{"id":7973,"date":"2018-10-02T08:23:48","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T12:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=7973"},"modified":"2018-10-03T18:04:12","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T22:04:12","slug":"the-bigness-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2018\/10\/the-bigness-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bigness of God"},"content":{"rendered":"

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THEME: Uncharted
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SERIES: Staking Your Claim<\/h2>\n

TITLE: The Bigness of God
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Text:\u00a0 Is.44:6-8, 21-28; Ex.3:1-15<\/h2>\n

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\u201cA god small enough to be understood is not big enough to be worshipped.\u201d Evelyn Underhill<\/p>\n

I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CONFUSED THINKING<\/h4>\n

If we (diminish<\/strong><\/span>) God in any way, such a God cannot (sustain<\/strong><\/span>) faith.<\/p>\n

What we (think<\/strong><\/span>) about God determines (everything else<\/strong><\/span>) in our lives: what we value, what we pursue, and how passionately we pursue it.<\/p>\n

UN-BOXY THINKING<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Many of us have never grasped that God is a being of (unfathomable<\/strong><\/span>) magnitude, wisdom, and goodness.\u00a0 We have not (rejected<\/strong><\/span>) God; we have (reduced<\/strong><\/span>) Him.<\/p>\n

Please turn to Isaiah 44 (page 604)<\/p>\n

If our faith and belief in Him depends on us figuring out (all the answers<\/strong><\/span>), we\u2019ll never possess faith. God is (far bigger<\/strong><\/span>) than our answers and if we have all the answers He is not God.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the one to whom I will look; he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.\u201d Is.66:2<\/p>\n

NEXT WEEK: \u00a0\u00a0Theme: Uncharted \u00a0\u00a0Series: Staking Your Claim<\/p>\n

Title: The Rock\u00a0 Text: Matthew 16:13-18; john 14:6<\/p>\n

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