Embracing Brokenness

The Bible talks about God's view of lukewarm believers. It's clear in Revelation what He thinks of that. We live in a divided nation. The enemy is looking to assault our hearts and therefore our commitment to faith in Christ. He's also intent on derailing our ability to share that faith with an unsaved world.

Steve examines the challenge of living a different way. One totally sold out toward intimacy with God and our fellow man. Loving as Jesus showed us. Uncompromised by the conditions around us in a world gone mad. What's the solution? Listen in to this week's Podcast. 

We all need people in relationships that are safe. Safe to talk with and converse about the most difficult issues that surround our daily lives. From there we can develop a safe community of several folks willing to walk alongside us helping in any way the Holy Spirit guides. People that we can trust to have our back without judgment are often hard to find. But God..... will do that for us. He'll guide us to those that He deems safe.

In this Podcast, Colleen does a deep dive into the concept of Safe People and Safe Community in the context of developing trust with our fellow man.

So what is progressive Christianity? It sounds like it could be a good thing. Making progress in our relationship with God perhaps. But progress is a neutral word. You can progress toward falling off a cliff or toward life, health, and healing. How we do that as believers is a critical decision. Many have strayed from the foundations of the faith.

In today's Podcast Steve examines the truth of scripture and the danger in any other teaching that would deviate from that truth.

The most significant event in human history took place roughly 2,000 years ago yesterday. The resurrection of Jesus Christ, our Savior. 

On this Podcast, Steve reviews the events leading up to this life-saving moment. 

In this second of a two-part podcast, we delve deeper into our journey of wholeness through Christ. Colleen provides her take in explaining Barna's research in this 10-Stop Transformational process.

Six years after beginning what he assumed would be a relatively typical research process that sought to better understand how God transforms people’s lives, researcher George Barna discovered that he had tackled a deeply challenging and amazingly revealing journey. The product of his effort was the ability to identify some of the developmental processes, experiences, and obstacles that are common across the lives of Americans of all backgrounds. He contends that while the details of people’s developmental stories differ, everyone is on a spiritual journey and there is sufficient similarity in those journeys that we can describe a normative life path – a map that can help people make greater progress if their goal is to become more Christ-like.

In this two-part podcast, we explore the journey toward wholeness in Christ - toward the place of exhibiting a deeply profound love of God and others. It's a process highlighted by embracing our own brokenness and discovering a different path.

Six years after beginning what he assumed would be a relatively typical research process that sought to better understand how God transforms people’s lives, researcher George Barna discovered that he had tackled a deeply challenging and amazingly revealing journey. The product of his effort was the ability to identify some of the developmental processes, experiences, and obstacles that are common across the lives of Americans of all backgrounds. He contends that while the details of people’s developmental stories differ, everyone is on a spiritual journey and there is sufficient similarity in those journeys that we can describe a normative life path – a map that can help people make greater progress if their goal is to become more Christ-like.

Thousands of years ago Adam and Eve made a choice. Knowing what we know now we likely would have chosen differently. Unfortunately, there were consequences to the freedom allowing them to decide to sin against their Creator. That didn't work out so well. But there's so much for us to learn about God, our view of Him, our view of ourselves, and the patterns of behavior we've been experiencing ever since. Getting close to the wounds that drive us and our "isms" used to anesthetize the pain can be challenging. Consider the healing that will take place. We see it in scripture and we see it in our own lives and those whom God brings to us as we walk out this journey.

Pay attention to what He wants to say to you through Colleen's teaching. It may just get you jump-started on your journey.

Our enemy continues his efforts to steal not only our joy but our connection with the One who brings that joy. The times call for an all-out frontal attack against the one doing that attacking. There are a host of ways to accomplish that but it starts first by deepening our relationship with Christ. By attending to our own Soul Care above all else.

How do we do that? First by recognizing it's an issue and secondly by renewing our commitment to doing something about it. Pause for one. Connect for another. Let's talk about it in today's Podcast. 

In this episode of the Podcast, we discuss the vital nature of securing safe people in our lives. People we can trust with our deepest concerns as we walk in our own healing journey with Christ. God calls us to community and Godly relationships that help us find our way through the rough terrains of life. Colleen uses an analogy you'll find interesting called the Glass Ball. Who can you entrust with your very unique and very special Glass Ball?

For more on this subject and many others that will aid in your transformational journey with Christ visit our website at www.embracingbrokenness.org Be sure and sign up for our emails and visit our social media links for more content. 

Blessings to you as we enter the year of our Lord 2021.