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2013 Day 31 – Francis Chan – Balance Beam

31 Thursday Jan 2013

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Tomorrow we will resume our daily reading routine. But for now, I have one more “Reflection” post to share. I thought I’d share another one of my favorite Francis Chan clips from one of his talks. Francis Chan challenges us to really contemplate how much risk we take for God in our lives and how much effort we really make to impact the kingdom. I hope you enjoy this short clip. As always, I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments section below.

 

 

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2013 Day 24 – Mark 13-16, Psalm 20

24 Thursday Jan 2013

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As we finish the book of Mark today, I can’t help but feel like I just ran a marathon. There is so much information in those last four chapters and its hard to summarize everything. The thing I will point out, if it isn’t already obvious, is chapter 13 is prophesy straight from the mouth of Jesus’. Everything He talks about in reference to His return is exactly what we should be looking for in relation to His return. The reality is there are no guarantees Jesus will come in our lifetime or in the lifetime of the next 20 generations, but we are still supposed to be on the lookout for Him and live our life’s as though time really is limited.

2013 Day 23 – Mark 10-12, Psalm 19

23 Wednesday Jan 2013

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Today we see Jesus taking the religious leader out to the “wood shed”. The religious leaders continually try their best to stump Jesus or catch him in a lie until we reach Mark 12:34, When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions. In the end, some of the leaders showed they understood the principles, however they missed the final piece of believing that Jesus really was the Messiah. This gives us important insight into understanding the importance of studying God’s word, along with applying what we read to create true relationship with God.

2012 Day 335 – Revelation 3

30 Friday Nov 2012

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I love the sentiment behind verse 20, Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me. This verse is important at any level of relationship with Christ. Whether you are someone who has never accepted Him or are a long time believer, Jesus does all the work. He is the one who comes to us and knocks on our door. He is the one to seek us out. It is simply our job to let Him into our lives and make ourselves available to build a relationship with Him.

2012 Day 325 – 1 John 1

20 Tuesday Nov 2012

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Why do we bother to try to look better than what we are? We are all sinners. We all need God’s grace. None of us are able to have fellowship with God without His mercy and grace through Christ’s sacrifice. 1 John 1:10 says, If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives. It is not a shameful thing to know we need God. He created us to need Him and to have fellowship with Him. We must embrace His love and desire to have a relationship with us because He loves us.

2012 Day 319 – 1 Peter 2

14 Wednesday Nov 2012

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2 Peter chapter 2 is a bit on the gloomy side. Peter is trying to express the importance of not only following God, but also of not rejecting Him once you have been introduced to the knowledge of Jesus Christ. Verse 20 says, If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. God wants a relationship with us. He wants to lead us and guide us and trust in Him. This is not to say everything will be perfect in the end, but at least we will be close to God; knowing we followed His leading and lived according to His perfect plan.

2012 Day 318 – 1 Peter 1

13 Tuesday Nov 2012

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When I first read verse 10, it gave me pause because it seems to say works, and not God’s grace is what gives us salvation. It says, Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall. But it does not say that. It is simply confirming how our actions should reflect our salvation and relationship with God. It also implies that by our actions we should show the change that comes from a relationship with God.

2012 Day 309 – Psalm 13, 32

04 Sunday Nov 2012

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Psalm 32:9 thumped me on the head this morning, Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you. I should not be so stubborn about listening to God that He has to put a bit in my mouth and force me in the right direction. If I concentrate on building my relationship with Him, It will be much less painful and forced to go where God wants me to go. In the end, God’s plan is perfect; I just need to fight Him less on it.

2012 Day 308 – Hebrews 13

03 Saturday Nov 2012

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I love the absolute consistency of Christ. In verse 8 it says, Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. no matter how much life changes around us and how much people around us change, Jesus never does. He has always been and always will be who He said He was; our Creator, Savior, Master, Mentor, and Friend.

2012 Day 301 – Hebrews 6

27 Saturday Oct 2012

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Understanding and applying the basics of our faith is extremely important. But there comes a time when we need to move beyond the foundations of our faith and begin to build the structure of our intended relationship with God. Verses 1-2 says, Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God, instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. All these things are extremely important to our faith, but they are just the beginning. We need to move beyond the basics and into deeper relationship and level of obedience in order to fulfill the perfect plan God has for each of our lives.