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It would be just like him

The God of the Bible looks like Jesus, the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being. It would be just like him to go to the cross.

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Practicing Our Scales

Imagine if our walk with Christ, representing his kingdom in the world, were as practiced and pure as Hania Rani’s fingers on the piano keys.

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Rescue

I practice the spiritual discipline of rescuing earthworms on paved surfaces. It's a reminder to me that I can pause what I'm doing, get a little dirty, and help. Also, that I've been given the responsibility to care.

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Your Roots Are Showing

The life that I bring to the world can only be found in my attachment to Christ. His presence with me is essential.

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Connection

I live in a U.S. county with traffic problems. It's a peninsula, and what's not swamp land has been developed. Building new roads is difficult and expensive. Making things worse, roads that could connect don't.

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Know That You Know

We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. — 1 John 2:3

I say it a lot: knowing God is eternal life. Eternal life is knowing God. To know that you know is not about certainty; it's about being in a relationship. And coming to know implies a deepening relationship. Set certainty aside and look for evidence. This kind of relationship with God will be expressed in allegiance and transformation.

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Discipleship's Superior

I'm a discipleship guy. I have been for at least four decades. If discipleship is being trained by Christ, I think discipleship is superior to almost any endeavor. Almost. The work of discipleship has its own superior: coming to know God, the Trainer.

I was trained in college by several professors, most of whom I didn't know any better on the day of my graduation than I did at orientation—no big deal. But to miss out on knowing God is to miss out on eternal life.

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Gratification

He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward. — Hebrews 11:26

When Moses held to his identity in Egypt, he exchanged the trappings of the temporal for the riches of eternal life. Eternal life was, is, and is to come because God was, is, and is to come. Coming to know God is its own reward. I look ahead to the reward of knowing him more.

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