God Centered Life

How do we get ourselves to stop being so uppity before God? How do we make ourselves realize our own spiritual poverty that we might inherit the kingdom in all its power and glory? The answer, of course, is that we cannot. Before you can receive spiritual fullness, you have to realize that you need it.

Matt 5:3

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People today want to be spiritual. They want to get in touch with a higher power, they believe in transcendence, they want connection with something out there. But Jesus says we must realize we are not spiritual at all.

Matt 5:3

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We need to recapture the idea of the power and authority of Jesus' Word in church life. That is what will feed people; that is what will grow people. And the lack of it is why we have nominal Christianity—people aren't being fed.

Matt 5:1-2

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You cannot interpret this passage without tackling King Solomon. He's sort of a hero figure here, but isn't this the guy who had 700 wives? That's not exactly the Genesis 2 template of one man and one woman for life.

Song of Songs 3:6 - 5:1

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Atonement is made at the point of confession. When we sin, grace abounds. Where we fail, mercy thrives. When we are broken, healing comes. God's grace and mercy comes to the point of our real need and brings healing.

Isaiah 6:1-7

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When you have a small god, people look big. You fear being open about who you are because you care about what others think. The only way to have people be real about who they are is to have them be real about who God is. As you center your life on God, you find fulfillment, integrity, and authenticity.

Isaiah 6:1-7

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Consumeristic Christianity finds people choosing a different church just because they don't like the music. When we talk about worship, our goal is to forget about the technicalities of music and actually worship God.

Hebrews 12:18-29

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What do you think of when you think of church? Perhaps you just can't see that it's going to make any real difference in the world in the times we live in. Sometimes we compartmentalize God from the rest of our lives. But church is a mission to the world.

Hebrews 10:19-25

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Some of you are disappointed by church. To be honest, you would rather play golf on Sunday morning. We all need to be called back to a vision of what the point of church is.

Hebrews 10:19-25

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Beware of the toothpaste-tube fallacy—going from a small thing (what's the right way to roll up the tube) to a massive thing (he doesn't love me anymore). Issues can build up over time in marriage and sometimes something small feels like the last straw. Take a step back and breathe!

Song of Songs 2:8 - 3:5

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