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BOOK BY BOOK #71: TO THE HEBREWS

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God IS big picture. Though He is God of infinite complexity – He is also macro in every sense. And there is nothing He accomplishes which does not dovetail completely into His purposes of bringing glory to Himself. On a human level this can sound self-serving, but try to imagine it from Creator perfection. If the Father and the Son and the Spirit are perfect and in need of nothing, the entire story premise is different.

This is the meta-story of the Word of God. Who created everything? What other beings are contained in the Story? Where does mankind fit into the Story? What is the ultimate purpose of the Story in which we find ourselves? How will the Story end?

The letter to the Hebrews ties together the so-called old and new testaments. Through the Jews we are taught the story of God. The Son Jesus. Angels. Moses. The priesthood. The tabernacle. The holy place. Entering into God’s rest. All of these are earthly copies of heaven’s realities. The better we understand the ins and outs of the teachings of the letter to the Hebrews, the better equipped we will be to see where we fit into the incredible plan of the glory of God.

Enjoy diving deeper into the letter to the Hebrews. It is truly an enlightening book, and worth every moment you invest!

Resources

 

HOMEBASE 2021

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Several years ago I revisited my personal home base and taught about the things which establish my world-view. The Homebase video link below takes about 30 minutes and you may find it interesting and helpful. Here’s to a better year ahead!

 

Also attached is a heart planner which I have used over the last 25 or so years. It has been helpful to me as I reset my next year’s vision. Several friends of different ages and I have been engaging this conversation and we have really enjoyed it.

Selah!
Dave

Principled Living New Year Planner
A Principled Living Song

COMING HOME: A one week return to our Spiritual Roots

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COVID INTERRUPTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Burnadette and I got covid – SO – Monday night’s Coming Home was awesome but we are kicking back the other four sessions to Monday – Thursday January 18th-21st (to get well and protect our live teams). Topics stay the same. See you then!

We would like to invite you to an online conversation, hosted by Pulse 101.7 founders Dave and Burnadette Nadler, which we are calling Coming Home. For 4 nights from Monday, January 18th through Thursday, January 21st, we will stream helpful and hopeful one-hour conversations, addressing a different subject each evening.

Keeping connected to our spiritual roots is so important right now – and we think this will help! Join us once or every night that week.

Space is limited. Save your “seat” to one or all of these special online events below! (all events are central time)

Monday, January 18, 7:30PM Learning to be aware of how God is at work around you.
https://live.remo.co/e/coming-home-day-2-1
This conversation unlocks the power God has provided within relationships, and discusses how our interior world connects us with others. How to live on high alert!

Romans 5:1-5

“Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God. And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.”

Tuesday, January 19, 7:30PM Learn what it means to be a true man or woman of God. https://live.remo.co/e/coming-home-day-3

1 John 2:12-14  “I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you for His name’s sake. I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.” 

How can I know if I am on the right path to becoming God’s man or woman? What does it take? Why is this part of my spirituality so challenging? What are my targets for this part of my journey?

Wednesday, January 20, 7:30PM Growing your personal connection with God.
https://live.remo.co/e/coming-home-day-4-1
How do I unlock my “want to” in the face of so many demands? What part does the Holy Spirit play in me becoming who I know I want to be? How does the activation of my spiritual gifts add to this process?

John 17.22-24

“The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me. Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.”

Thursday, January 21, 7:30PM How using your gifts can help others connect with God.
https://live.remo.co/e/coming-home-day-5-1

Here we discuss the primary connectors and disconnectors to living a gift-empowered life. The keys to relational success are presented clearly within the God Story, where we learn of our Creator’s sincere desire for our personal success.

Romans 12:6-21
“Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly: if prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith; if service, in his serving; or he who teaches, in his teaching; or he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness. 

Let your friends know – this is going to be epic!

 

A GREAT AWAKENING?

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Do you ever feel a little overwhelmed? A lot overwhelmed? When we find ourselves in trying or troubled times, true hope emerges through how Jesus responded to adversity. “Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart…” – Luke 18:1; 11:1-13

Losing heart is a common human malady. It happens when initiatives or outcomes go sweepingly different than we hoped or planned. Right now there are many things occurring here and around the world which provide windows for people to think more deeply. We are out of our patterns. We are uncertain about the future. We are open in distinct ways because of agitation or fear.

For several decades I have been asking our Father to awaken sleeping souls. The other day it struck me that perhaps God may have a broader plan than what I was imagining (surprise, surprise). Is it possible we are seeing a global awakening emerging right now? Does God have huge plans to set many free, and open our hearts to His Son’s Kingdom? Would that even be possible? One can only hope. And pray.

Here are a few things we can request of the God of the universe on behalf of our city and our Nineveh nation. Do you think He will hear us?

1.  That God would expand the heart borders of those around us. John 4:31-38
2.  For God to thwart the work of the evil one and overcome soul-devastation with truth. James 4:6-10
3.  That God will use the wake of our current circumstances to turn hearts. Malachi 4:1-6
4.  For clarity for God-servants in doing good and sharing. Hebrews 13:15,16
5.  And finally, that our Great God would awaken sleeping souls. Ephesians 5:14

Some awesome passages: Jeremiah 6:16/Zechariah 10:1-4/Matthew 7:7-11/Mark 11:20-25/James 1:2-8/James 5:13-20/Jeremiah 29:10-14/Acts 3:19/Revelation 22:16,17

Peace upon your home friend!
Dave & Burnadette

A great awakening song to share with our neighbors 

 

 

HOLY NIGHT

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“For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.”   – Ephesians 3.14-19

It is difficult to comprehend the inner and over-workings of the Story in which we find ourselves. While our Father does have our personal welfare in His heart, there are greater things unfolding. This is where we find ourselves at Christmas, and each day of our lives – right in the middle of the Story of the glory of God. What a privilege!

Peace upon your home, dear friends!
“There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man.”

Merry Christmas Friend!
Dave & Burnadette Nadler

O holy night the stars are brightly shining (Daniel 12:3/Philippians 2:15)
It is the night of our dear Savior’s birth (Isaiah 9:6/Luke 2:8-14)
Long lay the world in sin and darkness dying (Matthew 4:16/Romans 3:23)
Till He appeared – and the soul felt its worth (Ephesians 3:14-19)
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices (Matthew 11:28-30)
For now is breaking – a new and glorious morn (Ephesians 5:14)
Fall on your knees (Revelation 1:17-18)
O hear the angels’ voices (Revelation 5:11-14)
O night divine – O night when Christ was born – O night divine o night – O night divine (2 Peter 1:19)

A Great Christmas Hope Song