You see, the life God calls us to is not a safe life. Ask Joseph, Abraham, Moses, Deborah, Esther – any of the friends of God from the Old Testament. Ask Mary and Lazarus, ask Peter, James and John, ask Priscilla and Aquila – any of the friends of God in the New Testament.
God calls us to a life involving frequent risks and many dangers. Why else would we need him to be our sustainer? You don’t need a life-saver if your mission is a couch potato. You need an sustainer when your life is in constant danger.
SO WHAT?
I believe that all through history there were two kinds of people who loved God.
The ones who loved, but didn't follow.
And the ones who loved and followed by giving their all. The people above are the people who gave their all, those are the people who God choose to write about in the Bible.
I want to live a life of loving and following God, that God would want to write about.
DO YOU?
Monday, December 1, 2008
Saturday, November 29, 2008
BREAK OUT- OUT OF THE ORDINARY
You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him, you trust him; and even now you are happy with a glorious, inexpressible joy. Your reward for trusting him will be the salvation of your souls.
1 Peter 1:8-9
It is amazing how God calls us to live by faith and not by sight. He asks us to step out of our comfort zones and follow Him with everything we have. When was the last time you totally stepped out of your comfort zone? All of us have comfort zones in our lives. What is yours? Think about it right.. Take just a minute and try to think of an area of your life that you like to be in control of.
BREAK OUT
Why not step out of your comfort zone today... I dare you to find something that you could do that would be totally out of the ordinary.
Leave a comment telling us what you choose to do.
1 Peter 1:8-9
It is amazing how God calls us to live by faith and not by sight. He asks us to step out of our comfort zones and follow Him with everything we have. When was the last time you totally stepped out of your comfort zone? All of us have comfort zones in our lives. What is yours? Think about it right.. Take just a minute and try to think of an area of your life that you like to be in control of.
BREAK OUT
Why not step out of your comfort zone today... I dare you to find something that you could do that would be totally out of the ordinary.
Leave a comment telling us what you choose to do.
Friday, November 28, 2008
Fully Alive
What did Jesus mean when he promised us life? I go back to the source and what I find is just astounding.
I tell you the truth,” Jesus said to them, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God will fail to receive many times as much in this age, and, in the age to come, eternal life” (Luke 18:29-30).
Jesus doesn’t locate his offer to us only in some distant future, after we’ve slogged our way through our days here on earth. He talks about a life available to us in this age.
When we hear the words “eternal life,” most of us have tended to think, “a life that waits for me in eternity.” But eternal means unending, not later.
The scriptures use the term to mean you can never lose it. It’s a life that can’t be taken from you. The offer is life and that life starts now.
SO WHAT?
The glory of God is man fully alive! Now! His happiness and my happiness are tied together! My coming fully alive is what he’s committed to! That’s the offer of Christianity!
The offer is life. Make no mistake about that.
We can take hold of that life TODAY and begin experiencing life FULLY ALIVE!
I tell you the truth,” Jesus said to them, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God will fail to receive many times as much in this age, and, in the age to come, eternal life” (Luke 18:29-30).
Jesus doesn’t locate his offer to us only in some distant future, after we’ve slogged our way through our days here on earth. He talks about a life available to us in this age.
When we hear the words “eternal life,” most of us have tended to think, “a life that waits for me in eternity.” But eternal means unending, not later.
The scriptures use the term to mean you can never lose it. It’s a life that can’t be taken from you. The offer is life and that life starts now.
SO WHAT?
The glory of God is man fully alive! Now! His happiness and my happiness are tied together! My coming fully alive is what he’s committed to! That’s the offer of Christianity!
The offer is life. Make no mistake about that.
We can take hold of that life TODAY and begin experiencing life FULLY ALIVE!
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