this world treats others for who they are,

but;
when you see another,

treat them as God has treated you...

not as for who you are,
but as what you can become.

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<sub>Salvation : Study (1) : pdf
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Salvation : Study (2) : pdf
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Salvation : Study (3) : pdf
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a lot can happen in a year,
a lot can happen in a minute,


but,its been a good year.
^{& a good minute.}

life a river,
time the current,

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God is faithful to me, and it is becoming more and more evident in the small things that He does.

Over the past two months, I have been in a lot of transitions. And God's provision and providence have been moving me all along the way. His hand of protection has been all around me.Even financially, which was probably the most evident to me. I was saved over $1,400 (despite myself). I have a new place to live which is far better than where I previously was, I have a new job which I love even more than my old one. I have new friends that unconditionally support me spiritually and emotionally.

All I can really do is think of how much I deserve just the opposite, but God's grace is overwhelming.
His love is impossible to grasp, yet possible to employ. Simply astounding

But like all gates that we pass through in our Christian lives, there are the struggles.
This verse has been coming to my mind quite a bit.

^{1 John 1:9"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."}

I ask God for forgiveness & mercy a lot, because I need a lot.

God changes your heart, so that you love and obey not because you "have" to,
but because you "want" to.

Love is never forced, because when it is... it ceases to be Love.

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Salvation : Study (2) : pdf
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Salvation : Study (3) : pdf
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When we were young, we found solitude in the timelessness of our lives.
Every minute an hour. Every hour a day. Every year an eternity.
We found joy in the simplest things,
because we knew it was all that we needed.

i want you to know that i believe,

i believe, that there are still places in this world where we find that time does stand still. Even if just for a moment.

Whether in a book, beside a crackling fire, at the seaside or even in the lost in the arms of a hug.

It is in these moments that we experience life as it was meant to be.
It is in those bright moments that we step out from the shade that has crept over our lives, and let the warm rays of reverie, memory, and discovery rekindle that which we have lost.



And we find the only thing better than experiencing life, is sharing it.

Even if it is only for a moment.

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Salvation : Study (2) : pdf
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Salvation : Study (3) : pdf
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<sup>I've had some of the most surreal things happen to me over the past couple days,

One of them was when I walked out to my car after work.

It was the only one left in our fenced in parking lot.
I opened my door, sat down, and placed my backpack in the passenger seat.
I then began to select some music for my commute home.
(faintly in the distance) began to hear what sounded like small bells clinking.

At first I thought nothing of the sound but the it progressively started to get louder so I looked up in the direction it was coming from.

I was rather surprised when I saw a young siberian husky, with the bluest eyes, trotting towards me...
It had red leash in tow, and was coming directly at me.

It walked up to me like I was its owner, & hopped in my car

It was weird because it was like it singled me out, and was fully trusting of me.
& its not normal for me to be approached by a blue eyed exotic dog in the middle of summer, lol.
I returned Sabu to his owner.

Also on wed. I was driving a back road on my way to small group. And out of the corner of my eye I caught a flash of red.
As I looked towards movement I saw a young boy with a red shirt disappearing into the outskirts of the deciduous forest landscape.

I couldn't help but smile, as it brought back a flood of memories...

I too, when I was that age,stole away from life and spent many hours playing in the forest. I would climb the oldest trees, and build the most elaborate worlds. I would even sneak out on summer nights when I thought everyone else was sound a sleep to enjoy the forests aura on summer nights.

Boyhood is a world in and of itself. (No doubt girlhood is as well)

lately i've been having the most lucid dreams.
and the strongest hopes.</sup>


My apologies for my lack of ability to convey