Jen and her family are members of the Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas. During her fifteen years of teaching, she has organized and led studies for women in home, church, and parachurch contexts. Jen Wilkin is a speaker, writer, and teacher of women's Bible studies. Omnipotent: The God of Infinite Power 10. Omniscient: The God of Infinite Knowledge 9. Omnipresent: The God of Infinite Place 8. Immutable: The God of Infinite Sameness 7. Self-Sufficient: The God of Infinite Provision 5. Self-Existent: The God of Infinite Creativity 4. Incomprehensible: The God of Infinite Mystery 3. Calling us to embrace our limits as a means of glorifying God's limitless power, Jen Wilkin invites us to celebrate the freedom that comes when we rest in letting God be God.ġ. But at the root of every sin is our rebellious desire to possess attributes that belong to God alone. God is self-existent, self-sufficient, eternal, immutable, omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent, sovereign, infinite, and incomprehensible.Īnd that's a good thing.
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