God’s Punctuation

Being careful to use the PUNCTUATION that God uses

Rules of God’s PunctuationNever put a PERIOD where God puts a COMMA

Never put a COMMA where God puts a PERIOD

Beware of the ELLIPSIS

It is not over until God says it is over !

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

over

Christ + Nothing

Ellipsis The omission of

one or more words…

The Ellipsis …God in His

wisdom, spares us the details

“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

Tom and Cheri

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!”

Film – “Soul Surfer”

Hamilton Family

The Apostrophe

Apostrophe – 2 Common Uses1. Used with a noun or pronoun

indicates possession

2. Contraction – Omission of one or more letters from a word

Contraction

Don’t shorten what God has

determined

We are not Our Own

Romans 1:6You also are among them, called

to belong to Jesus Christ.

Even if we are not our own, Christ understandsYou belong to Christ, and

Christ belongs to God. 1 Corinthians 3:23

Not “Our Will” …

Now those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and

desires. Galatians

5:24

The ApostropheFor 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

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

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