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Thin Places
A thin place wasconsidered by earlyChristian communities
in Europe as a placewhere the boundarybetween World andHeaven was verysmall. Were they
seem to almost touch It is a place or
moment where youcan see God¶s
presence right there,
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Routine
Routine has been bugging humankindsince the beginning of the time. Wecan look at The Bible as a source for examples. Let¶s look @ Moses:
Exodus 3:1-5
Moses had been tending sheep for 40years (480 months, 2080 weeks,14,460 days) when God appeared tohim .
± Was Moses a little bitdisappointed with hislife?
± Did he felt like anunderachiever?
± What are someroutines in your life?
± Are you trouble or
disappointed about
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Divine Appointments
When you start your life as anew born Christian you are upfor some action. Everythinggoes from predictable tocompletely different, except
since you are resting in thegrace of God, you don¶t knowwhat is coming. If you think of it, He can show up at anmoment or any place, and turnyour life into a Wild Goosechase
The precise moments in whichthat happens is what manypeople will call a Divineappointment
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Who had a Divine Appointment
Noah when he build the ark,he was about 500 years old, Idon¶t think he knew of thiswhen he was 25!
David being a shepherd wouldnever imagine he wouldbecome a king
Esther being an orphan, never thought of becoming the queenof the Persian Empire
Moses himself did not know hewould be the one taking Israelout of slavery after 400 years
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My Own
10 years ago I when I finished my high school I had no idea that Iwas going to finish college, get married to an awesome Christianman and then be the leader of a group of young and wonderful kids.I just wanted to do rocket science.
There were times in which I felt I had been left out, or I was runningbehind, but the fact is that nothing I worried about is valid now.
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Boredom a.k.a Boredumb
God put in your body so manydifferent cells, glands, andorgans for very specific duties
If you read the bible you willfind that the creation is there to
worship The Lord, so« Adrenaline:
± If everything that Godcreated in you andoutside of you is therewith the purpose of
worshipping him, Adrenaline qualifies for that too.
± Why would you expectto use up someadrenaline to ride a
roller coaster and not
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Holy rush of Adrenaline
When Moses took his staff and threw it in front of
Pharaoh«
When he parted the sea, with the Egyptian army
behind him«
When he spoke to God«
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Save us From Bore-Dumb!
Most of us believethat when you giveyour life to Christ hewill save you and give
you eternal life andthat is it. No more. Hesaved you, you arehappy, and that is it.He does not have any
other impact in your life.
If you read the Gospelconcentrating in thelife of Jesus and his
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New Song to worship everyday«
Many times when we becomepart of a church, our churchexperience becomes a routine
You start worshiping from your
lips instead of your soul
Same every Sunday, go,worship, comeback«
In reality there is not much you
can change in there but it isyour duty to identify ways to doit your self in your own worshiptime
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How to break out of the cage of
Routine
Read a newTranslation of theBible ± CEV, NIV, RVR, NKJ«Maybe
download a bible, invest in biblesoftware
Start a fast ± Fast food or fast ³fast food¶, your
Nintendo, your wii, whatever ishard to walk away from
Keep a Journal ± God always talks to you, is just
that we don¶t keep record
Go Somewhere toPray ± Change of Pace + Change of
Place = Change of Perspective ± Read Mark 1:35
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Take Off your Sandals
Exodus3:5
The holy ground was not thepromised land, it was therewhere God was, where Moseswas standing
Many of us live our lifesthinking that we will get our sandals off when we get to thePromised Land
We forget to see God righthere and right now
I is about moment by momentHoly Spirit Sensibility, to turnour lives into a spiritualadventure