Barry Smith

Grateful but inconsistent Christ follower. Loves stories of grace and merciful service to the least of these. Wannabe author.

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The kingdom of God is a lavish feast of superb food and drink set for losers and failures, for guilty criminals and sinners. “Come everyone who thirsts come to the waters and he who has no money, come buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.”Is. 55:11

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Jesus said, “I desire mercy, not sacrifice. For I have not come to call the righteous but sinners.” Lord help me to be grateful for the mercy you have shown this sinner, and give me the grace to show mercy to others.

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Jesus said, “Just as I have loved you, you also ought to lobe one another.” Lord, I pray for the grace and courage to love others today the way that you have loved me.

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Thank you North Shore Fellowship for contributing to Christmas bags for incarcerated men at Hays State Prison. Matthew 25:37-40, Hebrews 13:3.

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It is often in the midst of our most terrible failures and suffering that God does his most beautiful and redemptive work in our lives.

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My great hope is not in how firmly I am able to hold onto Jesus. No, my hope is in his promise to never let go of me.

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We have a God who is both wise and good. Therefore I can trust him even when things happen that I would not choose and do not understand.

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ASSUMICIDE:

1. Turns a blind eye to the full story.
2. Forms firm, dogmatic conclusions that assume the very worst based on hearsay, gossip, personal bias, and straw man logic.
3. Paints a damning caricature of the person/s in question.
4. Shows zero remorse when proven wrong.

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[Scott Sauls @scottsauls]

We must focus less on trying to be *like* Christ and more with simply being *with* Him. For it is chiefly in being with him that we become more like him.

His attributes are caught, not achieved.