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Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

There is none like you, O LORD;
you are great, and your name is great in might..

What are we supposed to think? Or How are we supposed to think? Living in this world filled with sin and hatred, how are we supposed to cope? How do we prevent ourselves from falling into the worldly pattern? Is it possible to get out of it… for good?

I’ve come across these questions lately as I have found myself slightly stuck… Certain areas in my life have become habitual and I’ve become content with that… which is bad. Also I’ve been slacking on my devotion and dedication… (as you can tell by the amount of posts I’ve had lately) (more…)

1 Colosians 1:10-14 (NIV)

10And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 11being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully 12giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. 13For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14in whom we have redemption,the forgiveness of sins.

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“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.” - John 15:16  Jesus spoke this to His disciples.

So, Jesus chose us. And we choose to accept his invitation. Break down the beginning part. He was speaking to his disciples. Now his disciples were fishermen, following their fathers occupation, apprenticing. Jesus came to them and chose them to drop their nets and follow him. They were apprenticing their fathers because they were not good enough to further their theological study and become a Rabbi.  JESUS REACHES OUT TO THE ‘NOT-GOOD-ENOUGHS’. He chooses us, the sinners, the failures, the poor, and the shunned. (This is talked about in the 008 Nooma, by Rob Bell, “Dust”. I’m working on an image. =]