God’s Sovereignty

Making a Multitude

“Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, ‘Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?’ Jesus said, ‘Have the people sit down.’ There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there). Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish. When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, ‘Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.’ So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.” – John 6:8-13 Today, I want to empower you with this thought: Jesus can create a multitude out of anything

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Your Days Are Numbered

“Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” – Psalm 139:13 When I was a young child, my parents divorced. I knew they both cared about me a lot, and they figured out an arrangement that enabled me to get to know both of them really well as I grew up. For the first four years after they separated, I lived primarily with my dad, and for the second four, I lived with my mom. When I lived with my dad during the week, my mom would drive every Friday from the San Fernando Valley to San Juan Capistrano (in the southernmost part of Orange County) to pick me up and take me to her house for the weekend. To get from one end of town to the other, we would sit in two

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God’s Sovereignty

“I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, Sovereign Lord; I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone.” – Psalm 71:16 I believe in the Sovereignty of God and it gives me hope. But sometimes that sovereignty can sound like a negative thing, as if because God is God, He can do bad things to people. That’s not what it means at all. Sovereignty means that God’s will at work in your life is for your benefit, even though your shortsightedness may keep you from seeing and understanding. For example, I take my son Cohen to Disneyland all the time. He loves Disneyland and he especially loves Buzz Lightyear. When we go, we get in line and although the entrance is right there, we have to move slowly away from it to ultimately get on the ride. He’s too young to understand this, so I promise him over and over again

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