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God Believes in You | |
INDEX
1. Whales and the Sabi Sand
2. Gravity
3. Spooky stuff
4. Faith perception
5. Weighing words
6. The law of spontaneity
7. Genesis
8. Mirror, mirror on the wall
9. The Incarnation
10. Daily bread
11. Beyond Jacob’s well
12. Conquer contradiction
13. Spirit energy
14. Beyond window-shopping
15. Lift off!
16. Mankind’s moment of glory
17. Church
18. Ye are gods
19. Sabbath
20.
Good works
21. The Mystery Revealed
22. Divine Romance
23. The success of the cross
24. Jesus, the revelation of man’s true identity
25. Epaenetus- Asia in one man
26. Conclusion
27. Old habits, new thoughts
28. Winter
29.
Dealing with grief
30. Facing crisis with confidence
31. A letter to the leaders
32. Beyond doubt
33.
Spirit Identity
34. Anticipate the future
35. London Bombs 2005
36. The Incarnation Code
37. Throne Room Thoughts
38. The Logic of His Love
39. Paul’s Gospel
40. From Faith To Faith
41. DONE!
PREFACE
Life sometimes seems to be like a mighty magnet, which compels one almost in remote control fashion.
Yet if karma has the final say, why would it appear that some people are luckier than others? Our own thoughts, words, choices, habits and attitudes continue to turn and empower circumstances, events and people, which in turn touch and shape our destiny. Yet we often find ourselves trapped in confusion where life no longer seems to make any sense.
Does ‘church’ still have a valid voice in society? Unlike the situation in the time of the Reformation in Luther’s day, the pulpit of the formal church has, especially amongst young people, lost a lot of its public impact. Purgatory indulgences (‘sin now, pay later’, or actually ‘pay now sin later!’) then purchased at any price, have now made room for the same spider in a new web: religious indifference. The purpose of both these lies is to keep man caged in ignorance of his true identity.
I believe that within the horizon of our hearts, the voice of our spirit echoes truth. We are designed to explore and discover our inmost self, the wealth of light and life within our reach. Even the sense of hopelessness in a crisis would prompt us to dig deeper to find the Rock-foundation inside of us.
I pray that this writing would challenge and stir you to the core of your being and your beliefs to remove every trace of the substitute, man-made self-image with its glorious head of golden glitter and its silvery bust and bronze body. The little stone that was cut out by no human hand is destined to strike the image of vanity and piety on its feet of iron and clay and become in its place a Rock that fills the whole earth; the true image and likeness of God, restored and revealed in man. (Dan.2:32-35)
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