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God Is…

   Posted by: Josh Williams   in

Bob Kuest will be preaching this weekend.  Here is a little taste of what’s to come this Sunday…

Are we enjoying our relationship with God? When I was a child I developed a picture of God as an old white headed man with a long beard and dressed in a black robe. He sat behind a big desk situated so that He can see the world. He held a quill to write down my every sin in a big black book. Most of us have a picture of God that is a made up of a series of myths, stereotypes and examples of people claiming to be godly. Most of our pictures sap our joy rather than promote it. Perhaps it is time to take a fresh look at how God reveals Himself in scripture. We might be surprised what we learn.

How do you see God?

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2 comments so far

Barb
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I try to see God as a father figure but it’s very hard for me to accept Him as one. I’m sure that I’m not the only one who has had a hard time understanding what it looks like to be unconditionally loved by Him. I never had that experience growing up. Consequently, every time I screw up and struggle, I feel that God now no longer loves me and is mad at me. So, that’s like every day of my life! Anyway, I’m really working on understanding just how much my God loves me and how much he sacrificed for me. It just blows my mind.

July 3rd, 2008 at 4:25 pm
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I agree with Bob’s statement that “Most of our pictures sap our joy rather than promote it.” For me, it seems easier to believe the bad stuff than the good stuff. It is really something the I have been working on. Since I have the joy of Christ in me, it is okay for me to enjoy that and let others see me enjoy that. Like Barb says the love of God is “mind blowing.” I want to enjoy it, but it is a stuggle to over come my past to get to a place where I can do that. As I try, I think it does and is getting easier. I’m so thankful that Pathways has been a place of love that God has filled with people to help call that out in me and a place where it has been safe to live in this struggle.

July 4th, 2008 at 11:28 am

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