Let me give you a little behind-the-curtain peek into The Pure Life Conference this weekend. As with any event, this conference started long before this weekend. And if you need a soundtrack to read by, I recommend “God is Working” by the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir. This has been my theme song for the past week. […]
One of the best parts about going on a mission trip is coming back with memories you’ll never forget. From then on, the mention of a certain word or phrase can spark a terrific memory. At the start of a week-long mission teen trip last year, the youth pastor challenged everyone to claim this truth: […]
But one point Beth vehemently makes in the Introduction to her book Praying God’s Word is this: “God is far more interested in our relationship with the Deliverer than our being delivered.” That struck me as odd: doesn’t God call His people to repentance and offer deliverance all throughout the Bible? Yes, He sure does. He tells them to return to Him, and He will be their God and they will be His people. He will heal them and forgive them because He loves them. God delivers people so that they can be wholly devoted to Him. He heard the cries of the Israelites and brought them out of slavery, and He immediately began to form them into being people of God – people who are holy and like Him. The three young men thrown into the fiery furnace in Babylon spoke with boldness and were delivered.
God brought about deliverance throughout the Bible.
But sometimes He didn’t.
