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A thought by Max Lucado from his book, When God Whispers Your Name (p. 23). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) Have you ever thought about that?   Jesus as a kid, as a teenager and even as an adult could have been one big show off.   I not sure but if we had his power we might have shown off just a little.   Maybe. Max says, “He went to great pains to be as human as the guy down the street. He didn’t need to study, but he still went to the synagogue. He had no need for income, but he still worked in the workshop. He had known the fellowship of angels and heard the harps of heaven, yet he still went to parties thrown by tax collectors. And upon his shoulders rested the challenge of redeeming creation, but he still took time to walk ninety miles from Jericho to Cana to go to a wedding.” Max goes on, “As a result, people liked him. Oh, there were those who chaffed at his claims. They called him a blasphemer, but th

A thought by Craig Groeschel, from his book, The Christian Atheist: When You Believe in God But Live as if He Doesn’t Exist (p. 171). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) But I thought that God wanted me to be happy? Craig said, “The Greek word makarios in Matthew chapter 5, also known as the Beatitudes, can be translated as ‘supremely blessed.’ In other words, God wants us to be more than happy. The happiness of this world is based on fickle happenings, but the blessings of God transcend the things this world offers. Scripture says in Psalm 112: 1, ‘Blessed is the [one] who fears the Lord, who finds great delight in his commands.’ Another way of looking at it: ‘More than happy is the one who fears the Lord.’ The Bible never says, ‘Blessed is the one who does something wrong in the pursuit of happiness,’ or, ‘More than happy is the one who settles for cheap, worldly imitations.” Later he says, “Max Lucado told a story

A thought by Craig Groeschel, from his book, The Christian Atheist: When You Believe in God But Live as if He Doesn’t Exist (p. 158). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) Now time is a very important obsession to many of us.   I was standing in line at the Coffee Bean this morning to get my coffee and this person in front of me was on her phone while she was ordering her drink.   She was wasting my time.   And my time is so important, right?   Even with God, time is very important to us. Craig says, “ God is outside of time. He has no beginning and no end. That means he has no yesterday and no tomorrow. He just is. So for God, tomorrow is the same as today, same as yesterday. Was God in control yesterday? Undoubtedly, yes. Is God in control today? You know he is. Then he’s in control tomorrow too.” Craig goes on, “Time is not an issue for him. He’s already present in tomorrow. So no matter what happens, trust God.