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When we rebel, our path only gets harder. This lesson takes experience to learn. In the moment, rebellion feels easy because we do what we want. Only after the moment passes do we realize the hole we’ve dug or the habits we’ve created that are no good. Rebellion
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Sin crouches at the door, and its desire is for you. Sin is the brokenness in our relationship with God. Sin is the tempter who looks for an opportunity to cause the broken wound in our relationship with God to grow wider. Sin wants to separate you from God. God
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God wants relationship built on trust and love, not obligation. Can you blame him? How many of us want relationships of obligation? Isn’t it better to have friends who want to be with you than friends who would rather be doing something else but feel obligated to be with
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God needs to show us a better path. I was talking with some students this week about prayer. They asked if it was selfish to pray for things they wanted. I told them it’s never wrong to pray for things we want. After all, prayer is communication with God.
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God is God over all. He reigns supreme. Once He set creation in motion, nothing could alter His plan without His consent. God turns to cursing Eve and then cursing Adam. There is an interesting parallel between the two curses. When God curses both Adam and Eve, the curse is
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Jesus is the ultimate answer to God’s curse. When Jesus dies upon the cross, it looks like Satan has won. When Jesus rises from the dead, Satan knows he has lost. God deals with the serpent. This is a great moment to look at an interesting writing technique frequently
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Thankfully, God is a God of grace, love, and mercy. He wants us to know relationship with Him. He also knows we make mistakes. He is always working so we can have relationship with Him, we can still make mistakes, and He provides atonement for us so His righteousness is
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Anything done in opposition to God’s truth is evil. That is our context for when the serpent and Eve meet in the garden. The serpent comes to Eve and begins to question her. The Bible says Adam was with her. Adam was there, by her side, as God intended
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God wants us to understand that He is a God of order and a God of a fulfilling, complete relationship. He knows us. He knows what we need. He knows what will satisfy our soul. He alone can bring us out of the brokenness we have to the completes found
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Relationship brings completeness. This is the point of God’s Word. We are fallen human beings. Our fallen nature breaks our relationship with God and we are incomplete. God’s Word takes us on a journey for how He provides a way back to Him through the death of Jesus
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God sets everything out before us and gives us free will to respond. His power is unmatched, yet He gives us the ability to choose our own path. He could force us to abide by His will, but He does not. God is a God of freedom and possibility, not
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We are created to act like God and care for the creation around us. God calls us to protect the world. He calls us to make decisions to help the world prosper. He wants us to demonstrate our love for Him as we care for what His hands have made.