God loves the world so much that he gave the live of his son to save it, he loves the world collectively, but how do I know if he likes me as an individual or even likes me.
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Many of us believe in God but have a less than stellar past and wonder if we have gone too far to be forgiven, and some of are sure we have, but the Bible tells a different story.
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Jonah had what he thought were good reasons to not preach to the Ninevites, but God did not agree and sent him anyway. God gave both the people of Nineveh and Jonah a second chance, as he does with all of us, and we should give a second chance to others.
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It is natural to long for things, and longing is not a sin in and of itself, but if we don’t approach life with a Biblical perspective our longing can lead to sin, which leads to heartache and trouble. Just because we don’t have what we want does not mean God has forgotten about us.
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A lot of people think following God has to be all or nothing, right up front, and they try to go from a life like that of a lifelike Mother Teresa overnight, and when they fail in their drastic transformation in the short amount of time they thought it would take they get discouraged and give up and mostly return to their old lives. Righteousness is a journey, not a destination, and it took a lifetime for Mother Teresa to get to where we view her as a saint.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormonism) has an obsession with personal worthiness, a standard that no one can obtain, so as a result everyone always feels guilty for not reaching the standard and judges everyone else for not reaching the standard as well.
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When things go wrong in life, especially when we are suffering and it is no fault of our own, it is easy to believe that God hates us, but he does not have us, he loves us.
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God loves the world so much that he gave the live of his son to save it, he loves the world collectively, but how do I know if he likes me as an individual or even likes me.
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In this episode I have a discussion with the talented artist Michael Steddum about how he came to know Christ and what a Christian life looks like to him. Among the interesting stories he tells is how he almost got hit by a train and how that changed his mind about following God.
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I am sure I am not alone in this, but sometimes I think because I have failed so many times in the past that God won’t give me any more chances and there is little reason to even ask for help. At a job you can only fail at so many projects before you have effectively killed your chances of ever getting that promotion, and likely even jeopardized your chances of retaining your current position. Even the most patient people will give up on you eventually if you keep messing up every time they give you another chance.
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At times I have believed God could do anything, anything except forgive me that is. And even now, I sometimes fall into the erroneous thought that God loves other people more than He loves me, or at least likes them better, and is more likely to intervene in their lives than He is in mine.
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