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3 Truths from Psalm 88:    Truth #1: Darkness may last a while    Truth #2: Darkness helps us see that God is sovereign & sustaining    Truth #3: Darkness is somewhere God is willing to go with us. Psalm 88 Lord, you are the God who saves me;     day and night I cry out to you. May my prayer come before you;     turn your ear to my cry. 3  I am overwhelmed with troubles     and my life draws near to death. 4  I am counted among those who go down to the pit;     I am like one without strength. 5  I am set apart with the dead,     like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more,     who are cut off from your care. 6  You have put me in the lowest pit,     in the darkest depths. 7  Your wrath lies heavily on me;     you have overwhelmed me with all your waves. [S

God is revealing something so good!!!!!

worth a listen to the end...

Hope in riches vs. Riches in HOPE

One has to go

Who is the Lord? 

Pastor Al Johnson  https://youtu.be/GSK_IVjsTLw

[Philippians 4:6-7]  Do not be anxious about anything,  but in every situation, by prayer & petition,  with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.  And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding,  will guard your hearts & your minds in Christ Jesus. _____________ Bible is about 77% stories & poetry, 20% teachings & letters,  %3 commandments. (the Bible is not a bunch of commandments)  Jesse has shared stories & songs.

Beth Miles shares on Mathew 28 (Make disciples)

How do you prove you have authority? If you are a mom & your child challenges your authority, you mights say, “Because I said so.”  If you are a boss & you have a lazy employee, you might flex your work place authority by saying, “Do your job, or you’re fired.” In any given group, authority is often given to the person with the best leadership capabilities, or the best pedigree, or the best physical ability, or the best intelligence, or best work-ethic. But being the best of the best won’t give anyone the authority to do what Jesus said he would do. How do you promise and prove you have the authority to beat death?

Although, I had no right to ask. My God knelt & answered me.  Job basically just said, “Whoa is me! Wow is You!”

[Philippians 4:7] And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

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This proper view of Christ served as the antidote for the Colossian heresy as well as a building block for Christian life and doctrine both then and now.” ~ Charles Swindoll

“The whole earth, then, belongs to Jesus. It belongs to him by right of creation, by right of redemption and by right of future inheritance - as Paul affirms in the magnificent cosmic declaration of Colossians 1:15-20. So wherever we go in his name, we are walking on his property. There is not an inch of the planet that does not belong to Christ. Mission then is an authorized activity carried out by tenants on the instructions of the owner of the property.” — Christopher J. H. Wright

https://youtu.be/hA25-qvRlKw Today’s church that reads & heads the succinct truths found in Colossians can be blessed with peace beyond all understanding when it remembers the basic understanding that Christ is sovereign & sustaining. Since Christ is sovereign, we can have peace when pandemics hit, tensions rise & people leave without a goodbye. But, peace is ours when we are in Christ. Peace is our inherit benefit from being in Jesus. Colossians gives us a very precise & powerful look at the peace we have in Christ.

[Matthew 28:18-20]  Then Jesus came to them & said, “All authority in heaven  & on earth has been given to me.  Therefore go & make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father & of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, & teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

1 Peter 1:13-16