Full Send Living

What is worship? How do we worship God? 

Is worship something we do at church or is it something we do in our lives? Or both? 

In this weeks episode Ethan & Nate discuss what worship is and what it is not. 

SEND IT this week by worshipping the Lord without making it about you! 

By recalling what the Lord has delivered you from it reminds your heart what to be thankful for. Thankfulness and gratitude are things that live in the heart of every person who is a follower of Jesus because within their heart is a river of thankfulness flowing out to the Lord because of all the things He has delivered us from. 

If you ever feel like your faith is weak, lifeless and mundane it probably correlates to your remembrance of how the Lord liberated you. The key to following the Lord is looking ahead to the Freedom that Jesus has provided us while also looking back at the cages that he set us free from. It's a great dance of thankfulness and remembering how far the Lord has brought us. 

What has the Lord delivered you from? We would love to know! Message us on instagram! @ethanbricker 

This week SEND IT by recalling what the Lord has delivered you from and choosing to not consume any media or substance that may take away your freedom. 

In this weeks episode Ethan & Nate discuss being teachable no matter how old we get. Whether you are in your prime or you are being taught how to use social media by a Gen Z we all have the ability to learn something new. Sometimes we limit ourselves from learning new things because we feel like things are beyond our ability to learn. We want to help you overcome that belief system!

This week SEND IT by being teachable and by giving yourself some grace to learn something you've never done before! 

We all want as many choices as we can possibly obtain. Choices make us feel powerful because it gives us a little feeling of being able to chose the best possible option for us. But what happens when you are overloaded with too many choices? In this weeks episode Nate & Ethan discuss how to overcome choice overload.

This week SEND IT by creating a systematic routine that will help eliminate choice fatigue in your life. 

In this weeks episode we had the honor of having Kim Wahl sit down with us and discuss the idea of "This is my Truth".  

The idea that truth is relative is a very slippery slope that can cause dangerous belief systems and a life that is built on insecurities and lies that we have called truths. Relativity is selfish in nature because it demands the rest of the world to conform to what is the most comfortable and convenient "truth" to you. Truth is not something that conforms to our situation or our beliefs. It's quite the opposite actually. We are supposed to conform to Truth. When Truth (Jesus) arrives on the scene he actually reveals more truth to us. Truth is unshakeable because it wasn't made with human hands and wasn't formed through human thought. Truth doesn't recalculate as it is the most calculated thing in existence because it is defined by the person who brought about existence itself.

This week SEND IT by getting into the word of God and discover truth. Do whatever you need to do to keep Truth at the forefront of your mind.

Kim is the author of The Complaining Cure and the co-lead pastor of The River Church in Kimball Michigan. You can purchase Kim's book The Complaining Cure and subscribe to her newsletter and blog  at OneStepCloser.life. You can also purchase The Complaining Cure on Amazon and Audible. 

In this weeks episode Ethan Bricker & Nate Thompson talk about the importance of rest and how it is key to being present with the people you love. Do you ever go on a vacation and then return from your vacation and you feel like YOU STILL NEED A VACATION. Rest is illusive to us so often because we can't stop hustling or planning our next thing. When we truly find rest though, we are able to be fully present with the people we love. Rest is key to being present. 

This week SEND IT by taking a day to fully rest. Put a pause on planning. Stop talking about the next thing on your to do list. Stop researching the next thing you need to work on AND REST. Don't let your goals own you. Enjoy your life and rest in your accomplishments long enough to recharge to take on the next one. 

We've all met someone who had a great impact on our lives. Chances are the reason they had such a profound impact on our life is because they were present and accessible to us. Mr. Rogers for instance was a man that lived this out to its fullness. When Mr. Rogers was with people they felt fully heard, fully accepted and challenged to learn his art of slowing the world down just to be present. He knew how to be present and accessible to the people he loved.

Being present & accessible is SUPER difficult. We all struggle with this. It requires you to stop worrying or thinking about the future and slowing down to be in the moment. Which is really hard because many of us feel like we are accomplishing something by planning or thinking about what we will be doing 2 hours from now. It's important that if we want to make an impact on the people around us that we slow our internal world down to be in the moment with the people that want connection with us.

This week SEND IT by slowing down and being present and accessible with people who want to engage with you. 

So many of us struggle to serve others if what we are doing doesn't directly benefit us. Too many times we catch ourselves serving in order to receive something back. How many times have you served and been searching for a good feeling? You know what feeling I'm talking about. It's the feeling you get when you watch the sunrise with someone close to you. It's that thing that happens in your chest when someone says "I love you.". It's that buzz in your head when a whole room of people applause for you. It's Dopamine.

Dopamine is a reward chemical that goes off in our brain when something good happens. It's there to reinforce the feeling of "This is good." or "This feels good.". So often we catch ourselves not wanting to serve others unless we have that hit of dopamine. It's so important that we are able to serve others without needing anything in return. Yes, even a little head buzz from your brain enjoying a compliment. It's not to say that any of that is bad! It's not. Encouragement is needed. Love is needed! Gifts are amazing to receive. But you have the ability to serve well without those things.

This week SEND IT by repositioning your yes and your heart to serve well! 

What will you be bringing to the table in 2021? There will still be  things you wish were better, relational conflicts and ongoing frustrations but how will you handle them? Will you complain about them or will you ask yourself "what am I bringing to the table to help fix this problem of mine?". You can either bring a good attitude to each and every day or you can bring a bummer attitude to every day and complain about things. This year be a solution maker. Bring your best! Bring something to the table! 

This year SEND IT by bringing your best to the table in 2021! 

In this Christmas special episode Nate and Ethan discuss the importance of knowing Jesus as who He WAS and also who He IS. In the book of Revelation, John saw his best friend Jesus in a new light that he had never seen  him as when Jesus was walking with the disciples on the earth. He saw Jesus as He truly WAS AND IS. He saw what Jesus looked like before He came to be the savior of humanity.

John inspires us not to become bored or familiar with who Jesus is. John knew there was more beyond the veil. This Christmas we encourage you to look deeper into your heart, into the word and into this life you have been given and seek the Jesus who is glorified and sitting at the right hand of the Father right now.

This Christmas SEND IT by seeing Jesus for ALL that he IS. Don't be afraid to ask God to speak to you!