This Sunday, we'll be concluding the "CRAZY" series on King David by talking about his relationship with his son, Absalom. It is a powerful story. It's been speaking to me for months as we planned this series. I hope to see you there.
Thought for the Week
"The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord." Judges 10:6
Again. If you read Judges, that's the theme you'll find. I've been teaching about Judges recently and we keep reading that word. Again. Again God's people turned away. Again they were unfaithful. They did was was evil in the sight of the Lord...again. Do you struggle with again? Why don't we get it? What speaks to me in all the 'agains' is that God keeps coming back. We often feel like "this time" we went too far for God. He'll never take us back. We've turned away one too many times. We've done it -- again. There a few lessons here:
- If we are not diligent, we'll fall back to former ways again. When we don't focus on God, spend time with God, take time to pray and read God's Word, get ourselves in a Bible Study, or whatever makes our faith grow, we'll be sure to stagnate and, again, fall away.
- God's love stretches beyond 'again.' God pursues us because of His great love. We don't deserve. We might run away, but God always runs after us again. He loves us that much.
- Bonus: What would it mean for us to have the heart of God when others hurt us again and again? That's a tough. We'll talk more about that on Sunday.
Carter
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