Courageous Radiance

One question friend, it’s directly from Jesus himself “do you want to get well?” (John 5:5-9.)

As we deal with change from the inside to the outside, we should first ensure we have buy in.

Change isn’t convenient and there is always an associated cost for what sacrifices have to be started or those that need to be stopped. But, the reward is in the unlocking of our life next level.

Two things are needed IF you answered “yes” to wanting to change/get well: humility and commitment. This week on the podcast and blog courageousradiance.com, let’s talk about it!

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Married, single, dating, and those in between, the relationship status we check off does not define us. These are all temporary states that are a part of us, but not the identifying piece.

Jesus has something so juicy, so filling that we just may leave behind what contingencies we thought we we were looking for. In Christ, we have eternity in view, and this not only refocuses our striving, but it allows us to be more fruitful where we are.

In John 4, Jesus made a divine appointment with a socially unworthy woman. She went from relationship to relationship, in search of second identity, but in actuality she was losing herself. The more substitutes she erected, the greater the lack gap became truth.

But. One conversation later. One opportunity to be find out truth and realize worth and how known she was, she instantly turned away from outside fixes. The Samaritan woman became inside focused and forgot the pursuits of the temporary.

Don’t you too want to experience the Messiah fill every area of lack? How amazing it is to realize the real why, and reorient your life around that!

Her relationship would forever change by one encounter with Christ. Her lack became wholeness, so much so that she had extra; she poured out to the community around her.

Y’all, we all need to make and not break this divine appointment with Christ. You know, the one each day that we may honestly breeze past as just something else to check off to do. Jesus is our fullness and our substance to fill any area of lack, including in our relationships.

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Our boss swag will either come from our self-reliance boast or our humble heart posture for a Sovereign God. As God peels away the layers that He has to remove for holy gain, the end product is a pursuit of holiness.

Our hearts are wicked in its sin nature. In order to grow into the person that God believes we can become, we have to be willing to forsake everything.

In Mark 10:17-22, we read a passage of a man that shares our sentiments. Will we be mimic his choice, or will we pay the cost for a greater reward?

This week remaining and weekend, can you press into some time with God and get it on your to do. Also, what are you reading/studying right now?

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Matthew 23:25-27

Real, lasting and life giving change requires an “inside then outside” approach. Jesus not only encourages this, He is pleased by it, and He ridicules those who take shortcuts.

We are not affective in our spheres of influence, nor will we be able to maximize ourselves if we do not follow the edict of Christ.

By championing within, we can champion the areas of our lives and the people that are touched by us. Greatness costs, legacy making stretches our boundaries of comfort. The cost is simply to live surrendered & under the internal microscope of the Holy Spirit.

Is greatness intriguing? Do you desire to embark on your full potential? Well…scoot up friends…Jesus has a roadmap for you to experience this, but it requires some looking and cleaning within.

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Who is you greatest influence?

What about them is influential to you?

I have a few key influences, but one supersedes them all; His name is Jesus! I am so grateful for those I follow for the greatness that they equip me with and their investing value in my life. Jesus, not only influences me, but He changed the trajectory of EVERY generation after Him!

Isn’t it amazing that we get to have this constant drip of knowledge and power into us?! Y’all, I cannot think of anyone greater to discuss as we wrap up this second discussion about “love” for the month of February.

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1 Corinthians 13:4-5

Love is in the air this week as we celebrated Valentine’s Day. I wonder if everyone feels loved. I think about those that feel less than loved, and don’t even feel as if anyone is “for” them.

The standard of love is subjective. The basis by which we spring board into other friendships and relationships is centered from our oneness with God. Our ability to accept and believe that God is for us, loves us, and is our protective Father aids our thriving and flourishing.

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We are wrapping up the last day reading Psalm 119!

As we piece together the array of themes and assess what take away from Psalm 119, what are your overall prune places? What are areas for growth? Anything that you are awe about?

This psalmist has greatly inspired me to continue to show up for my audience of one, who is God, and not just read all this truth He has provided without being a faithful doer of it.

Thanks for listening! I pray that you are being transformed greatly as you dig into this Word and get anchored.

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Day 20 ladies!! Let’s go!

We have been absorbing and possibly even applying, I pray, all the amazing instruction that has been found in God’s Word within these stanzas. Now, what is your unique “why” for the buy in that fuels your commitment to your relationship with Christ?

The things we check off on our boxes as to applaud ourselves and confirm our self-righteousness may be beneficial and purposeful, but without the why we will compromise when there is adversity and life inconveniences.

In Mark 10, Jesus talks with a guy who was the back then version of us today. He wanted Jesus’s stamp of approval, because of his sacrifices to the Lord. Jesus was compassionate and loving, but Jesus pointed out one area that is being hidden from Him. Rather than apologizing and immediately obeying, this rich ruler grieves for what Jesus requires him to give up. Jesus’s costs were too high. So, he abandoned all the “righteous” living he had done prior because this guys “why” was self-focused and self-actualizing rather than having a Christ surrendered “why.”

What’s your why friends?

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Over the last almost 3 weeks, we have been reading in Psalm 119 and it has been an amazing experience. Today, we are down to day 19!

Grace, grace, oh my Jesus your grace!! It is so sufficient and it covers a multitude of sins, and it also protects me from both my own foolishness and that of others.

I am so grateful that we serve a God that is committed to us! Aren’t you?! Whether He causes or allows the day to day situations, the reality is that He controls them all and it is all because of His grace that we exist.

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We are nearly done peeling away at Psalm 119. Today, we read verses 137- 144.

Gods Word, or the Bible has hit every verse so far within this Psalm 119! If not worded as such, it’s a synonym of it, from decrees to instructions. This psalmist is imploring us to not separate the character of God from His Word. We can trust Him and grow as we store His word in our heart (Psalm 119:11.)

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