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What’s Life About? … It’s About A-B-C (part a)

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With recent distracting events (Barcelona, Charlottesville, North Korea) many have been forced to re-focus on what life is about. Here’s my take.

 

 

 

 

 

Life is About

I’m sure you’ve wondered and asked: What is life about?

Well, actually, it’s about God rescuing us, isn’t it?

It’s the Exodus story, right?

It’s about God delivering us from the penalty and slavery of sin.

 

God Keeping His Promise

I’m saying until God did something we were trapped in bondage without any hope of anything changing.

So God did something about our mess by sending someone like Moses—yet different from Moses—to liberate us from our messiness.

 

God sent Jesus

Jesus saves us from sin’s certain destruction.

Making Freedom Possible

Yesterday, Moses sprinkled lamb’s blood on the doorposts to rescue the Hebrew people from death.

Today, Jesus’ shed blood on the cross is able to rescue us from eternal death.

We no longer have to be slaves to sin because our deliverer has come.

  • Jesus is the sprinkled blood on the doorpost.
  • Jesus is the one to put our trust in to free us from bondage.
  • Jesus rescues us from eternal death.
  • Jesus replaces hopelessness with hope.
  • Jesus gives life.

The life and hope of Jesus offer’ deliverance from our misery.

 

Giving You an Option

This is good news, right?

Exodus is real.

Salvation is here!

 

You can Choose Life with Freedom

This is what life is about.

(To be continued)

 

Bonus Song:

Rescue

 

Conversation # 222: Prayer

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This thought was bouncing around in my head so I asked,

 

 

 

 

 

 

ME: “Lord do you prefer prayers in

Asian?

African?

South American?

North American?

Australian? Or

European?”

 

GOD: “Doesn’t matter.

You pick.”

 

ME: “How about praying in

Hymns,

Rock

Southern Gospel or

Hip-hop?”

 

GOD: “Whatever.”

 

ME: “I speak English best.”

 

GOD: “Fine, stop procrastinating.

What’s on your mind?”

 

Song:

He Will Carry You

Why You Need to Get a Feel for the Story of Your Life

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You Have a StoryDifferent colored music notes.

We all have a story don’t we?

My story isn’t your story.

Your story isn’t my story.

We all have different stories.

 

I heard a song about a rape and the ashes of desperation it left behind. I didn’t write the song title down. I wish I had.

But as I listened to the lyrics a lot of the content gave the idea that God doesn’t care about you.

Because, really, what kind of a God would allow rape to happen?

When the song was over I was left with an empty feeling. My heart hurt. The message was that God is a waste of time because pretending that God has a plan and purpose for you is nonsense.

Get real!

You’re on your own.

So, just forget God.

 

Others Have a Story

But there are many, many stories of people who have experienced horrible things—sick stuff—yet climbed out of that slime and found a new direction and meaning in spite of what happened.

Some of those kinds of stories come from singing artist Nicole Nordeman.

Nicole sings about our messy lives.

Nicole sings about the activity of evil, about numbing pain, and about immobilizing suffering. And,

Nicole offers in song the someone who can make us better.

Nicole wrestles with the idea of a God who cares even when we don’t think so.

Someone commented, “… everything she sings goes right through me and it makes me cry … I can feel God’s Spirit in her voice.”

 

God Completes Your Story

You can get a feel for the story of your life by letting Nicole’s songs become a soothing balm to heal your wounds. Listen to the lyrics as Nicole sings:

“Just as I am,”

“Holy,”

“What If,”

“Legacy,”

“To Know You,”

Then ask yourself, Does God have a plan and purpose for my life?

Try to get a feel for the story of your life.

 

Free Devotions @ MLS, Inc.

 

Bonus Song:

“I’m with You”

 

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