Seems like everytime I turn around there is another coupon guru. You know that person who can help you find deals, on top of deals, that layer yet on top of another deal and by the time you walk out of the store with 5648 bottles of water, the folks that rang up your purchase and then redeemed the coupons you walk out of the store with them giving you money!
Amazing! So now shows are popping up, websites are created and the fury is on.
What if I told ya, that Jesus was a couponer. Yea the ultimate couponer. How you ask, did they have parchment coupons back in the day of loaves and fish? Hahaha….don’t think so, but I do know this. That in a few days Easter will be celebrated by some, ignored by some, and scorned by others. Yet for those that have placed faith in Christ have been redeemed and celebrate the empty tomb daily.
Most of us have seen coupons and most of the coupons have a picture of the item that is purchased. Imagine for a second that when you placed faith in Christ that He had a coupon. And the coupon with little tiny words written on the bottom, with the dotted lines along the edge to guide the scissors, and the expiration date on the bottom and the coupon has your picture on it. The day you place faith in Christ, He rifles through his coupon book of folks HE desires to place faith and pulls the coupon out that has your picture on it and as HE hands it over to God to scan, you notice the expiration date is no longer on the bottom of the coupon…..YOU ARE REDEEMED you are FOREVER forgiven
He, Jesus through His death, burial and resurrection bought you for Himself, He paid the price to recover us from the power of another, if we were on layaway He bought us off, paid the balance and WE RECEIVE the PROMISES…AMAZINGLY AWESOME!
So where is your coupon?
Hey guys, Happy Thursday to you! What an amazing day that we GET to participate in. We are now 45 days out from Easter. 45 days away from the day Jesus came BLASTING out of that tomb to conquer death forever and bridge the gap between mankind and God. That through faith/belief we are sealed…
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Good morning friends, We had a beautiful time Saturday as we traveled through Galatians 2. We ended our discussion or thoughts on verse 21 where we see where Paul tells us that “he doesn’t treat grace meaningless” other translations state “that he doesn’t nullify grace”……and if you recall we found out that what paul is…
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PRAISE GOD! PRAISE GOD!….WOW…..Thank you Jesus…..i really don’t even know what to write or share right now because there are 5 kazillion thoughts coursing through my mind, and my heart is just pounding with excitement! In so many ways it feels that we just started a couple of weeks ago and in reality that is…
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Today is the eve of a new year. Many are and have set their sights set on this day? The reasons and desires are various and plentiful. Its a fresh start, a do over, a mulligan, another shot. Heck for years “im gonna to stop drinking on Monday” would come flying out of my mouth….
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….have you ever really let those words sink in? Luke 2:7 She gave birth to her first child, a son. She wrapped him snugly in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no lodging available for them. Some translations have no room in the inn…the greek word also denotes quest room….but…
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Our journey will lead us to Zacharias, and Elizabeth’s house…MY GOSH…look at him, his mouth is moving 90 to nothing, arms flying all over the place with excitement, yet nothing is coming out of his mouth, no words….WOW what is going on in there, now Elizabeth has a look of “ARE YOU KIDDING ME?” GET OUT….come…
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Guys tremendously cool times as we journey to the manger, here is a quick reminder for us as we plow through each day. Ladies remember that you are going to live out life as if you are carrying our Savior. Place yourselves in Mary’s sandals..if you are 12 years of age and up live this…
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When I hear the word bridges my mind goes to several places. The first is the Brooklyn Bridge, then bounces over to the other coast to the Golden Gate bridge or some of the swinging bridges we cross over when hiking through some of the Tennessee trails. Heck as my mind wanders I am reminded that…
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“Are you sure”? “Come on man, don’t joke with me here, this is serious, if i ask her are you sure that she will say yes”? “How do you know?” “you didn’t ask her”? I pull into the driveway, she’s home…..heart is pounding through my chest cavity, the beat of my heart is so deep…
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