How did Jesus understand the Bible?

As I’m preaching through a series called: Fill My Cup Lord (From Exhausted to overflowing), it dawned on me that reading the Bible is imperative if one desires to grow spiritually.  However, understanding how the Bible is about Jesus will bring your Bible to life and inspire you to study it more.

My wedding pictures…

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Unless you know you have “demons”, what does grace mean to you?

Imagine Dragons wants us to believe.  I’m not sure what they want us to believe in, but I like the lyrics to their song Demons.  We all have our “demons”, unfortunately, some of us don’t realize it. Though I love the song the way it is originally written, it does end with little or no hope.  I took the liberty to change the lyrics while keeping the flow and rhyme of the song (some of the changes are subtle so watch closely):

When the days are cold
And the cards all fold. …
And the saints we see
Are all made of gold.

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When your dreams all fail
And the ones we hail
Are the worst of all
And the blood’s run stale

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I want to hide the truth
I want to shelter you
But with the beast inside
There’s nowhere we can hide

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A section out of one of my favorite books: The Weight of Glory

“These things—the beauty, the memory of our own past—are good images of what we really desire; but if they are mistaken for  the thing itself they turn into dumb idols, breaking the hearts of their worshipers. For they are not the thing itself; they are only the scent of a flower

How Can Jesus Be the Only Way? (Christian Judgementalism)

How can Christians say we have the only way?
Can that be truth?
How can they be so judgmental and exclusive?
Should Christians be judgmental?

There is a way we are supposed to judge.

And a way that we judge which is sinful.

Judgemental Christians (Extended Version: aprox. 40 min.)

Judgemental Christians (shorter version)

HAVING MORE THAN YOU COULD IMAGINE

Life is so short.  It rarely turns out as we planned.

Does your heart desire more?

Are you settling for less than God has for you?
 Are you thirsty for more- to feel more alive?

Love that Quenches Every Thirst

Satisfies our Deepest Longings

Over the top, excessive, beyond what you can imagine.

A Love that fills us to overflowing.

You have been assigned to accomplish something and if you stop…

be still in the quiet and realize you will be given full measure, your passion will Batten so if you can give time for yourself listen to this: