Alert & Oriented: Conversations about God between Friends

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We long to see a community of believers committed to helping each other grow into their calling, into becoming the men and women God designed us to be.

Too many organizations recruit and train people for IT'S purpose; but Jesus leaves the 99 to find the lost sheep, to make it His. How we use our community's strengths to help believers find their God-given purpose for them personally?

Prompted by this article by Sam Williamson: https://beliefsoftheheart.com/2012/06/12/i-long-for-a-calling-driven-church/

For more information about Gary or Sam visit their websites: https://thenobleheart.com/ and https://beliefsoftheheart.com/.

For more information about Gary or Sam visit their websites: 

• The Noble Heart
• Exploring Intimate Theology - Beliefs of the Heart.

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We undervalue the importance God places on friendship. Oh we say we treasure brotherhood, sisterhood, and community. But God works hugely through friendship. And we haven't learned how it can save us.

For more information about Gary or Sam visit their websites: https://thenobleheart.com/ and https://beliefsoftheheart.com/.

For more information about Gary or Sam visit their websites: 

• The Noble Heart
• Exploring Intimate Theology - Beliefs of the Heart.

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Transitions are those times in our life when deep changes come, usually un-asked for and often unwelcome, and those changes can be brutally painful. How can we recognize them? And how can we find spiritual hope?

For more information about Gary or Sam visit their websites: https://thenobleheart.com/ and https://beliefsoftheheart.com/.

For more information about Gary or Sam visit their websites: 

• The Noble Heart
• Exploring Intimate Theology - Beliefs of the Heart.

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It seems like everyone we meet is just a tad bit discouraged. Not really depressed, but kind of melancholy, feeling the blues, just experiencing the doldrums. At least we are. What about you?


For more information about Gary or Sam visit their websites: https://thenobleheart.com/ and https://beliefsoftheheart.com/.

For more information about Gary or Sam visit their websites: 

• The Noble Heart
• Exploring Intimate Theology - Beliefs of the Heart.

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None of us have seen such an acceleration of cultural change. And much is abhorrible, as if we've given ourselves over to the world. How should Christians act in the face of such radical changes?


For more information about Gary or Sam visit their websites: https://thenobleheart.com/ and https://beliefsoftheheart.com/.

For more information about Gary or Sam visit their websites: 

• The Noble Heart
• Exploring Intimate Theology - Beliefs of the Heart.

If you have a question or comment, click here and send us a text.

There is a rich, spiritual virtue that most Christians ignore; it is the virtue of persistent curiosity, to live a life of fascination with God and what He is up to.

To take on online course on hearing God, visit Sam's site: https://beliefsoftheheart.com/hearing-god-online-course/

For more information about Gary or Sam visit their websites: https://thenobleheart.com/ and https://beliefsoftheheart.com/.

And very special thanks to Keith Medley for his FANTASTIC 27 string guitar background song. You can find more of Keith's music at: http://www.keithmedleymusic.com/

For more information about Gary or Sam visit their websites: 

• The Noble Heart
• Exploring Intimate Theology - Beliefs of the Heart.

If you have a question or comment, click here and send us a text.

We all measure, all the time, all things we meet; especially our own lives. What are the best measurements for your life? 

To take on online course on hearing God, visit Sam's site: https://beliefsoftheheart.com/hearing-god-online-course/

For more information about Gary or Sam visit their websites: https://thenobleheart.com/ and https://beliefsoftheheart.com/.

And very special thanks to Keith Medley for his FANTASTIC 27 string guitar background song. You can find more of Keith's music at: http://www.keithmedleymusic.com/

For more information about Gary or Sam visit their websites: 

• The Noble Heart
• Exploring Intimate Theology - Beliefs of the Heart.

If you have a question or comment, click here and send us a text.

We all want our children to grow into healthy adults, but there is a kind of safety-ISM that breeds a state of fear we call fear-ISM. And God wants something else for our lives.

To take on online course on hearing God, visit Sam's site: https://beliefsoftheheart.com/hearing-god-online-course/

For more information about Gary or Sam visit their websites: https://thenobleheart.com/ and https://beliefsoftheheart.com/.

And very special thanks to Keith Medley for his FANTASTIC 27 string guitar background song. You can find more of Keith's music at: http://www.keithmedleymusic.com/

For more information about Gary or Sam visit their websites: 

• The Noble Heart
• Exploring Intimate Theology - Beliefs of the Heart.

If you have a question or comment, click here and send us a text.

We want to share with you a life giving practice Gary and I created (by accident) in December 2011. It's an exciting, intentional, motivating way to begin each New Year. We've been doing it for years. In the show, we promised to write down our process, which follows:

How To Develop a Transcendent Pursuit:

First, find a friend or two (or more) who would like pursue this with you. 

• Or you can join us (for free) at The Noble Heart Community.  CLICK HERE, request to join, and once you are in, go to the "Courses" (found on the left) and join the Discovering Your Transcendent Pursuit Class

Here are Gary's Questions:

• What have you dreamed of becoming or doing?
• Is there a craft, an artistry, a skill that you would like to gain, hone or master?
• One year from now, looking back, what will you be so glad that you began to pursue?
• What is that one thing that you've always wanted to try that you think could make a difference for someone or something?
• If God said to you, "this one piece of My Kingdom is yours, now perfect and offer it", what do you think that would be?
• What do I keep coming back to?  What keeps coming back to me?  

Sam's Questions:

• What is God stirring in you? 
• What has God’s activity been in your life? How can you cooperate with it? What season are you in right now?
• What are you curious about? What is moving you?
• What is the one truth you would love to express?
• What are the moments in your life when you said, “That is good!”
• What do you keep seeing? What do you keep doing that is good? What has an urgency about it?
• All along, share your answers with your friends.

For more information about Gary or Sam visit their websites: 

• The Noble Heart
• Exploring Intimate Theology - Beliefs of the Heart.

If you have a question or comment, click here and send us a text.

Why does fatigue take so much out out us? It's not just being tired: we snap and snarl at others, and indulge in self-pity. How do we handle the inner effects of fatigue on us and our family?

For more information about Gary or Sam visit their websites: https://thenobleheart.com/ and https://beliefsoftheheart.com/.

And very special thanks to Keith Medley for his FANTASTIC 27 string guitar background song. You can find more of Keith's music at: http://www.keithmedleymusic.com/

For more information about Gary or Sam visit their websites: 

• The Noble Heart
• Exploring Intimate Theology - Beliefs of the Heart.