Epic Every Day

Waiting is hard because we're also designed for glory—we catch glimpses of the way it should be and get heartsick having to wait. We struggle so much in the meantime—but if there wasn't a "meantime" to struggle/pray/worship God, it would not be as full of a life. Patience is the difference between choosing to wait well and being stressed and anxious and in a hurry all the time.

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Liz's book: Tales From A Spacious Place

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We're called to love, and love is patient—but people are nearly impossible to be patient with! Liz and Evan Frerichs talk about what drives them crazy about other people and talk about balance. Part of the definition of patience is having the power to act but refraining from doing so. This is a skill we all need to learn.

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Liz's book: Tales From A Spacious Place

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Have you ever said to yourself, "Why am I not learning patience quickly enough!?" It's hard to be gentle with ourselves. We're often our harshest critic. But we don't have to do that to ourselves. God is all about giving us room to grow, to practice patience. After all, if God just granted our prayers as soon as we prayed them, we wouldn't need patience.

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Liz's book: Tales From A Spacious Place

Music by: Nu Skiffle Brigade used under creative commons license

You're going to be waiting, but will you be patient or not? Waiting often leads us to ask "why?": Why is this not happening faster? Why did that delay or hang-up happen to me? We need to surrender and have faith like in the song It is Well With My Soul where it says "when my faith shall be sight." God has given us a way to learn to trust and be patient. We get there through prayer.

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Liz's book: Tales From A Spacious Place

Music by: Nu Skiffle Brigade used under creative commons license

It's almost impossible to slow down and be still—let alone be patient with the process. We demand fast computers, phones, and transportation. There's very little time built into our culture where we're OK with waiting. Though waiting happens, patience is not automatic, it's part of the fruit of the Spirit that must be cultivated in our lives.

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Liz's book: Tales From A Spacious Place

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If God can't forgive you for it, it's not a sin. We're wrapping up our week on forgiveness with some final distinctions. There's a difference between mistakes and sin. There's also a lot of forgiveness work we need to do between us and God, and also between us and our community. This all takes pushing into discomfort, but the benefits are out of this world!

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Liz's book: Tales From A Spacious Place

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Forgiveness and reconciliation are different, but a lot of Christians tend to think of them as the same thing. Forgiveness is something you can do by yourself in your heart, but reconciliation requires cooperation from the other person. Forgiveness is mandatory for Christians, reconciliation is a command as well, but we can only do our part.

Pamela Aidan's book: http://a.co/gubo48n

Fairly Spiritual episode: https://www.fairlyspiritual.org/2018/05/08/reconciliation-the-motivation-of-my-life/

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Liz's book: Tales From A Spacious Place

Music by: Nu Skiffle Brigade used under creative commons license

Minimization is another huge enemy of true forgiveness and grace. But we do it because we can't face the pain of owning our sin—whether it's against God or others. Fear of strong emotions also drive us to minimization. Who wants to admit they're depressed or an angry person? But God can take all of this and fold it into His work on the cross.

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Liz's book: Tales From A Spacious Place

Music by: Nu Skiffle Brigade used under creative commons license

Do you feel comforted or angry knowing God commands us to forgive others or we won't be forgiven ourselves? This is so key to our faith, we don't want to end up like the pharisees, thinking there is nothing wrong. Once we understand the depth of our sin and the completeness of God's work on the cross, we have no reason not to forgive others.

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Liz's book: Tales From A Spacious Place

Music by: Nu Skiffle Brigade used under creative commons license

We all tend to keep some degree of bitterness in our heart. And we have our pet ways of justifying it—the hurt was really bad, they never changed, I'm not sure how to even let this feeling go, and on and on! So if we're commanded to forgive, and we are, what's next? This week we're diving into real forgiveness. We're not sweeping anything under the rug.

Epic Every Day is available on Radio Public, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Sticher and YouTube.

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Liz's book: Tales From A Spacious Place

Music by: Nu Skiffle Brigade used under creative commons license