Latest / Daily Bible Refresh / How Do We Live from God’s Abundance, Not Scarcity? (John 3:31–36)
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- 1:06shoulders
- 1:06over
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- 1:09earth
- 1:10born
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- 1:11bound
- 1:12and
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- 1:12earth
- 1:13language.
- 1:14The
- 1:14heaven
- 1:14born
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- 1:17He
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- 1:18evidence
- 1:18of
- 1:19what
- 1:19he
- 1:19saw
- 1:19and
- 1:19heard
- 1:20in
- 1:20heaven.
- 1:21No
- 1:21one
- 1:21wants
- 1:21to
- 1:22deal
- 1:22with
- 1:22these
- 1:22facts,
- 1:23but
- 1:23anyone
- 1:24who
- 1:24examines
- 1:24this
- 1:25evidence
- 1:25will
- 1:25come
- 1:26to
- 1:26stake
- 1:27his
- 1:27life
- 1:27on
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- 1:28that
- 1:28God
- 1:28himself
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- 1:29truth.
- 1:31The
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- 1:31that
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- 1:32speaks
- 1:33God's
- 1:33words.
- 1:33And
- 1:34don't
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- 1:34he
- 1:34rations
- 1:35out
- 1:35the
- 1:35Spirit
- 1:36in
- 1:36bits
- 1:36and
- 1:36pieces.
- 1:37The
- 1:38Father
- 1:38loves
- 1:38the
- 1:39Son
- 1:39extravagantly.
- 1:40He
- 1:41turned
- 1:41everything
- 1:42over
- 1:42to
- 1:42him
- 1:42so
- 1:43he
- 1:43could
- 1:43give
- 1:43it
- 1:43away.
- 1:44A
- 1:44lavish
- 1:45distribution
- 1:46of
- 1:46gifts.
- 1:47That
- 1:47is
- 1:47why
- 1:48whoever
- 1:48accepts
- 1:49and
- 1:49trusts
- 1:49the
- 1:49Son
- 1:50gets
- 1:50in
- 1:51on
- 1:51everything.
- 1:52Life
- 1:53complete
- 1:53and
- 1:53forever.
- 1:54And
- 1:54that
- 1:54is
- 1:55why
- 1:55the
- 1:56person
- 1:56who
- 1:56avoids
- 1:57and
- 1:57distrusts
- 1:58the
- 1:58Son
- 1:58is
- 1:58in
- 1:58the
- 1:58dark
- 1:59and
- 2:00doesn't
- 2:00see
- 2:00life.
- 2:01All
- 2:02he
- 2:02experiences
- 2:03of
- 2:03God
- 2:03is
- 2:03darkness.
- 2:04And
- 2:05an
- 2:05angry
- 2:05darkness
- 2:06at
- 2:06that.
- 2:08Well
- 2:08friends,
- 2:08that
- 2:08ends
- 2:09this
- 2:09reading
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- 2:09I'm
- 2:10just
- 2:10glad
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- 2:143:31
- 2:1536
- 2:16here
- 2:16John
- 2:17paints
- 2:17a
- 2:17picture
- 2:17of
- 2:17Jesus
- 2:18as
- 2:18the
- 2:18one
- 2:18who
- 2:18speaks
- 2:19about
- 2:19God's
- 2:20own
- 2:20heart.
- 2:21Not
- 2:21rationing
- 2:22the
- 2:23Spirit
- 2:23in
- 2:23bits
- 2:23and
- 2:23pieces
- 2:24is
- 2:24what
- 2:24it
- 2:24says,
- 2:25but
- 2:25pouring
- 2:25out
- 2:25a
- 2:25lavish
- 2:26distribution
- 2:27of
- 2:27gifts.
- 2:28So
- 2:28the
- 2:28invitation
- 2:29is
- 2:29to
- 2:29trust
- 2:30this
- 2:30way
- 2:30of
- 2:31abundant
- 2:31life.
- 2:32Life
- 2:33that's
- 2:33complete,
- 2:34not
- 2:35cramped
- 2:35with
- 2:36fear.
- 2:37Let's
- 2:37go
- 2:38a
- 2:38little
- 2:38deeper
- 2:38on
- 2:38some
- 2:38teaching
- 2:39points
- 2:39now.
- 2:39Three
- 2:40points
- 2:40to
- 2:40ponder
- 2:40I
- 2:40like
- 2:41to
- 2:41call
- 2:41it.
- 2:42The
- 2:42first
- 2:42one
- 2:42is
- 2:43the
- 2:43Spirit
- 2:43is
- 2:43not
- 2:43scarce,
- 2:45so
- 2:45we
- 2:45don't
- 2:46have
- 2:46to
- 2:46be
- 2:46either.
- 2:48Don't
- 2:48think
- 2:48God
- 2:49rations
- 2:49out
- 2:50the
- 2:50Spirit.
- 2:50That's
- 2:51a
- 2:51direct
- 2:51hit
- 2:52on
- 2:52a
- 2:53scarcity
- 2:53Reflex
- 2:54we
- 2:54often
- 2:54have.
- 2:56A
- 2:57progressive
- 2:57reading
- 2:57here
- 2:58Resists
- 2:59gatekeeping
- 3:00the
- 3:00spirit
- 3:01by
- 3:01any
- 3:02means
- 3:02by
- 3:03gender,
- 3:03orientation,
- 3:04race,
- 3:04class,
- 3:05education
- 3:06or
- 3:06platform.
- 3:07If
- 3:08God
- 3:08lavishes
- 3:09gifts,
- 3:09our
- 3:10job
- 3:10is
- 3:10to
- 3:10recognize
- 3:11and
- 3:11make
- 3:11room
- 3:11for
- 3:11them.
- 3:12Women
- 3:13preaching
- 3:13and
- 3:14leading
- 3:14LGBTQ
- 3:17siblings
- 3:17Fully
- 3:18affirmed
- 3:19black
- 3:19and
- 3:20brown
- 3:20leaders.
- 3:21Leaders
- 3:21of
- 3:22all
- 3:22colors
- 3:23centered
- 3:24lay
- 3:24people
- 3:24empowered.
- 3:26Abundance
- 3:26looks
- 3:27like
- 3:27shared
- 3:28power,
- 3:29not
- 3:29hoarded
- 3:30control.
- 3:32Another
- 3:33point
- 3:33to
- 3:33ponder
- 3:33is
- 3:34this
- 3:35faith
- 3:35examines
- 3:36and
- 3:36then
- 3:36trusts.
- 3:38The
- 3:39text
- 3:39says
- 3:40anyone
- 3:40who
- 3:40examines
- 3:41this
- 3:41evidence
- 3:42will
- 3:42come
- 3:42to
- 3:43stake
- 3:43their
- 3:43life
- 3:43on
- 3:44this.
- 3:45That's
- 3:46permission
- 3:46to
- 3:46think,
- 3:47to
- 3:47question,
- 3:48test
- 3:49and
- 3:49leads
- 3:49to
- 3:49love
- 3:50and
- 3:50justice.
- 3:51Progressive
- 3:51faith
- 3:52welcomes
- 3:52science,
- 3:53therapy
- 3:53and
- 3:54lived
- 3:54experience
- 3:55as
- 3:55conversation
- 3:56partners
- 3:57with
- 3:57scripture.
- 3:58Doubt
- 3:59isn't
- 3:59disloyal.
- 4:00It's
- 4:00often
- 4:00how
- 4:01love
- 4:01grows
- 4:02teeth.
- 4:03We
- 4:03trust
- 4:03Jesus
- 4:04not
- 4:04by
- 4:04shutting
- 4:05our
- 4:05eyes,
- 4:06but
- 4:06by
- 4:06opening
- 4:07them
- 4:08and
- 4:08following
- 4:08the
- 4:08evidence
- 4:09towards
- 4:09liberation
- 4:10and
- 4:11mercy.
- 4:13A
- 4:13third
- 4:13point
- 4:14to
- 4:14ponder.
- 4:16Gets
- 4:16in
- 4:16on
- 4:17everything
- 4:18means
- 4:19participation,
- 4:21not
- 4:22possession.
- 4:24Let
- 4:24me
- 4:24read
- 4:24that
- 4:24again.
- 4:25Open
- 4:25quote
- 4:26Gets
- 4:27in
- 4:27on
- 4:28everything.
- 4:30Means
- 4:31participation,
- 4:32not
- 4:33possession.
- 4:35Life
- 4:35complete
- 4:36and
- 4:36forever
- 4:37as
- 4:37what
- 4:37the
- 4:37scripture
- 4:38says
- 4:39isn't
- 4:39a
- 4:39private
- 4:40trophy,
- 4:41it's
- 4:41shared
- 4:42participation
- 4:43in
- 4:43God's
- 4:44generosity.
- 4:44Right
- 4:45now
- 4:46we
- 4:46join
- 4:47a
- 4:47distribution
- 4:48network
- 4:49of
- 4:49our
- 4:49time,
- 4:50our
- 4:50money,
- 4:50our
- 4:51skills
- 4:51and
- 4:52our
- 4:52votes
- 4:53which
- 4:53become
- 4:54channels
- 4:54of
- 4:54the
- 4:54Spirit's
- 4:55abundance.
- 4:56If
- 4:57religion
- 4:57leaves
- 4:58our
- 4:58neighbors
- 4:59hungry,
- 4:59excluded
- 5:00or
- 5:00unheard,
- 5:02we've
- 5:02missed
- 5:03the
- 5:03point
- 5:03of
- 5:03Jesus.
- 5:05Trust
- 5:05looks
- 5:06like
- 5:06concrete
- 5:07solidarity
- 5:09that
- 5:09reduces
- 5:10suffering.
- 5:13In
- 5:13our
- 5:13scripture
- 5:14Today
- 5:14we
- 5:15are
- 5:15talking
- 5:16about.
- 5:18This
- 5:18situation
- 5:19here
- 5:20of.
- 5:24Of
- 5:25shared
- 5:26life
- 5:26together.
- 5:27So
- 5:28let's
- 5:28take
- 5:28a
- 5:28look
- 5:28at
- 5:29one
- 5:31unpractice
- 5:33that
- 5:33we
- 5:33can
- 5:33do
- 5:34an
- 5:34action
- 5:34step.
- 5:35One
- 5:36thing
- 5:36we
- 5:36can
- 5:36do
- 5:36is
- 5:36unration
- 5:37generosity.
- 5:39Pick
- 5:39one
- 5:40gift
- 5:40that
- 5:41has
- 5:41God
- 5:41has
- 5:42placed
- 5:42on
- 5:42you.
- 5:42A
- 5:42gift
- 5:42of
- 5:43listening
- 5:43or
- 5:44cooking
- 5:44or
- 5:44advocacy,
- 5:46rides
- 5:46to
- 5:46appointments,
- 5:47tech
- 5:48help
- 5:48with
- 5:48somebody,
- 5:50spare
- 5:51room
- 5:51maybe
- 5:51that
- 5:52you
- 5:52can
- 5:52loan
- 5:52out
- 5:53for
- 5:53a
- 5:53while,
- 5:53a
- 5:54spare
- 5:54hour
- 5:54of
- 5:55your
- 5:55time
- 5:55and
- 5:55put
- 5:55it
- 5:55in
- 5:56circulation
- 5:56for
- 5:57someone
- 5:57who
- 5:58needs
- 5:58it.
- 5:59Another
- 6:00thing
- 6:00that
- 6:00we
- 6:01can
- 6:01do
- 6:01is
- 6:02name
- 6:02one
- 6:02place
- 6:02you
- 6:03can
- 6:03share
- 6:03power.
- 6:04Invite
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- 6:04new
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- 6:05lead
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- 6:09colleague's
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- 6:13in
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- 6:16We'll
- 6:16come
- 6:17back
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- 6:17have
- 6:17a
- 6:17prayer
- 6:17here
- 6:17in
- 6:18just
- 6:18a
- 6:18minute,
- 6:18but
- 6:19I
- 6:19want
- 6:19you
- 6:19to
- 6:19know
- 6:19we
- 6:19have
- 6:20a
- 6:20resource
- 6:21for
- 6:21you
- 6:21called
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- 6:221,
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- 6:24Bible
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- 6:25We
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- 6:26to
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- 6:26website
- 6:27voiceofgoddaily.com
- 6:29that's
- 6:29where
- 6:29you
- 6:29can
- 6:29get
- 6:29it.
- 6:30Let's
- 6:31pray.
- 6:32Oh
- 6:32God
- 6:32of
- 6:33lavish
- 6:33spirit,
- 6:34thank
- 6:34you
- 6:34for
- 6:34not
- 6:35measuring
- 6:35your
- 6:35love
- 6:35with
- 6:36a
- 6:36teaspoon.
- 6:38When
- 6:38we
- 6:38clutch
- 6:39and
- 6:39count.
- 6:39Teach
- 6:40us
- 6:40to
- 6:40open
- 6:40our
- 6:40hands
- 6:41when
- 6:41we
- 6:41doubt.
- 6:42Guide
- 6:42our
- 6:42questions
- 6:43towards
- 6:43courage
- 6:43and
- 6:44compassion.
- 6:45Let
- 6:45your
- 6:45gifts
- 6:45flow
- 6:46through
- 6:46us
- 6:46of
- 6:46time,
- 6:47tenderness,
- 6:48truth
- 6:48and
- 6:49tangible
- 6:49help
- 6:50so
- 6:50fewer
- 6:51neighbors
- 6:51feel
- 6:52alone.
- 6:53Bless
- 6:53caregivers
- 6:54and
- 6:54patients,
- 6:55the
- 6:55tired
- 6:56and
- 6:56the
- 6:56trying,
- 6:57the
- 6:57ones
- 6:57walking
- 6:58hospital
- 6:58hallways
- 6:59and
- 6:59the
- 6:59ones
- 7:00walking
- 7:00on
- 7:01a
- 7:01wooded
- 7:01trail.
- 7:02Meet
- 7:03us
- 7:03in
- 7:03our
- 7:03families
- 7:04and
- 7:05meet
- 7:05us
- 7:05in
- 7:05the
- 7:06laughter
- 7:06of
- 7:06children
- 7:07and
- 7:08make
- 7:08our
- 7:08communities
- 7:08places
- 7:09where
- 7:09no
- 7:10one
- 7:10rations
- 7:11belonging
- 7:12and
- 7:12where
- 7:12your
- 7:12abundance
- 7:13becomes
- 7:14visible
- 7:15in
- 7:15justice
- 7:16and
- 7:16in
- 7:17joy.
- 7:18Amen.
- 7:23My
- 7:23friend,
- 7:24I
- 7:24am
- 7:24delighted
- 7:25you
- 7:25chose
- 7:26to
- 7:26join
- 7:26me
- 7:26for
- 7:27today's
- 7:27reading.
- 7:28The
- 7:28Daily
- 7:29Bible
- 7:29Refresh
- 7:30is
- 7:30completely
- 7:32listener
- 7:32supported.
- 7:34Your
- 7:34gift
- 7:34goes
- 7:35a
- 7:35long
- 7:35way
- 7:35to
- 7:35getting
- 7:36the
- 7:36audible
- 7:36word
- 7:37of
- 7:37God
- 7:38from
- 7:38a
- 7:38progressive
- 7:39perspective
- 7:40into
- 7:40two
- 7:40million
- 7:41ears,
- 7:41a
- 7:41million
- 7:41people
- 7:42by
- 7:432028.
- 7:44I
- 7:44would
- 7:44be
- 7:45so
- 7:45grateful
- 7:45if
- 7:46you
- 7:46would
- 7:46go
- 7:46to
- 7:46voiceofgodddaily.com
- 7:49and
- 7:49share
- 7:49your
- 7:50gift
- 7:50of
- 7:50any
- 7:51amount.
- 7:52Thanks
- 7:52much.
- 7:53My
- 7:53name
- 7:53is
- 7:54Dr.
- 7:54Brad
- 7:54Miller
- 7:55and
- 7:55I'll
- 7:55be
- 7:55right
- 7:55here
- 7:55tomorrow
- 7:56with
- 7:56your
- 7:57Daily
- 7:57Bible
- 7:58Read
- 7:58Refresh.
- 7:59Please
- 7:59subscribe
- 8:00and
- 8:01tag
- 8:01your
- 8:01friends
- 8:02until
- 8:02tomorrow.
- 8:03Remember,
- 8:04God's
- 8:04loyal
- 8:05love
- 8:05doesn't
- 8:05run
- 8:05out.
- 8:06His
- 8:06merciful
- 8:07love
- 8:07hasn't
- 8:08dried
- 8:08up,
- 8:09it's
- 8:09created
- 8:10new
- 8:11every
- 8:11morning.