CJ Mahaney encourages Christians to take ten looks to the Cross for every one look at your sin. Yesterday, over an amazingly yummy dinner with Sarah at PF Changs, I was encouraging her to take ten looks to the charachter of our God instead of focusing on our problems and failures. Here are ten looks (similar though not exactly the same as the ten looks I reminded Sarah of last night)
1. The Creator of the Universe is the powerful God who is not limited by man's sin.
2. The Husband loves His bride, though He is fully aware that her heart does not love him with an unadulterated love and passion.
3. The God who split the Red sea and led the Children of Israel through the wilderness is the same God that is leading through my wilderness today.
4. The Jesus who chose to suffer and die, did so, fully knowing that He was taking the death that I deserved.
5. The King in Revelation is coming to conquer the enemies that wage war against my soul.
6. The Friend who said "Meet me in Galilee" is fully aware of my failures and chooses to love me in spite of that.
7. The Spirit who saved 3000 in one day with His amazing power, is the same God who just saved Kevin's wife.
8. The Jesus who wept is the same Sovereign Lord who cares for my weakness.
9. The God that does not always speak in thunderous ways, lovingly still chooses to reveal Himself to us (though sometimes only in a whisper).
10. The God that revealed Himself in His Word, does not lie and will cause every promise to be fulfilled.
1. The Creator of the Universe is the powerful God who is not limited by man's sin.
2. The Husband loves His bride, though He is fully aware that her heart does not love him with an unadulterated love and passion.
3. The God who split the Red sea and led the Children of Israel through the wilderness is the same God that is leading through my wilderness today.
4. The Jesus who chose to suffer and die, did so, fully knowing that He was taking the death that I deserved.
5. The King in Revelation is coming to conquer the enemies that wage war against my soul.
6. The Friend who said "Meet me in Galilee" is fully aware of my failures and chooses to love me in spite of that.
7. The Spirit who saved 3000 in one day with His amazing power, is the same God who just saved Kevin's wife.
8. The Jesus who wept is the same Sovereign Lord who cares for my weakness.
9. The God that does not always speak in thunderous ways, lovingly still chooses to reveal Himself to us (though sometimes only in a whisper).
10. The God that revealed Himself in His Word, does not lie and will cause every promise to be fulfilled.