We are part of the Body of Christ, better known as the Church.
We share the calling of building the Kingdom of God and to proclaim His Word.
Or do we?
Show the Word
Jesus’ strategy of disciple-making did not revolve around a class where He just told His followers how to live, instead His life and the Word was the curriculum. In the context of spiritual community, He sought daily to demonstrate to His groups how to live in obedience to the Father as they did life together. Jesus, the Living Word, showed them how to live, and then encouraged them and equipped them with His Spirit to demonstrate to their small group how to live a life that pleases the Father.
Quote from The Church at Brook Hills
Questions
This is how I feel…
The last year has been in a big way a waiting game for me, forcing me to grow and to learn patience. Entering 2012 has been met with excitement from my side, due to the fact that I have high hopes for this year as being a break-out year for me, as far as ministry goes, as well as for my life in general.
The Fickleness of Life
Tomorrow I will do this…
The day after that I will do that…
Who do we think we are?
We do not know what tomorrow might hold in store for us. We have no idea what God is planning for us later today. Yet we focus on tomorrow, and not on the now.
Are we ready when God calls our number on earth? Are we sure we will sit with Him in the throne room, praising His glory?
Bible Slapping Nutter
Watch out for that new guy. I hear he is a Bible Slapping Nutter. He has been here only 2 days and he has tried to convert me more than once already…
I am a Christian, but I will not be in your face about it.
These are scenarios that I have heard and said before in my own life. Sad, I know.
I used to call these over zealous Christians Bible slappers, because they would be speaking about their faith and Jesus at every opportunity, where I would rather join the others in the office, non believers, in gossiping about this person. Heck, I would even swear and drink with them, simply to not feel different from them. It was more important for me to be part of the in crowd, than to stand up for my faith.
One Word 365: Heart
One word can change everything.
Forget New Year’s Resolutions. Scrap the long list of goals that you won’t remember three weeks from now anyway. Choose just one word.
One word that sums up who you want to be or how you want to live or what you want to achieve by the end of 2012.
One word that you can focus on every day, all year long.
It will take hard work, and will require intentionality and commitment. But if you let it, your word will shape you and your year. It will guide your decisions and help you grow.
Discover the big impact one word can make.
One word.
365 days.
A changed life.
Time out
For the month of December, I am going to take a time out from blogging. Call is a holiday of sorts, but I need to find some time for myself, in spending time with the Lord. I need to get back to the reason for which I am doing what I am doing, especially for this blog.
The year of 2012 is one of many exciting things to come, including a complete redesign of this site, as well as the way the content will be shown and shared. I am planning some new and exciting things for my personal website, including Unsafe Challenge.
All of you must have a really blessed December, and may you come to know the heart of God during the Christmas period.
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Grace Extremists
“To our most bitter opponents we say: ‘Throw us in jail and we will still love you. Bomb our houses and threaten our children and we will still love you. Beat us and leave us half dead and we will still love you. But be ye assured that we will wear you down by our capacity to suffer. One day we shall so appeal to your heart and conscience that we shall win you in the process, and our victory will be a double victory.’”
- Dr. King, just before he died.
Would you be able to say this to a person that is attacking you, and threatening your personal safety, or the safety of your family?
Dangerous
I am currently reading the book, The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical by Shane Claiborne. This book handles the topic of the Way. The Way that Jesus came to see us. In this book, Shane takes us on a journey of his life, and how he came to realise that what Jesus asked us to do, He meant.
So often we find ourselves not marking some verses in our Bibles, because these words make us feel uncomfortable, or we simply dismiss them by saying that we can’t apply them in our current social context.
The reason for this, in a big way my opinion, but Shane also says this in his book is that we have made the Gospel safe. We have pushed this great and dangerous book into a little box that makes us feel good about ourselves, and never challenges us to get to a point where we might lose everything, even our lives.
