God Centered Life

JOY comes from putting Jesus first, then Others, then finally Yourself. So often we put it the other way around. Even for those who are discouraged, joy can be found. Jesus offers complete joy and a pathway to experiencing the reality that is not based on our cirucmstances and that is more than merely happiness.

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Many of us have seen our earthly treasures go through some precarious times. But there is a treasure store that thieves cannot break into, and you can choose to invest there.

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It's a glorious vision to be united with our family and friends in faith. Jesus wants us to love each other so others know we are His disciples. We all want to be like that, but how do we love each other and be united when it's so hard?

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One great heresy that the Western church has been captivated by is consumerism. Since everything in our society is excessively marketed and sold to us, our natural default mode is to think of church in the same way. Church has a product marketed to meam I going to buy it or not?

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We tend to think of our identity as being on a voyage of self discovery. But Christians are on a journey to become more like Jesus. Our task is not to "find ourselves" but to become who we were made to be.

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We tend to live in an honor/shame paradigm. You see it in social media where we watch how many likes we get to see if we're being honored or shamed. But Jesus' mission has been accomplished, and therefore we are secure and we don't need to strive for honor and fight against shame.

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Jesus is expanding the horizon and speaking about eternal life. That's hard for us to do because we're constantly bombarded by things happening right now and we want everything on demand. We need to get back to what life is really all about.

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Modern life constantly plays a trick on us and tells us that we are going to live forever, and if we worship the right gods of money, power, and sex, we will gain fame and freedom and success. But fasting reminds us of our dependence on God for everythingwe are not invincible, we're not unvulnerable, and we need God.

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One way of summarizing Jesus' prayer here is that it's the greatest prayer ever prayed that comes after the greatest sermon ever preached! It contains both intercession and instruction, and it reveals Jesus' heart for us.

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Context is so important when we study Scripture. "There is now therefore no condemnation" is not all the text says even though the words are there.

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