http://nolongerdriven.com/2007/10/30/his-focus-is-on-me/ Finding Still Waters Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:05:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://nolongerdriven.com/2007/10/30/his-focus-is-on-me/#comment-3 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:45:11 +0000 http://holysmokeblues.com/nolongerdriven/?p=11#comment-3 The reason the article so focused on the individual part of salvations is because I find people are so uncomfortable with that side of it. To think of God sitting there, giving just me his full attention is something so uncomfortable to some people because they feel some need to deserve that attention, and they never will. So I had no intention of taking anything away from the beauty of fellowship of like minded believers, but rather to bring to the forefront the absolute necessity that we come to terms with God’s individual love and attention for us so we don’t spend our lives thinking that we have to earn his attention and love.

]]> http://nolongerdriven.com/2007/10/30/his-focus-is-on-me/#comment-2 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:33:06 +0000 http://holysmokeblues.com/nolongerdriven/?p=11#comment-2 Hey, I saw your link through the message boards at relevantmagazine.com so I thought I’d take a gander. You have some interesting thoughts, but I think you leave out an important dynamic to salvation when you make it so incredibly individualistic. Yes, its deeply personal. Yes, he died for you as an individual and not just you grouped in with a bunch of others. But at the same time, he saved us and we are a community who enjoys the both/and dynamic of salvation. It is both individual and communal – and we are given the privilege to enjoy and experience him in both.

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