Our lives have a Beginning, a Middle and an End—all the essential parts of story. We are moving; we are going somewhere. We each have a Life-Story. As we know by now, all things were created by Jesus Christ, are being sustained by Him and will find their end in Him. You are part of His Story. You do not get to choose whether you will play a role or not; you are already in the story. The only choice that you have to make is how you will use the time that is given to you.
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Psalms 139:16
Your eyes saw me when I was formless;
all my days were written in Your book and planned
before a single one of them began.
We need some perspective on our lives. We need to have a good grasp on who we are and where we have come from in each of our unique life-stories. There are many things in life that we have no control over: the fact that we were born, how long we will live, etc. However, we are given the great responsibility of how we will respond to what is given to us in life and what we will do with the time that is given to us.
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Matthew 6:9
“Therefore, you should pray like this:
Our Father in heaven, Your name be honored as holy.
One of the most incredible truths revealed in the Bible is that God wants us to know Him as our Heavenly Father! God is our “father” because we all have our ultimate origin in Him (see Ephesians 3:14-15). But even more than this, He wants us to know Him and experience Him as a compassionate, loving Heavenly Father who desires to find us, heal us, restore us and transform us into people who think and act as His beloved children.
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We first develop our view of God through our earthly fathers. Sadly, many people have had fathers who did not form a positive picture of Father God. Before we move on we want to consider two false views of God that do not represent the One True God revealed through Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 3:14-15
…. I bow my knees before the Father,
from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,…
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God…
Everything begins with God. “In the beginning God…” is the first words we hear in the Bible. In the beginning, God is active. In the beginning, God moves, speaks, creates. In the beginning of everything else, God has always been.
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The One True God has revealed the truth of His existence to us in creation, or nature. He has revealed His goodness in the message of the Bible. He has revealed His glory to us in the person of Jesus Christ. To understand who the One True God is, we must understand that He is first our loving and gracious Heavenly Father.
Jeremiah 10:10
But YHWH is the true God;
He is the living God and eternal King.
The MilktoMeat curriculum is designed to give you both the “diet” and “exercise” you need to grow spiritually mature. Today we will discuss the first of three Core Exercises: Hearing God’s Word, Seeing His Glory.
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