Control.
I struggle to not be in control. I like order, routine, and degrees of predictability.
Boring, huh?
And I get anxious when things are out of order. Worse still, I get anxious thinking about the possibility of things getting out of order.
Sad, huh!
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I left it last time with this notion that Jesus came, not just to restore our relationship with the Father, but also to be the example for that relationship.
I’ve mentioned Dann Spader’s book, “Walking as Jesus Walked”, a number of times, so let’s get to its key elements.
Spader has based his message from a close study of Scripture. As one works through each chapter, he lets us examine many of these verses for ourselves, so we become familiar with Jesus as a man, who lives a life solely dependent on the Holy Spirit.
This dependence aspect is critical and I’ll explore that a little further in my next post on the weekend.
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So we’ve started out on this little expedition to better understand how to love God with our “all”, our everything. I believe this is one of love’s great adventures. God is a never-ending well who so desires for us to dive in knowing that He’ll be there to catch us.
Let’s jump!
Together!
In my last post I reflected on the significance of loving God with “all of our everything”. My post ended with the challenge of how do we do this, not just because of our busy lives but also our humanness.Late last year, I was thinking about which person in the Bible I should study next, and then I heard in my mind:
“What about me?”
Oh, hello there, Jesus.
Of course!
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“We need Jesus like we need oxygen. He is the missing essence of your existence.”
This wonderfully written book opened my eyes and heart to Jesus. I sensed a real anointing over this book and hope that many people read it as its quite unique (based on my reading experience) of relating Jesus humanity to His divinity.
We can spend a lot of time “being” a Christian, rather than experiencing Jesus. We can so easily forget that Jesus comes to give us life abundantly through intimacy with Him.
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This is an excellent resource for practically understanding Jesus desire for us to walk as He did.
The study contains tremendous Biblical references and is backed with great insight and interpretation. Spader understands how people learn and providing an acronym Holy Spirit to guide the study was a masterstroke. I know that I will remember the acronym and be able to use it on a daily basis. FYI, the acronym is:
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