{"id":6074,"date":"2015-04-01T09:17:42","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T13:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/church?p=6074&preview_id=6074"},"modified":"2015-04-01T09:17:42","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T13:17:42","slug":"sunday-reflections-03-29-2015-god-goes-the-extra-mile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/church\/sunday-reflections-03-29-2015-god-goes-the-extra-mile\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Reflections: 03-29-2015 \u2013 God goes the extra mile"},"content":{"rendered":"

God goes the extra mile. That is incredibly comforting, and Sunday <\/a>helped me meditate on that truth. As the spiritual leader of my family, I want to lead them to see how gracious our God is and to what great lengths he has gone to reveal Himself to us. When I go the extra mile for my family and others I am personifying how God interacts with us.<\/p>\n

Thomas\u2019 testimony, or better yet Jesus\u2019 testimony of how He responded to Thomas\u2019 unbelief helps me see how He relates to me when I don\u2019t believe what God has revealed. He was so patient, so willing to meet Thomas where he was. John 20:29, helps me see that even though I wasn’t there, I am blessed as well.<\/p>\n

Jesus said to him, Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I am in that category\u2026I did not see the resurrected Jesus, but I am blessed that God has revealed the Gospel to me, so that I can believe in His finished work on the cross. Part of my job as a spiritual leader is to help my family know God\u2019s word, so they can be blessed in believing what God says even though they don\u2019t see Him right in front of them.<\/p>\n

These verses of scripture are more evidence of God going the extra mile to reveal himself to us and show that we can place our faith and trust in Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Prophecy<\/b><\/td>\nOT<\/b><\/td>\nNT<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Betrayed by an intimate friend<\/td>\nPsalm 41:9<\/td>\nMatthew 26:48-49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Savior would be totally innocent<\/td>\nIsaiah 53:9<\/td>\nJohn 18:38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Savior would be mocked<\/td>\nPsalm 22:7-8<\/td>\nMark 15:16-20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Savior would be counted as a criminal<\/td>\nIsaiah 53:12<\/td>\nLuke 23:32-33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Savior would have His hands and feet pierced<\/td>\nPsalm 22:16<\/td>\nJohn 19:18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Men would gamble for the Savior\u2019s clothes<\/td>\nPsalm 22:18<\/td>\nLuke 23:34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Savior would be God-forsaken<\/td>\nPsalm 22:1<\/td>\nMatthew 27:46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
His bones would not be broken<\/td>\nPsalm 34:20<\/td>\nJohn 19:31-36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Buried in a rich man\u2019s tomb<\/td>\nIsaiah 53:9<\/td>\nMatthew 27:57-60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Savior would experience great thirst<\/td>\nPsalm 22:14-15<\/td>\nJohn 19:28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Please join me in this prayer below, and feel free to share how Sunday encouraged and challenged you.<\/p>\n

Oh Lord, help me to believe your promises and what you say about yourself. Help me confess my unbelief to you and help me see your promises in scripture and see that you went the extra mile to reveal yourself, so that we may be blessed as we believe in your Son Jesus Christ.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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