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Monthly Archives: February 2013

Dad in Heaven

28 Thursday Feb 2013

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Have you ever considered what is commonly called the Lord’s Prayer? In the Good News recorded by Matthew, Jesus says this is how we should pray:

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.

Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.*

What Christianity is about above all is revealed in the simple phrase: Our Father in heaven.

You see, there are many ways Jesus could have spoken about God – Shepherd, King, Master. In the old testament, they often would say, God of our father Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Jesus says, “Our Father.” Not “A Father” or “The Father.” He says, “Our Father” and if you were saying this prayer by yourself what would it be? My father.

It’s very intimate, very personal.

It could be even more intimate than we can imagine because Jesus spoke Aramaic and the evidence is he used the word Abba which we now understand to be a term of endearment, like our English word, “Daddy.”

Would you consider letting God be your dad in heaven?

*Matthew 6:9-13 on BibleGateway

Learning to Pray

26 Tuesday Feb 2013

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Have you ever considered what is commonly called the Lord’s Prayer? In the Good News recorded by Matthew, Jesus says this is how we should pray:

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.

Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.*

The context is really important. Just a few minutes before, Jesus tells us that prayer is not for show, prayer is to be done in secret, prayer isn’t mindless babbling. That gives us an idea of what their prayer life was like.

Would you consider letting Jesus teach you how to pray?

*Matthew 6:9-13 on BibleGateway

Arguments Against Evolution*

24 Sunday Feb 2013

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If we’re so evolved how do we explain child prostitution?

See http://theprostitutionexperience.com/?p=173

*The greatest argument against evolution is the human race.

Arguments Against Evolution*

17 Sunday Feb 2013

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If we’re so evolved why do adults keep sending me Farmville requests?

*The greatest argument against evolution is the human race.

Date Night

14 Thursday Feb 2013

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If you want to have a good relationship with someone you need to have dedicated time with them. Day by day is great but without committed intimate time the relationship will suffer. Even a married couple can end up distant without being intentional about having a regular date night.

The amazing thing about God is that from creation he committed to spend the seventh day, Friday night to Saturday night; his very own date night and day. Think about it, the God of the universe sees our relationship with him as so important that he takes a day dedicated every week for close, intimate, time.  Wow!

Would you consider intentionally accepting God’s invitation to enjoy his date night this week?

A Divine Date

12 Tuesday Feb 2013

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In the early stages of our relationship, one of my ex-girlfriends used to say about our dates, “I’ll pencil you into my calendar.”  It was kind of a running gag that I laughed about but I am confessing now that I was glad when it stopped (I think the first step was she switched to saying she would use a pen). Don’t get me wrong, we had a good relationship. It’s just that the joke had an underlying sense that what we had was fleeting; temporary until she got a better offer.

This is one of the reasons that God’s divine date day speaks to the deepest part of me.  Long before I knew him of even wanted him around, he said that I was so important to him that he would write down a weekly date with me. The best part is that he didn’t write it with pencil or even pen but his own finger in stone.  Isn’t that an amazing commitment?

 

Arguments Against Evolution*

10 Sunday Feb 2013

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If we’re so evolved how in the world did that chubby, little, blond girl and her family get to be famous/infamous? (I refuse to mention her name but you know who she is and that’s sad.)

*The greatest argument against evolution is the human race.

Law of Sugar Free Gum

08 Friday Feb 2013

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Law of Sugar Free Gum: If you chew so much gum that the amount of sugar is actually an issue, you’ve got bigger problems than sugar.

Arguments Against Evolution*

03 Sunday Feb 2013

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If we’re so evolved why do people continue to be duped by companies that sell nutrition and diet products?

*The greatest argument against evolution is the human race.

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