"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Romans 8:37-39

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Isaiah 6:3 "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory."

The hebrew word for "glory" is kavod, which means weight or significance.

The whole earth is fulll of the weight and significance of who God is, drenched with the presence of God.
- Rob Bell

That is real.

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He was telling his disciples the truth isn't an answer; it is a person. You don't come to know the truth as a result of an academic pursuit. You might discover an endless number of things that are true along the way, but this is not the truth your soul is craving. No matter how many true things you come to know, they will never leave you satisfied ( Read more... )

 "But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation.

Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.

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"Most of the injustice in this word is committed to please American suburbia." - Miles Welch

I never actually realized this before.

In Asia alone, according to experts on the subject, more than one million young boys and girls are engaged in commercial sexual activity.
Why? So we can have pornography.

There are some children as young as 7 working in ( Read more... )

We will never be able to capture the meaning of this day, Good Friday ( Read more... )

I AM GOING TO MIAMI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Jentzen Franklin spoke this truth yesterday- he said, Why is it that we always complain when we are treated badly or injustly, yet when God blesses us so undeservedly, we don't give him enough praise for it?
Then he said, when we do get treated badly we should STILL praise God for it, because he is making us stronger. You never get to your dreams ( Read more... )

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Mel's devo today:
...our very soul has to be torn apart at the thought of not having it. That’s what love’s all about.

I know that relationship with people.
God I want to know it with you too.

I'm not just praying for action. I'm praying for PASSION