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Now that we are friends

August 22, 2010 by Fritz

“For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.” – Romans 5:10

When God was our enemy he loved us so much he gave Jesus to die for our sins and make us his own.

Now that he is our friend, how can we think he would reject us for our shortcomings and failures?!

It is time for those who have covenanted1 with Christ, to stop looking at difficulties as God’s anger and start seeing them as God’s allowed opportunities to grow up and experience his life in real circumstances.

Seizing this one fact changes us, seasons us, and makes us more like the people we always wanted to be but had no ability to become.

Ever see a child after conquering a major (to them) problem? That’s how children become mature adults! Us too.

– fritz
1 – “Think Covenant” blog post on August 15, 2010

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Confusion more from prejudice than logic

August 21, 2010 by Fritz

Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things. – Proverbs 28:5

Confusion is caused more by prejudice than logic. Unwillingness to release precious ideas, pride, or action(inaction) prevent an honest assessment. That honest assessment is all God is asking.

Truth can be discovered by those who want to know and who are willing to act on what they learn.

“Anyone who wants to do the will of God will know whether my teaching is from God or is merely my own.” – Jesus (John 7:17 New Living Translation)

Dallas Willard, in his book, “Renovation of the Heart” makes this point:

“[T]he confusion now publicly prevailing over the makeup of the human being may not be due to its inherent obscurity. Rather, it may be due to the fact that it is a field where strongly armed prejudices—assumptions about what must be the case, “don’t bother me with facts”—prevent even well-intended people from seeing what, at least in basic outline, is fairly obvious, simple, and straightforward”.1

– fritz

1 – Renovations of the Heart NavPress, Copyright 2002, pg 30

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Faith, Proof, and Trust

August 20, 2010 by Fritz


“Faith is not believing without proof, but trust without reservation” – Fr. Desmond Goonesekera1

– fritz
1 – Mr. James Kanaganayagam, August 15, 2010, Executive Director of Broadcast and Ministry outreach for Back to the Bible ministries.
2 – Picture’s source and descriptive comments can be found here

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