david mcdonald

pastor, traveler, storyteller

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David McDonald’s (@fossores) Heirs of Eden is available for PRE-ORDER!

Pre-order now (https://t.co/VNNgNOeziY) to receive a signed copy.

God put a consecrated flame deep in your soul, and you need to stoke it. To tend it. To pour your gas on God's fire.

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Today’s live show is on pursuing your dreams, with special guest @fossores.

Some super funny moments here! https://t.co/IpTJ4dhmYg

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The first command God ever gave to people was to “eat freely.”

Think about that…there was permission before there was ever prohibition, invitation before regulation, freedom before reform.

Freedom is the very essence of our divine design. Anything else is an aberration.

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Creativity is not something we do, but a natural outflow of who we are. As Tom Wright famously said, ‘the Creator created creators to perpetuate Creation’, only our easel is so much more massive than we’d imagined.

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5 Star: Dr. K. "David brings a CULTURAL AWARENESS and INTELLIGENCE to his coaching..."
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We can give up our selfish impulses and learn from Jesus what it’s like to live backwards, where the last are first, the hungry are filled, and the humble are exalted. https://t.co/lKFH8ovo0W

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Begin to trust in Jesus as we die to ourselves a little more each day.

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In Isaiah 53 we read about a figure called the Suffering Servant. This Servant is described as the ideal King of Israel who will use his power to help the people, and is willing to lay down his life for others. https://t.co/7Q4DBCL9NN

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Jesus' victory is the starting point for his present work in the world, where he continues to triumphantly break down sin's power and deify men through his Spirit. https://t.co/CxJDjCmMBz

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The reason he was the last scapegoat, the final one we ever need recognize, is that his death was not the end of the story. Jesus was resurrected into new life, conquering death, and in so doing, he exposed how much evil we are truly capable of performing. https://t.co/weqLYWTkjV

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Jesus was blamed for the sins of all in both the philosophical sense (others blamed him) and the theological sense (he willingly accepted that blame). https://t.co/1kRDwmcnGi

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Christ became the human being in whom all humanity has been pulled from the camp of death and set up as evidence of God’s power to work new life.

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In the ancient world a trophy was something you took from an enemy, fastened to a wooden stake, and put on display. All who saw that wood wearing that Trophy would know exactly to whom the Victory belonged. Nailed to a slice of wood, Christ became our sign of victory.

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We must become like the river. We must invite others to play and be refreshed.

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Eventually, generosity becomes second nature. We give and give because there is a natural spring inside us that flows up and out.

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Like prayer, when we first begin to be generous it’s as difficult as pulling water from a well. But this gets easier with repetition, so that each subsequent time we give the flow comes more naturally, as though we were using a hand pump or, eventually, an irrigation system.

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W e don’t have to wait for Jesus to make heaven and earth to start re-creating. We can start now. https://t.co/ZARs8tsCzk

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We must cooperate with God to perform acts of goodness in God’s name to remind humanity their Creator loves them and has not forgotten their suffering. https://t.co/2EoVDa0AfG

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Our task is to uncover the realities for which we are created so we can live those realities today. https://t.co/kis4gu3CgF