God is more nurturing and compassionate than the most nurturing and compassionate of women!  Christ, the God-man, is more noble, courageous, and purposive than the most noble, courageous, and purposive of men.  The God of Christianity is a wonder!  The God of the Bible is deeply loving, profoundly complex, yet simple in nature and intent.  God is a marvelous balance of character and compassion.

When we walk out of our problems, our moods, our desires, and walk into the Father’s presence and begin to sort things out in a personal trusting relationship with Him, the Spirit of God supplies the fruit of the Spirit called self-control.  He supplies the positive, basic virtues of the Christian life: love, joy and peace.  He does this as he sees us relating properly to God the Father.

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Some silly Christians actually teach believers that they should not confess their sins. Saying that, they contradict the mere 2,000 years of Christianity doctrine and the plain statement of many Bible verses. They assume that since Christ has already died for that sin, how could confessing a sin lead to it being forgiven? True, God is infinitely satisfied concerning our sins because of Christ, but it is God the Father’s loving child-training or discipline that is being stopped.

As one of many Bible verses on the subject reads, “And if we should examine ourselves, we are not being judged, and when we are being judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined as children in order that we should not be condemned with the world.” God is true to His word, and spanks His own, and he stops when we confess our sins. We confess to restore a healthy relationship with God and stop the spiritual spanking.

This clip coincides with Chapter 11, Reading 5, of the Becoming What God Intended Workbook. It was originally broadcasted as a radio clip as a part of the weekly talk show of The Adventures of Amy & Larry, which aired on 100.7 The Bridge during the year 2003.

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Just like a little boy will imitate his dad by putting on his dad’s shoes and walking around the house, so we are called to imitate our Heavenly Father’s love. However, it is impossible to mimic God’s love until we have experienced it. Christianity is not supposed to be a stoic religion, but is all about God, the love of God, and who we are in Christ. It is about God and how to have a personal relationship with God, in which you get to know your Father better and better.

This clip coincides with Chapter 1, Reading 2, of the Becoming What God Intended Workbook. It was originally broadcasted as a radio clip as a part of the weekly talk show of The Adventures of Amy & Larry, which aired on 100.7 The Bridge during the year 2003.