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