
We must get this drilled into our heads and our hearts-God wants us. He wants to walk with us, talk with us, hear from us, guide us, love us, counsel us, console us, reveal to us-God is for us!
St. Augustine the Catholic and Charles Spurgeon the Protestant both agreed upon this point of God's love. It was St. Augustine who wrote, "God loves each of us as if there were only one of us to love" and Charles Spurgeon penned, "He knows your case as thoroughly as if you were the only creature He ever made, or the only saint He ever loved." Both these great men of faith came to understanding that they were loved not because of their gifts or sacrifice, but because the God who is love, chose to love them.
I am encouraged by the words of Meister Eckhart from the 13th century, "For however devoted you are to God, you may be sure that he is immeasurably more devoted to you."
He made it possible for us to come to Him at anytime so let's take Him up on it. As Meister Echart also wrote, "God is at home, it we who have gone out for a walk" Let's ring His door bell and spend some time with Him this week. The curtain is gone and His door is open.
Peace,
Dan
Copyright 2008 Eternity Minded Ministries
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