What do you EXPECT from God? Do you expect ANYTHING? Yes, I’m talking about praying, asking, requesting, petitioning God for SOMETHING. As children we create lists for Santa. We take the time to write out our heart’s desires. I’m serious! Think back to when you were a kid. Did you hold back on that list? Did you think to yourself, “Nah…that’s too BIG, too GREAT, too MUCH.” I wasn’t afraid. I didn’t hold back. I BELIEVED Santa would and could deliver ANYTHING and EVERTHING I could think of.
My God is GREATER!
Santa is a dude that I rarely saw. If I think back throughout my childhood, I caught momentary glimpses of the white beard and red suit at best. Christmas would roll around and Santa would appear on a giant chair at Nordstrom. He smiled. He was jovial. He was an ILLUSION. Here today, gone tomorrow. Yet, as a child, I was moved by those brief moments, the fading memories, and held on to a hope that he would DELIVER each and every year.
My God is PRESENT!
New Life, you don’t have to cling to momentary glimpses of God. He is HERE! He is NOW! He is ALWAYS! Santa wants to help you encounter a moment of happiness; God wants to redeem you for an ETERNITY. There’s no need to wait. There’s no line to stand in. There’s no fee to pay. He’s here. He’s there. He’s ready. He’s waiting. Check this out:
Because we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that can defile our body or spirit. And let us work toward complete holiness because we fear God.
2 Corinthians 7:1 NLT
This verse, by itself, is GREAT, but yet remains somehow incomplete. I say ‘great’ because it communicates the spiritual principle of cleansing our bodies, our SELF, from all the junk that we put IN it and do TO it. But here’s where I believe it’s ‘incomplete’—what the heck are “these promises”? Well, if you read the end of the previous chapter Paul shares God’s words:
I will live IN them
I will walk AMONG them
I will be THEIR God
They will be MY people
I will be your FATHER
You will be my SONS and DAUGHTERS
THAT’S encouraging! I read this and I hear a God speak to me personally. I hear Him say, “Nick, I LOVE you. You are my SON. I’m here WITH you. I will provide for your EVERY need. ASK.”
He’s more than an illusion. He’s more than a seasonal glimpse of happiness. He is GOD. He’s always here. He deserves your list. He will deliver. You don’t have to wait until the end of the year to share your heart’s desire; His ear is tuned to your voice at ALL TIMES.
Will you TRUST Him? Ask.
My God is GREATER!
Santa is a dude that I rarely saw. If I think back throughout my childhood, I caught momentary glimpses of the white beard and red suit at best. Christmas would roll around and Santa would appear on a giant chair at Nordstrom. He smiled. He was jovial. He was an ILLUSION. Here today, gone tomorrow. Yet, as a child, I was moved by those brief moments, the fading memories, and held on to a hope that he would DELIVER each and every year.
My God is PRESENT!
New Life, you don’t have to cling to momentary glimpses of God. He is HERE! He is NOW! He is ALWAYS! Santa wants to help you encounter a moment of happiness; God wants to redeem you for an ETERNITY. There’s no need to wait. There’s no line to stand in. There’s no fee to pay. He’s here. He’s there. He’s ready. He’s waiting. Check this out:
Because we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that can defile our body or spirit. And let us work toward complete holiness because we fear God.
2 Corinthians 7:1 NLT
This verse, by itself, is GREAT, but yet remains somehow incomplete. I say ‘great’ because it communicates the spiritual principle of cleansing our bodies, our SELF, from all the junk that we put IN it and do TO it. But here’s where I believe it’s ‘incomplete’—what the heck are “these promises”? Well, if you read the end of the previous chapter Paul shares God’s words:
I will live IN them
I will walk AMONG them
I will be THEIR God
They will be MY people
I will be your FATHER
You will be my SONS and DAUGHTERS
THAT’S encouraging! I read this and I hear a God speak to me personally. I hear Him say, “Nick, I LOVE you. You are my SON. I’m here WITH you. I will provide for your EVERY need. ASK.”
He’s more than an illusion. He’s more than a seasonal glimpse of happiness. He is GOD. He’s always here. He deserves your list. He will deliver. You don’t have to wait until the end of the year to share your heart’s desire; His ear is tuned to your voice at ALL TIMES.
Will you TRUST Him? Ask.
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