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----- Original Message ----- From: "Gwen Tweedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 10:07 AM Subject: {dbilg} Fw: Mens Email Devotional - Tuesday October 07, 2008 > > ((prayers, hugs, and love)) > Gwen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "TruthMedia Mens Devotional" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gwen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 6:40 AM > Subject: Mens Email Devotional - Tuesday October 07, 2008 > > > : > : > : TO WHOM WILL YOU COMPARE GOD? > : > : > : By Darren Hewer > : > : ** Discover your God: Our interactive Bible study series explores God's > awesome nature: http://mag.thelife.com/study/discovergod.html > : > : Listen to this devotional read aloud online: > http://thelife.com/blogs/experience/kindle/2008/10/07/to-whom-will-you-compare-god/ > : > : ""To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?" says the Holy One." > Isaiah 40:25 > : > : Other religious teachers pointed away from themselves. "Don't look at > me," they said, "look at God." > : > : Jesus took a different approach: He pointed to Himself. > : > : If anyone else were to do so, we would rightly consider them to be quite > arrogant. The apostle Paul, no doubt one of the most stalwart individuals > of faith ever to put quill to a parchment, lived an incredible life after > he was changed by his encounter with God. But he nevertheless calls > himself "worst of sinners." (1 Timothy 1:15-16) This was because, after > glimpsing the great and holy God, and how this awesome God nevertheless > humbled Himself for our sakes, he was filled with a deep awe for God's > greatness as well as an accute awareness of his sin and need for God. > : > : "Great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can > fathom." Psalm 145:3 > : > : Jesus pointed to Himself because He provides everything we need for a > full life. "I am the way and the truth and the life." He said. (John 14:6) > Jesus leads the way to Himself, in whom all the truth and fullness of God > resides in human form. (Colossians 2:9) Not only that, but Jesus is also > "the life" and enables us to our full potential as human beings, reborn > through the mighty grace of God. He is the bread of life (John 6:35) whose > resources will never run low and will provide for our deepest spiritual > longings. He is like a mighty river of refreshment from which living water > consistently flows. (John 7:38) > : > : Who else could compare? Who else would sacrifice so much before we even > knew Him? "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were > still sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8) Who else can we count on > to sustain us in this fallen world? Who else could possibly be worthy of > our devotion and our very lives? > : > : Praise God, and let's pray today to constantly keep our eyes upon Jesus, > with whom no one else even comes close! > : > : "To whom, then, will you compare God?" Isaiah 40:18 > : > : Permanent devotional link: > http://thelife.com/experience/devotionalformen/to-whom-will-you-compare-god/ > : > : Question: Who do we sometimes wrongly idolize along with (or instead of) > God? > : > : About this Author: > http://thelife.com/experience/devotionalformen/authors/darren-hewer/ > : > : > : Comment on the devotional blog. Interact with others who are reading > today's devotional. Visit > http://thelife.com/blogs/experience/devotionalformen/2008/10/07/to-whom-will-you-compare-god-3/#comments > : > : Copyright > : This devotional is protected by copyright laws and may not be reprinted > or posted to a site without permission from TruthMedia Internet Group. 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