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Publié par | Everest Media LLC |
Date de parution | 11 octobre 2022 |
Nombre de lectures | 0 |
EAN13 | 9798350039405 |
Langue | English |
Poids de l'ouvrage | 1 Mo |
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Insights on Chad Bird's Limping with God
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4
Insights from Chapter 1
#1
God may not do something when you want him to do it, but he will always, always, be ridiculously late.
#2
God doesn’t do anything when you want him to, but he will always be ridiculously late.
#3
Waiting is a painful but necessary part of the process of learning to rely on God.
#4
Waiting is a painful but necessary part of the process of learning to rely on God.
#5
God may not do something when you want him to do it, but he will always be ridiculously late.
#6
When God delayed delivering the babies, the mother began to pray, If this is so, then why am I suffering so greatly. When God told her she was pregnant with two nations, she asked, What shall be the name of the first-born. God replied, That first-born shall be called Isaac.
#7
The big things of God begin in little places. We cannot build centuries of history on two unborn babies the size of small bananas, but God can. When he begins something big, he starts small.
#8
The big things of God begin in little places. We cannot build centuries of history on two unborn babies the size of small bananas, but God can. When he begins something big, he starts small.
#9
God is not late. He is ridiculously late.
#10
When God Delays, Pray. When God Delays, He Isn’t Late. God Delays, But He Isn’t Late.
#11
God delays, but he isn’t late. He delays, but he isn’t ambitious.
#12
God delays, but he isn't late. He delays, but he isn't ambitious. He is not late. He is ridiculously late. When God Delays, Pray. When God Delays, He Isn't Late. God Delays, But He Isn’t Late.
#13
God delays, but he isn’t late. He delays, but he isn’t ambitious. God delays, but he isn't late. He isn't ambitious.
#14
Esau is a hunter, Jacob a shepherder. Esau is a barbaric primitive, Jacob a sophisticated, civilized man. Esau sells his birthright to Jacob for a mess of pottage. Jacob sells his wife to Pharaoh for a bowl of lentil stew. -> The Bible teaches us that charity begins at home. In other words, if we want to redeem hearth and home, we must stop telling lies about home life. Domestic life can be a welcome castle in our cruel and cutthroat world, but it’s also often a dark dungeon full of rattling chains of resentment and passive-aggressive poisons.
#15
When it comes to charity, start at home.
#16
Forgiving others means dying to your old ways of thinking and acting, as you replace them with Christ-like forgiveness.
#17
When God delays, pray. When God delays, he isn't late. When God delays, he isn't ambitious. He isn’t late. He isn’t ambitious.
#18
The Bible teaches us that charity begins at home. In other words, if we want to redeem hearth and home, we must stop telling lies about home life. Domestic life can be a welcome castle in our cutthroat and cruel world, but it’s also often a dark dungeon of passive-aggressive resentments and poisonous chains.
#19
Isaac is a great example of how life works. He’s not a big joke. He’s just an ordinary human, caught up in a divinely funny story that he’s incapable of fully understanding.
#20
To be a disciple of Jesus is not to have everything figured out, but rather to feel like old, blind Isaac, doing what we can to pass on blessing