This was the event that concluded 3 years of ministry with Jesus and without it, they would never have gone from doubting followers, to becoming the apostles of the church.
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Israel sought a physical temple for God to dwell in, but Jesus sought to dwell in man. The expected a warrior King Like David, instead, they received a suffering servant riding on a donkey. They expected a messiah to liberate them from the oppression of Rome, instead, they got a saviour who liberated them from the principalities of darkness that was behind the oppression of man. They expected a war, instead, they got a servant who washed feet and died on a cross. They expected the restoration of the glory of Israel, instead, they got the restoration of the glory of God to all creation.
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Give up what distracts you from God. Lent mirrors Jesus’ sacrifice and time of prayer. Did removing whatever you fasted make it easier for you to connect to God?
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Ever find yourself procrastinating work by doing a “What cheese am I” test on BuzzFeed? You are not alone. The truth is who nowadays hasn’t done a BuzzFeed quiz to find out what FRIENDS character they are, or what Disney prince or princess they would be, or what Harry Potter house you would be in only to discover that the explanations at the bottom of the result completely matches you? This occurrence is called the “Barnum Effect”
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As the Spirit is at work deep in our souls it is that work which enables us to communicate this Love of God to the world and where the church has miscommunicated this love is where it has not allowed this Spirit to deeply work in it.
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This Christmas I pray that you are inspired by the message of Jesus, a message of Good Hope to the divorcee, to the suicidal, the addicted, to the outcast, to the marginalised, to the abused and even for those for whom it would seem like all is well in the world. Jesus came for everyone.
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What is one word that can conjure up a deep feeling of longing and simultaneously feelings of dread? A word that encompasses a unifying ideal yet the very thing that we often find ourselves feeling indifferent about.
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