Entries for month: June 2013

Can one know Christ as Savior and not “know God” very well…personally?

Posted by Lee Stanford in Christ , Intimacy , Journey to More on June 25, 2013

God is a Person, and in the deep of His mighty nature He thinks, wills, enjoys, feels, loves, desires and suffers as any other person may. In making Himself known to us He stays by the familiar pattern of personality.

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Rewards for drawing ever closer to Jesus: #12 - 15

Posted by Lee Stanford in Christ , Discipleship , Growth , Intimacy , Journey to More , Relationships on June 22, 2013

Final post, and #'s 12-15 specific rewards for those that choose to draw ever closer to Jesus whiile on earth:
12. James 2:23: Abraham followed hard after God and was called a “friend of God”. Can you even imagine God singling you out ...of the crowd as one of His best friends? Now that’s a goal worth passionately pursuing!

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Rewards for drawing ever closer to Jesus: #7 - 12

Posted by Lee Stanford in Christ , Relationships , Intimacy , Journey to More on June 21, 2013

#7. John 10:10: “I have come that you may have life (Gr. “zoe”). Life full of God’s approval and blessing. Abundant life! Life ("zoe") “over and above what we could ever imagine”- Eph. 3:20.

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Rewards for drawing ever closer to Jesus: #4, 5 & 6

Posted by Lee Stanford in Christ , Relationships , Journey to More on June 21, 2013

Here are #4, 5, & 6 specific rewards for those that choose to draw closer and closer to Jesus in this life:
· #4: “Perfect Peace to those whose mind is focused on Him”. Isaiah 26:3
· #5: “Draw nearer and nearer to Him and He will draw nearer to you”. James 4:8
· #6: “Well done good and faithful servant”. Matthew 25:23. Jesus’ public and verbal commendation to those that have walked closely with Him.

... “It will be worth it all, when we see Jesus!”

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Rewards for drawing ever closer to Jesus: #3

Posted by Lee Stanford in Christ , Relationships , Growth , Intimacy , Journey to More on June 19, 2013

For “good-ness sake” (as mom often said), God’s sake, and your own sake, DON’T PASS OVER God's fantastic, yet foreboding promise too quickly! He said:

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