Summer is like a wedding. Pedals float through the air. Birds sing. The sticky aroma of peony’s and primroses blooming, giving off their beautiful fragrance. I feel like God is alluring me–to Himself as I walk through my neighborhood and watch the petals dance in the breeze. It’s as if He’s calling out, “Come to Me, Come to Me, Come to Me.”
Most years, I spend the final days leading up to New Year’s Eve in reflection of the past year. I…
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God’s Kingdom is not of this world.
It would have been nice if when Jesus came to earth, He set up a perfect, flawless government system to keep us all in perfect peace–but He didn’t. That’s not why He came. He didn’t come to be a political figure. The Jews would have loved to see a Messiah that looked like a king, and brought a kingdom, and enforced it here on the earth. But that is not at all what Jesus did. When Jesus was arrested and brought to Pilate, he answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here.” John 18:36
He didn’t come up to set up a political power. But to unveil His spiritual power. And to rescue us from our sin.
Many Christians are in an uproar about Starbucks red cups this year. Why? You may wonder? It’s because these notoriously…
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Many Christians are in an uproar about Starbucks red cups this year. Why? You may wonder? It’s because these notoriously…
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