Always Faithful!

Even if our health fails, God remains! Even if our spirits weaken, God remains! He is the strength of our hearts. Because He remains, we remain as well, together with Him, forever.

A Prayer begins . . .

Our Father in heaven, we are awestruck at your faithfulness. You are the strength of our hearts, and we are grateful.

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Extreme Discipleship

John Ortberg If You Want To Walk On Water, You've Got To Get Out Of The Boat, Zondervan, 2001, p. 17. SoAmazing.com

"I believe there is something--Someone--inside us who tells us there is more to life than sitting in the boat. You were made for smething more than merely avoiding failure. There is something inside you that wants to walk on the water--to leave the comfort of routine existence and abandon your self to the high adventure of following God.

So let me ask you a very important question: What's your boat?

Your boat is whatever represents safety and security to you apart from God himself. Your boat is whatever you are tempted to put your trust in, especially when life gets a little stormy. Your boat is whatever keeps you so comfortable that you don't want to give it up even if it's keeping you from joining Jesus on the waves. Your boat is whatever pulls you away from the high adventure of extreme discipleship."

SoAmazing Review: If you saw Jesus walking on the water, what would you do? John Ortberg, a teaching pastor at Willow Creek Community church in South Barrington, Illinois, challenges us to get out of the boat, as Peter did, and go to Jesus.

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Marriage Dissections

Gary Thomas, Sacred Marriage, What If God Designed Marriage To Make Us Holy More Than To Make Us Happy?, Zondervan, 2000, p. 12.
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"In the sixteenth century, Andreas Vesalius was granted a ready supply of criminals' corpses, allowing him to definitively contradict assumptions about the human anatomy that had been unquestioned for a thousand years or more. Vesalius's anatomical charts became invaluable, but he couldn't have drawn the charts unless he was first willing to make the cut."

I want to do a similar thing in this book--with a spiritual twist. We're going to cut open numerous marriages, dissect them, find out what's really going on, and then explore how we can gain spiritual meaning, depth, and growth from the challenges that lie within. We're not after simple answers--three steps to more intimate communication, six steps to a more exciting love life--because this isn't a book that seeks to tell you how to have a happier marriage. This is a book that looks at how we can use the challenges, joys, struggles, and celebrations of marriage to draw closer to God and to grow in Christian character."

SoAmazing Review: In Sacred Marriage a fresh, realistic view of marriage emerges. Marriage is touted, not for its romantic aspects, but for its ability to build Christian character.

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