In this book Graham Cooke takes us on a journey to discover the depths of God's love for every one of us and teaches that it is possible to give thanks to God for every circumstance that we face-whether joyous or difficult- because God's commitment to us never wavers.
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A good point was that- Christendom is called to give the earth a taste of what Heaven will be like. His thought was that if more Christians would stand up in the goodness of God, acting it out in every facet of their lives, society would be changed immeasurably.
The church is not confident in the overcoming power of God. They used to be but they let it be pushed back by man made ideas.
The purity of God is a powerful weapon against darkness. Innocence is always under attack. We can remain pure in heart and still be on watchful for unscrupulous and disrespectful people at the same time. What a good balance along with plenty of scripture in this book too.
The author also makes a good case for the fact that children are born with a sense of wonder and the connection to the scripture about us being childlike in OUR wonder. Also the connection of thanksgiving and thankfulness/gratitude are essential to wonder. Graham encourages us to plan to upgrade our gratitude and watch and see how much more our wonder grows.
Most of us are looking at our circumstances rather than at the nature of God. And God has such an outrageous love for us, something that shocks us. We need revelation and wisdom to get there.
After all of this, it stirred the scripture back to me that I had let go of...the joy of the Lord is my strength
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Dullness is the absence of brightness in our souls, where people have lost their sparkle and their joy. In that context spirituality becomes a duty,not a desire. When we fail to be possessed of God, we forfeit the capacity to dream. Sin is not just immorality and selfishness. it is living in drab, colorless, dreary, stale, unimaginative lives. The greatest enemy of Christianity may well be people who say they believe in Jesus but who are no longer astonished or amazed by Him. We are drowning in dullness. The way we think needs to be an act of worship. He deserves a people who believe everything that He says.
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