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Heart Trouble in Prayerland

April 22, 2018 • Graeme Sellers

Accusation and condemnation are prayer killers. As John notes, "When our hearts don’t condemn us, we have a bold freedom to speak face-to-face with God” A condemning heart is one that robs a son or daughter of intimacy with God because it causes us to wonder, “Why would God want to talk to me, much less answer me?”

If accusation and condemnation are the disease, what is the cure? The mercy of God, says John. “God is much greater and more merciful than our conscience…” (v. 20a).

When we hear the promises of the Word—“whatever we ask of him we receive” and “he will give you the desires of your heart”—we immediately go to a rules orientation: what do I have to do to get it?

But what if being a son or a daughter is enough?

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Upside Down Kingdom

December 30, 2018 • Dirk Duhlstine

God says: 1. If you want to be great… be a servant 2. To find yourself…you must die to yourself 3. To get back at your enemy…you should love him 4. To become rich… give money away God's kingdom is an upside down kingdom! When we clothe ourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience and love…which is clothing ourselves with the person and nature of http://christ...we’re clothing ourselves for battle.

Words Create Worlds

December 23, 2018 • Graeme Sellers

Our words create worlds. The words we speak shape and create world we live in. Words have always created worlds. It’s true. How was our world made? Words. Ten times in the creation account of Genesis 1 we read this: “And God said…” Their impact is captured in Genesis 2:1 “Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.” Gen. 1:28 reports that we are made in God’s image, so why should it surprise us that our words have creative power as well? God would urge us to listen to ourselves, to pay attention to the words we speak and the worlds they create.

What's the Point?

December 16, 2018 • Graeme Sellers

What’s the point of this – the Sunday morning church gathering that is, for many of us, a regular part of our lives? What if the point isn’t what we think it is, or is more than we imagined it is? God isn’t afraid of honest inquiry or the fierce conversation, and the answers to this question may surprise and delight us!