Let's Be Real

Anarchy is a word that we are hearing a LOT lately - but what does that have to do with us? In our personal lives? Let's talk about an idea I call 'Anarchy of the Heart'. You may not want to hear this idea, but this is where we have to be willing to 'Be Real' in our walk with the Lord, and what that looks like in the lives we live.

As believers, created in God's image, we are created for a love of drama. But where do we fill up on drama? In the pages of Scripture, the character of God, and the power of the Gospel? Or in the happenings of this world? Let's Be Real and honest with ourselves, as we evaluate our need for drama!

I believe our default is to live as if we are living in peacetime, but as believer's we are living every day in a battle. We must live and unite as if it is wartime, and start our fight with prayer. Join me in a challenge of living in wartime and in a night of prayer!

Ephesians 2:11-22 talks about the reconciliation of the Saints into one body, and into God's family. As we talk about rehearsing the truth's of the gospel, I believe focusing on 'our Inheritance with the Saints', is a very practical and helpful aspect of the gospel to remember.

We continue our look at the book 'A Gospel Primer' by Milton Vincent. We fight a daily battle, one that is not against flesh and blood but against spiritual forces - that is why our daily protection that gospel offers is so important. We also talk about resting in Christ's  righteousness rather than in our own...join in as we continue to talk about ways that the gospel informs and can encourage our daily lives.

Let's take the next couple of weeks to talk about a book called "A Gospel Primer" by Milton Vincent, where we will learn helpful hints on how to rehearse and preach the gospel to ourselves everyday. This week we'll talk about one way to meditate on the Gospel, and how it is called in scripture, "God's Power". Get the book and follow along with me and I highlight some of my favorites that he teaches, or listen in for the next 3-4 weeks. 

We look at the story of Namaan the Leper in 2 Kings 5, to see a picture of how expectations can blind us from God's working, and how people can encourage others in their faith in the midst of those expectations.

John 14:27 Tells us that Jesus gives us His Peace...We already have it! So why don't we always feel peaceful? Maybe that is because we give it away.

Time goes FAST... Crazy Fast! Who needs a reminder to slow down and live in the moment? This girl! This 4th of July weekend, in a weird and different time for us all, let us reflect on the gift of time each day, and live in the present.