balancing acts christians, you don’t ever have to work without a net!
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Daily Walking Close To Thee
Balancing acts
Christians, you don’t ever have to work without a net!
To Christians who are walking with the Lord,He provides a perfect
Daily balance.
19Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily
bears our burdens.
- Psalm 68:19 (NIV)
19Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily
bears our burdens.
- Psalm 68:19 (NIV)
19Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily
bears our burdens.
- Psalm 68:19 (NIV)
Is perfectly balanced by…
23Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my
disciple must deny themselves and take up
their cross daily and follow me.”
- Luke 9:23 (NIV)
23Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my
disciple must deny themselves and take up
their cross daily and follow me.”
- Luke 9:23 (NIV)
There will be times we fall.
16For I said, “Do not let them gloat or exalt themselves over me when my
feet slip.17For I am about to fall, and my pain is
ever with me.”
- Psalm 38:16-17 (NIV)
“The Human Pyramid”
Several Wallendas have beenout-spoken Christians
14 Because strait is the gate, and
narrow is the way, which
leadeth unto life, and few there be that
find it.- Matthew 7:14 (KJV)
Nik is a seventh
generationWallenda
performer.
"That mist was thick. It was hard to see at times. The wind was wild. It'd come at me one way and hit me from the front, and then hit me from the back.” - Nik Wallenda
155 years earlier at Niagara Falls and
without a safety harness or a net
“I am the Great Blondin!Do you believe in me?”
“I am the Great Blondin!Do you believe in me?”
“Do you believe I can carry a man across on my shoulders?”
“I am the Great Blondin!Do you believe in me?”
“Do you believe I can carry a man acrosson my shoulders?”
“WHO will volunteer to do it?!!”
“I am the Great Blondin!Do you believe in me?”
“Do you believe I can carry a man acrosson my shoulders?”
“WHO will volunteer to do it?!!”
Ever heard of Harry Colcord?
“Look up, Harry… you are no longer Colcord, you are Blondin. Until I clear this place be a part of me, mind, body, and soul. If I sway, sway with me. Do not attempt to do any balancing yourself. If you do we will both go to our death.”
This is the difference between Believing
and
Trusting
5 "Trust in the Lord with allyour heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make
your paths straight."
- Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
5 "Trust in the Lord with allyour heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make
your paths straight."
- Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
A couple things to think about
1. As a Christian, do I dailytake up my cross?
2. Am I known by others as aBeliever in Jesus, or as one who Trusts in Jesus?
