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25.04.20 - The Wood Between the Worlds | The End of Death
25.04.20 - The Wood Between the Worlds | The End of Death

Apr 19, 2025

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Received: 2025-04-29 12:00:51

First of all I want to thank everyone who has prayed for my daughter Eva (thyroid cancer) in previous requests. I am requesting an updated prayer request. My daughter has gone through 30 rounds of radiation, it helped a bit, but with this rare cancer that is usually terminal I am asking for nothing less than a miracle. This cancer goes from lung, to bones to brain and at present the doctors see a mass in the lung. I live alone with my daughter and am the only caregiver she has, it is extremely hard, Next is chemotherapy and hopefully we are not too late for that. I am praying for a miracle that our God and Father would have mercy on Eva and completely cleanse her body of this horrible, rare and debilatating cancer. I thank each and every person that prays with me. God bless you.

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As we seek to build a community where stealing doesn’t make any sense, AND as a way of fending off the temptation to “steal” in our own lives, let’s reflect on what we’ve heard today: 

RECALIBRATION 

The Bible reminds us that “the earth is the Lord’s and everything in it” (Psalm 24:1) and that we are merely stewards of the things currently under our care. 

  • How would it change your perspective to realize that God is the true owner of your stuff, and that you are simply a steward or user of it? 
  • In what ways have you “robbed God” by not treating the money you have as if it exists for building God’s kingdom, not your own? 


Take a minute to reflect. Think of one practical action step you can take this week. 

RE-PRIORITIZATION 

Jeff reminded us that the earliest followers of Jesus were transformed into a community where everyone held “everything in common”, even selling “property and possessions to give to anyone who had need”. (Acts 2:44-45). 

  • On a scale of 1-10, how possessive are you of your possessions? Are there things you own that you’re unwilling to share or lend? 
  • Do you live with an abundance mentality, believing that there’s enough to go around for everyone, or a scarcity mentality, hoarding as much as you can for yourself, for fear you won’t have enough? 


Take a minute to reflect. Think of one practical action step you can take this week. 

REDISTRIBUTION & RESTITUTION 

Finally, embracing this mental recalibration and engaging in financial reprioritization, we are led to practice a lifestyle redistribution and restitution. So let me ask you: 

  • In what ways do you need to redefine what “enough” looks like in your life, so that everyone can have enough? 
  • To what degree have you stolen, by “ignoring” the needs and injustices experienced by those around you? 
  • BONUS: What practical steps of restitution can you take in your life this week? 


Take a minute to reflect. Think of one practical action step you can take this week. 

As we respond with this final song, I invite you to make this your prayer, inviting God to take your life, including all your earthly wealth and possessions, and help you to relinquish your grip on them, entrusting everything you are and have to God, for the sake of putting God’s kingdom first. 

SONG: Kingdom Of God/Take My Life And Let It Be

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