Notes

 

Admitting Our Thirst

1. Ben Rector, “If You Can Hear Me,” The Walking In Between, Aptly Named Records/ROAR, 2013.

2. Jeremiah 2:13, NIV.

3. John 7:37–38, NIV.

Chapter 1: My Quiet Confession

1. Romans 3:23.

Chapter 2: Star Charts and Backpacks

1. Jeremiah 9:23–24.

2. 2 Corinthians 10:5, NIV.

3. See Psalm 23:2–3.

4. Psalm 103:12, NLT.

Chapter 3: Numbing Out

1. See Matthew 25:37–40.

2. See Matthew 11:28–30.

Chapter 4: Coming Up for Air

1. 1 John 2:6, NIV.

2. John 1:1–5, 9–14.

3. John 7:37–38, NIV.

4. Isaiah 41:10.

5. 2 Corinthians 12:9.

Chapter 5: No Longer Thirsty

1. See Luke 22:19–20; 1 Corinthians 11:23–25.

2. Hebrews 8:10–13.

3. See www.​dicti​onary.​com, s. vv. “joy,” “entertainment.”

4. See Psalm 84:10.

5. See Matthew 5:29–30, 18:8; Mark 9:43–47.

6. See Psalm 63:1.

7. C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (New York: HarperCollins, 1980), 136–37.

Chapter 6: No Longer Lonely

1. Mandy Len Catron, “To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This,” New York Times, January 9, 2015, www.​nytimes.​com/​2015/​01/​11/​fashion/​modern-​love-​to-​fall-​in-​love-​with-​anyone-​do-​this.​html.

2. Jean Vanier, Becoming Human (Toronto: Anansi, 2008), 7–8.

3. C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves (Orlando: Harcourt Brace, 1988), 121.

Chapter 7: No Longer Tired

1. See Matthew 8:23–27.

2. See John 6:5–6.

3. See Exodus 3–4.

4. See John 6:29.

5. Isaiah 30:15.

Chapter 8: No Longer Passive

1. John 9:39.

Chapter 9: No Longer Afraid

1. See Romans 5:3–5, NIV.

2. See Philippians 3:8–9, NIV.

3. John 11:15.

4. Psalm 19:1.

5. Ephesians 2:4–5.

6. Philippians 4:12, NIV.

7. See Philippians 4:13.

8. Oswald Chambers, “The Big Compelling of God,” Called of God (Grand Rapids: Discovery House, 2015), e-book.

9. See John 14:3.

10. Romans 8:35, 37–39.

Chapter 10: No Longer Ashamed

1. 2 Corinthians 10:5.

2. James 5:16, NIV.

3. 1 John 1:8–9.

Chapter 11: No Longer Empty

1. See 1 Corinthians 1:27.

2. See John 1:4–5.

3. John 15:4–5.

4. Rick LaVasseur, “How Does a Fruit Tree Produce Fruit?,” Quora, October 23, 2012, www.​quora.​com/​How-​does-​a-​fruit-​tree-​produce-​fruit.

5. 1 Thessalonians 4:11, NIV.

6. Charles Spurgeon, quoted in Godfrey Holden Pike and James Champlin Fernald, “The Last Sermon,” Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Preacher, Author, Philanthropist: With Anecdotal Reminiscences (New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1892), 397.

7. See Hebrews 10:23.

8. See Mark 12:30.

9. See Mark 12:31.

10. John 15:9–10, MSG.

Final Thoughts: What We Believe About God

1. Revelation 22:1–2.

2. See Exodus 3:14; Revelation 22:13; 1 John 1:5; Isaiah 48:13; Jeremiah 1:5; John 15:16; Isaiah 43:25; John 1:12; 1 Corinthians 3:16; Ezekiel 36:26–27; Deuteronomy 31:8; Hebrews 13:21; 2 Timothy 1:7; Matthew 16:18; Isaiah 66:13; John 14:26; Revelation 3:11; Psalm 138:8; Hebrews 10:37; Psalm 25:13; Revelation 21:3–5; Matthew 6:10.