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Dark Before the Dawn: Deconstructing Doubt
Dark before the Dawn: Sarah and Abraham The be is to believe. John Ortberg “That there’s good in the world. And it’s worth fighting for.” This is true… The need to believe is planted in our souls by God Doubt is the ambient air we breath in the West. John Mark Comer “Secularism is a cultural framework that works against belief and undermines anything supernatural. Secularism is built on doubting. Secularism is set up to make you doubt.” (Mark Sayers). …
Going Back to the Cross
Going Back to the Cross “Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.” John 14:21 “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “You are the Messiah.” Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him. Mark 8:29-30 He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be…
Holy Over Hustle: The Battle of Distractions
Holy Over Hustle April 10, 2022 Our faith is a duet Technology has taught us Easy is good/ Difficult is bad Entertaining is good/ Boring is bad Fast is good/ Slow is bad PS 46:10 “Be still, and know that I am God Mark 3:13-15 Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. He appointed twelve that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach and…
Holy Over Hustle: Make a Clearing to Listen The Whisper
Holy over Hustle Our hearts were created to be in relationship with God John 10:10 The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life. Ps. 46:10 Be still and know that I am God Isaiah 64:4 Since ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him. Is. 40:31 those…
Holy Over Hustle: Make a Clearing to Listen to His Word
Holy over Hustle To pray is to change. There is no greater liberating force in the Christian life than prayer. – Richard Foster Over-spent Holy over Hustle Today the heart of God is an open wound of love. He aches over our distance and preoccupation. He mourns that we do not draw near to Him. He grieves that we have forgotten Him. He weeps over our obsession with muchness and manyness. He longs for our presence. Richard Foster Jer. 2:32 Does…
Holy Over Hustle: God’s Truth
Holy over Hustle – God’s Truth Cultural Fatigue Change leads to stress. Continual stress leads to exhaustion. We have been immersed in change. Hustle in our Heads I was created to be with God John 14:23,26, 27 Jesus replied, “All who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will come and make our home with each of them… When the Father sends the Advocate as my representative—that is, the Holy Spirit—he will teach you…
Remember
Why Communion What happens when we don’t feel like worshiping? My self-perception, in part, depends on my ability to remember experiences My identity in Christ depends, in part, on my memories with God. Deut. 8:13-15 and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied, then your heart will become proud and you will forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of…
Playing the Movie Forward: Self Aware
Play the Movie Forward – Self Aware Live life with fewer regrets/ Making better decisions Play the movie forward My closest friends determine my direction Know my boss, Act like an Ant Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one’s awareness of one’s ignorance. Anthony de Mello Know yourself. Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. – Ann Landers Jeremiah 17:9 The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who…
Playing the Movie Forward: Be an Ant
Play the Movie Forward – Be an ant Our direction determines our destination Live life with fewer regrets/ Making better decisions Play the movie forward “I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday.” Eleanor Roosevelt What would you say to a friend who was making the same decision? Relationships Our closest relationships determine our direction We learn from the individuals or groups with whom we identify. Frank Smith Shake hands with a sneezer God created…
Playing the Movie Forward: Live life with fewer regrets
Play the Movie Forward: Live life with fewer regrets/ Making better decisions Any one thing you do is only a scene in a larger movie. To understand that action, you have to play it out all the way to the end of the movie. Henry Cloud Play the movie of our lives forward Proverbs 13:20b companion of fools suffers harm Our relationships determine our direction 1 Corinthians 15:33 Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.” PR 18:24 A…