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Understanding acceptance – 2 December 2008
“Who understands best the essence of acceptance?”
This seems like a strange question, and when I heard it my first instinct was to say God. He accepts us, doesn’t he? Well no, to me accepting implies not really wanting something but letting it happen. Like I accept that it is cold and wet because it is November and , but I don’t really want it. God wants us; he doesn’t take us because he has to!
Then it came to me - people who understand this best are Christians: Christians who don’t take all that Jesus offers. He said he came so we could, ‘have life and have it to the full’ (John 10:10). But we don’t have it to the full so much of the time.
Why do we so often live a bit unsatisfied? We could have everything we have ever dreamed of when we ‘do life’ with Jesus – no one should accept anything less. Grab it all!! |
James Gould, 02/12/2008 |
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| Fri 19 Dec 2008 - It will end | | Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of his wrath, you who have drained to its dregs the goblet that makes men stagger....
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| Thurs 18 Dec 2008 - Be encouraged | | Awake, awake! Clothe yourself with strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in days gone by, as in generations of old. Was it not you who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced that monster through?....
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| Wed 17 Dec 2008 - Do not be afraid | | "Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness and who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut and to the quarry from which you were hewn; look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth....
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| Tues 16 Dec 2008 - I have never forgotten you | | This is what the LORD says: "Where is your mother's certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Because of your sins you were sold; because of your transgressions your mother was sent away...
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| Mon 15 Dec 2008 - I will not forget you | | But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me, the Lord has forgotten me."
“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! ...
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| Fri 12 Dec 2008 - Advent - Christ centred | | As we wait for the time when we remember Jesus’ first coming; as we wait for Jesus to come to us each day; as we wait for Jesus to be honoured in our communities and as we wait for Jesus to come again in glory....
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| Wed 10 Dec 2008 - Advent - waiting | | It seems ironic to me that the season of advent is all about waiting for Christ’s coming, and yet in reality many of us spend the time hurtling around frantically getting stuff together for the big day! ...
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| Tues 9 Dec 2008 - Advent – hope | | Before Jesus was born many people were living in hope; Mary of her safe delivery; Simeon and Anna of the arrival of the Messiah, and the Jews of deliverance from the Romans....
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| Mon 8 Dec 2008 - Advent - wish lists | | Younger children seem to have no problem with producing a list of things they’re desperate for each Christmas and then they get more excited as Christmas draws near, sure they’ll get at least some of them...
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