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Understanding God's Punctuation: Divine Grammar for Life's Lessons

In this exploration of "God's Punctuation," we learn how to interpret life's events and divine messages through the lens of spiritual grammar. Key principles include not misplacing God’s punctuation—periods and commas serve specific purposes in our faith journey. The discussion extends to the significance of ellipses, representing the ongoing story until God's final word. Through scripture references and personal reflections, we understand our identity as Christ's ambassadors, called to live out His purpose with clarity and intent.

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Understanding God's Punctuation: Divine Grammar for Life's Lessons

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  1. God’s Punctuation Being careful to use the PUNCTUATION that God uses

  2. Rules of God’s Punctuation • Never put a PERIOD where God puts a COMMA • Never put a COMMA where God puts a PERIOD • Beware of the ELLIPSIS

  3. It is not over until God says it is over !

  4. When God says “It is finished”, don’t carry it over

  5. Christ + Nothing

  6. Ellipsis • The omission of one or more words…

  7. The Ellipsis … • God in His wisdom, spares us the details

  8. “Suffering for the Gospel” • Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church: • Colossians 1:24

  9. Tom and Cheri

  10. Mother and Daughter Pray • “I remembered the prayer Bethany and I had focused on for the last two weeks asking for God to use her surfing for His glory and bring her life into the center of His will!”

  11. Film – “Soul Surfer”

  12. Hamilton Family

  13. The Apostrophe

  14. Apostrophe – 2 Common Uses • Used with a nounor pronoun indicates possession • Contraction – Omission of one or more letters from a word

  15. Contraction • Don’t shorten what God has determined

  16. We are not Our Own • Romans 1:6 • You also are among them, called tobelongto Jesus Christ.

  17. Even if we are not our own, Christ understands • You belongtoChrist, and Christbelongs to God. • 1 Corinthians 3:23

  18. Not “Our Will” … • Now those who belongtoChrist have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. • Galatians 5:24

  19. The Apostrophe • For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person; similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ’s slave. • 1 Corinthians 7:22

  20. We Belong to and Represent Him • We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors as though God were making his appeal through us. • 2 Corinthinans 5:20

  21. My situation is not important… For Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. • 2 Corinthians 12:9-11

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