God Reflections: Romans 12

 God Reflections: Romans 12 by ric gustafson

By ourselves or with others, The Apostle Paul has instructions for us to follow. According to Romans 12, Paul tells us to give your body to God. Paul says our body should be a holy and living sacrifice. A sacrifice God will find acceptable. Paul says this is truly the way to worship him. 

Each day we need to feel comfortable in the acceptance of a Savior who's always working in us and through us to bless the world.

Jesus loves us more than anything else.

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God Reflections: John 6

 God Reflections: John 6 by ric gustafson

We love eating bread. We love toast. When we eat normal bread, after a period of time we want more. In John 6, Jesus explains that he is the Bread of Life. Jesus says your ancestors ate manna in the wilderness. They all died. Jesus tells us that his bread from heaven will never die. Jesus explains that he is the living bread that came down from heaven. Jesus says that anyone who eats this bread will live forever.

Jesus loves us more than anything else.

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Wine page 6

 Wine page 6 by ric gustafson

We have had wine for over 5000 years. Wine is a natural complex process. It is called fermentation. In the 1850's, Louis Pasteur did research which linked sugar's conversion to alcohol. This is called fermentation. Living organisms were called yeasts.

Until World War II, most wines were white or red wine. The other exception was fortified wine. This included sherry, port and champagne. By the 1960's, temperature controlled stainless steel tanks were introduced. Winemakers then could sculpt a wine's aroma, flavor, texture and finish. 

At harvest, the emphasis shifts to the cellar. The juice of both red and white grapes is almost colorless. During fermentation, heat is generated. Alcohol is generated. The color of the grapes is from the color pigment from the skins. This tints the surrounding wine. With white wine, the skins are separated from the juice before the juice is fermented. This happens with white wine made from red grapes. 

Next we will look at the making of red wine.

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God Reflections: Galatians 3

 God Reflections: Galatians 3 by ric gustafson

The Apostle Paul sends the Galatian Christians a stern message. Paul told them Jesus set you free. Free from sin. Free from the law's impossible standards. Paul wants to know why they want to go back to legalism. Why are they trying to become perfect by their own human effort.

Paul was concerned that these Christians who had started their Christian lives in the Spirit were now trying to please themselves.

God loves us more than anything else.

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God Reflections: Psalm 98

 God Reflections: Psalm 98

The universe needs music. It needs melodies, rhythm and song. God made music part of our humanity. Music expresses desire, aspiration and celebration. God created worship. Worship is the very point of our existence. 

Psalm 98 says sing a new song to the Lord. By singing yourself or with others you create immediate worship. Why sing to God?. Because he has done wonderful deeds.

God loves us more than anything else.

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God Reflections: I Peter 3

 God Reflections: I Peter 3 by ric gustafson

Nobody loves to suffer. Nobody wants the misery. I Peter 3 talks about to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. The roads of suffering are horrid. Grief, fear and disappointment can make people disillusioned and bitter. You can feel cheated and think life is totally unfair.

Jesus never did one thing wrong. Yet he suffered more than anyone else in history. Jesus took upon himself all of our shame. He took the blame of all humanity. 

The truth is that Jesus loves us more than anything else.

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God Reflections: Proverbs 27

 God Reflections: Proverbs 27 by ric gustafson

Nobody knows how long you will be on this sinful earth. Proverbs 27 says don't brag about tomorrow. Proverbs 27 also says you don't know what the day will bring. God does not want us to worry about today. God does not want us to worry about tomorrow. God does not want us to worry. God wants us to stay humble. We need to be thankful for today. This moment is all we have. We need to be grateful. 

There are no guarantees in this broken world. God loves us today and tommorow.

God loves us more than anything else.

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