Illustrations About Relationship with God

Secret Ingredient

In Kung Fu Panda (directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne, DreamWorks, 2008, 1:07:55–1:09:41), Po, is said to become the Dragon Warrior, a legend. The key to

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Helpful Life Filters

Household filters can be a simple illustration of the need for repentance. Heating and air conditioning filters, water filters, and even car air filters screen

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Time For God

One writer broke down the average time spent on typical daily routines for an American including sleeping, eating, using the bathroom, working and schooling, commuting,

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Shame Into Grace

The Avett Brothers sing, “Shame, boatloads of shame … Please make it stop.” What is the remedy to this heavy burden? God’s movement toward us,

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Therapy-Stretching

An Invitation To Make A Move

Kinesiology is “the study of mechanics and anatomy of human movement and their roles in promoting health and reducing disease” (Encyclopaedia Britannica Online, s.v., “kinesiology,”

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A Know-It-All Attitude

Have you ever dealt with a know-it-all? It’s incredibly annoying. If you have any reasonable amount of knowledge about something they’re describing, you will immediately

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Father-Son-Tradeskills

The Father

The process of God empowering us as he calls us is like a father helping his young son learn a trade skill, like carpentry. The

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God Calls Us To Care

In her song, “I Forgot That You Existed,” Taylor Swift takes the listener through getting over someone who did them wrong: “It isn’t love, it

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Steadfast Love

God has a goal of saving his people and being in a relationship with them. His hesed, or steadfast love, shows us his determination in

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Universal Respect

N. T. Wright shares the story of an Australian prisoner of war to illustrate Jesus’s role in this passage: “Tom Moore was in charge of

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Sloths

To many people, sloths symbolize laziness, but they are actually “energy-saving mammals taking life at a slow pace to avoid the rush and tumble for

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Invented Drama

In the teen rom-com The Kissing Booth 2 (directed by Vince Marcello [Netflix, 2020]), main characters Elle and Noah are long-distance dating. Noah was previously known to be

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Cries for Help

In Nashua, New Hampshire, a woman and her dog were rescued from a sewer system they had fallen into while out on a walk. The

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Stories of Healing

When considering who in the congregation would be a good candidate to share their story of healing, expand your search to anyone who clung tightly

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