No Longer Condemned
Last week, I was doing some chores around the house, thinking about somethings, when suddenly an unpleasant memory filled my mind. Without fully realizing it, I began to relive the mistakes I had made, the wrong things I had said, etc. The pleasant mood that I had emotionally been experiencing quickly changed to feelings of guilt, disappointment, and condemnation as I kicked myself over past mistakes.
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our SINGULAR focus
Psalm 100 is a very familiar passage of Scripture for Christ-followers. It has been the subject of many sermons. It gives us specific instructions on how to approach God. It tells us what our attitude should be as we come before Him. This Psalm gives us a clear understanding of God’s character, how He relates to mankind, and our relationship with Him. While it is important for us to learn, understand and implement these instructions into our worship, I invite you to read and meditate on this Psalm with a fresh pair of eyes.
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Pure Perception
““Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” (Matthew 5:8, NASB95)
Oswald Chambers once said, “Seeing is never believing: we interpret what we see in the light of what we believe. Faith is confidence in God before you see God emerging, therefore the nature of faith is that it must be tried.”
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God’s Interests
From that time Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised up on the third day. Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This shall never happen to You.” But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but man’s.” Matthew 16:21-23
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