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Taking Every Thought Captive
How hard is it for God to get your attention? Do you regularly practice turning aside in your day? That is, taking a moment to listen to God- because God, through the Holy Spirit, really is speaking, because we know, every place is filled with the presence of God. There is not an inch of space, not a moment of time, that God does not inhabit. John Ortberg Eric Elder’s “The Ranch” shared this quote today in my email. It goes right along with my verse for today: “…we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” (2 Cor. 10:5a)
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6 Really Good Reasons to Listen to God
Why listen to God? God says to listen; we ache to know God and to be known and loved by God. The God of all things wants to talk to you. To hear that He loves us; to be intimate with God; to know that you matter to God. Guidance; clarity in place of confusion. When we hear and obey we experience miracles and answered prayer. Spiritual and personal growth and maturity; a rich inner life.
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You are Loosed
In Acts 16, Paul and Silas traveled to Philippi in Macedonia. Paul expelled the fortune-telling spirit in a slave girl and her owners raised the crowds against them. The two were stripped badly flogged and imprisoned. That night a huge earthquake opened all the prison doors and loosened the chains on the prisoners’ feet. The Roman jailer was about to fall on his sword when Paul yelled that they were all still there. The jailer and his family ended up accepting Christ that night! The same incredible power that loosed Paul and Silas is available to you today. And look: once released they didn’t escape. They could have if that’s…