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Worth it!

Joe — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:00:26 +0000

“For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all” (2 Corinthians 4:17).

God is Jealous

Joe — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:00:12 +0000

If you’re like me, you probably like to think about God, always in the “positives”. You know, God is love, God is merciful, God is kind, God is gracious, God is compassionate, God is comforting and the list goes on. It’s those virtues of God that often get us through the hard days and help us when we feel the fading our own strength.

Win the War

Joe — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:36:46 +0000

If you have put your faith in Christ’s death, burial and resurrection as payment for your sins, you are part of an epic battle that has been waging since Adam and Eve chose to eat the forbidden fruit. It’s a battle that exists inside each and every one of us who call on Christ, and it’s a battle we will be part of until our salvation is made complete and we enter the presence of God.

Be Generous

Joe — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:51:06 +0000

One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed” — Proverbs 11:24

These Are My People

Danny — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:00:23 +0000

These Are My People

Today I am going to do something I have never done before. I am going to take Matthew 9 and make it into a modern day parable. Let me know your thoughts.

Matthew 9:9-13

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.

¹⁰ While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. ¹¹ When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

¹² On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. ¹³ But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

The Grace Shift

Danny — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:00:55 +0000

The Grace Shift

Grace is the ultimate game-changer. Once we understand that grace is not just something God did for us, but something we do for ourselves and each other, it changes everything. Grace must first be embraced from above. We must soak in the bottomless depth of God’s grace and as we do it empowers us to give that grace away.

Grace is God coming to redeem His people. Grace is a father holding his prodigal son. Grace is the mommy calling her adopted child her daughter and treating her as her own. Grace is the boss who forgives the debt of a drunken employee that struggling to kick the habit. Grace is the fatherless child who befriends the lonely outcast at her school. Grace is Jesus choosing to go to the cross to embrace humanity.

With that in mind, think about the last time you really experienced grace.

The Day After

Danny — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 08:00:37 +0000

What happened after Christmas? Mary and Joseph they have traveled so far, only to end up in a stable to have the King of the world. The Savior is born. Does the inn keeper have bad dreams? When the Shepherd’s go back to the fields, are they changed forever? Do Mary and Joseph see if there is a gift receipt to return any of the gifts? Does the star disappear or fade into the distance? We know very little of what happens next. But what we do know is this: this baby marked history forever. His birth would start the beginning of a new era. His birth is the beginning of the transformational process that takes place in our lives. His birth is the beginning of God putting on human flesh. It’s where frailty and unspeakably great power collide. It’s where humility and greatness join. This baby is the glue that holds everything together.

John 1:14

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Colossians 1:17

He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

Do Good

Joe — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:00:26 +0000

And do not forget to do good, and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased — Hebrews 13:16

The Journey

Danny — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:00:39 +0000

God is enough

Danny — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:00:21 +0000

God Is Enough

What is it that you are wrestling with today? Inadequacy? Failure? Hatred? Loneliness? Self-medicating? What is it?

God’s forgiveness reaches all.

God’s mercy is big enough.

God’s love is endless.

Do you believe that God is enough for everything you are going through?

2 Corinthians 12:9

But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

Tenth Dot Ministries » grace

Worth it!

“For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all” (2 Corinthians 4:17).

God is Jealous

Win the War

Be Generous

One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed” — Proverbs 11:24

These Are My People

These Are My People

Matthew 9:9-13

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.

10 While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

12 On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

The Grace Shift

The Grace Shift

The Day After

John 1:14

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Colossians 1:17

He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

Do Good

And do not forget to do good, and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased — Hebrews 13:16

The Journey

God is enough

God Is Enough

2 Corinthians 12:9

But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

¹⁰ While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. ¹¹ When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

¹² On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. ¹³ But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”