DerDiZ » God http://www.derdiz.com Answering God's Call Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:54:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 In Your Hand http://www.derdiz.com/in-your-hand/ http://www.derdiz.com/in-your-hand/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:09:44 +0000 Editor http://www.derdiz.com/?p=4232 My mighty God, in Your hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind. (Job 12:10) You, my God, open Your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing. (Psalm 145:16)

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]]> http://www.derdiz.com/the-time-we-are-given-does-not-last-forever/feed/ 0 The Hunted http://www.derdiz.com/the-hunted/ http://www.derdiz.com/the-hunted/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:00:31 +0000 Editor http://www.derdiz.com/?p=4076 No man reaches for or seeks God until he is saved. He first loves us. We are the hunted, not the hunter. This very fact defies logic, right? Well, in reality, in truthful reality, it is our logic that defies God.

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God's love for you is so intense that you're always on His mind.

Right now, at this very moment, God is thinking about you because He loves you that much. Even if you wanted to, it would be impossible to count His thoughts towards you. They're more than can be numbered!

Stop whatever you're doing, still your mind and receive that truth into your heart, because the temptation to question God's love and awareness is always present in this world. Things happen in this life that challenge what this Psalm tells us, things that make us feel unloved and forgotten.

Those are feelings. But truth isn't based on our feelings.

Truth is based on what God has declared in His Word, and His Word unmistakably tells us that He loves us to such an extent that we're always on His mind.

Let that be the foundation for your day today and for the rest of your life! No matter where you are and what you are going through in life, know that God is there with you in that moment.

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]]> http://www.derdiz.com/steadfast-promise/feed/ 0 Spiritual Fruit http://www.derdiz.com/spiritual-fruit/ http://www.derdiz.com/spiritual-fruit/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:32:39 +0000 Editor http://www.derdiz.com/spiritual-fruit/ In the natural world, good fruit provides the vitamins and minerals we need to develop healthy bodies. On our spiritual journey, good fruit—the effect of our works done in the power of the Spirit—inspires others to come to Christ.

Dear Lord, fill me with the fruit of Your Spirit so that I may pass it on to others in word and in deed.

May my life be transformed by Your presence so that others may come to know You.

-- In Jesus’ name, amen.

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How, then, should I relate in all things and what then should be constant in my demeanor?

"While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could rescue him from death. And God heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for God." (Hebrews 5:7 NLT)

]]> http://www.derdiz.com/where-is-god/feed/ 0 Francis Chan on what our stress conveys http://www.derdiz.com/francis-chan-on-what-our-stress-conveys/ http://www.derdiz.com/francis-chan-on-what-our-stress-conveys/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:34:02 +0000 Editor http://www.derdiz.com/?p=3997 "When I am consumed by my problems-stressed out about my life, my family, and my job-I actually convey the belief that I think the circumstances are more important than God's command to always rejoice. In other words, that I have a 'right' to disobey God because if the magnitude of my responsibilities." --Francis Chan

]]> http://www.derdiz.com/francis-chan-on-what-our-stress-conveys/feed/ 0 One Root http://www.derdiz.com/roots/ http://www.derdiz.com/roots/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:54:01 +0000 Editor http://www.derdiz.com/roots/ Andrew Murray says in Absolute Surrender that every tree must grow on the root from which it springs. An oak tree three hundred years old grows all the time on the one root from which it had its beginning. If we make Jesus Christ, the root of our lives, the righteousness of God and His omnipotence will work in our lives to power our lives. His purpose will be accomplished through us. Surrender now and again!

]]> http://www.derdiz.com/roots/feed/ 0 The Righteousness http://www.derdiz.com/the-righteousness/ http://www.derdiz.com/the-righteousness/#comments Sun, 24 Jul 2011 03:21:39 +0000 Editor http://www.derdiz.com/the-righteousness/ Father, a righteousness from God, apart from the law, comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. (Romans 3:21-22)

This is the righteousness of God!

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