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I wanted to take this chance to update you all on the remarkable time in the Lord we had at our fall RezFast on September 8. RezFast is one of the ways we build a culture of prayer and fasting and concretize our need for Jesus in everything we do. As part of the service, I shared some thoughts on what the Lord is calling us to pray and fast for this coming year in the ...Continue Reading
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The Pursuit of Happiness: Day 10
Is there someone you’d like to talk with about happiness or the good life? Pass on the happiness: Is there someone you could serve or encourage this week?Continue Reading
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The Pursuit of Happiness: Day 9
The ninth beatitude proves to us that Jesus wants us out in the world bearing his name. The beatitudes are not a code of personal development or piety; rather, the beatitudes give us a framework by which to engage the world.
The ninth beatitude proves to us that Jesus wants us out in the world bearing his name. The beatitudes are not a code of personal development or piety; rather, the beatitudes give us a framework by which to engage the ...Continue Reading
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The Pursuit of Happiness: Day 8
There is a Kingdom of Heaven and we are invited to become a citizen of that Kingdom. While we may suffer during this lifetime as we live according to our new Kingdom’s values, we have a King who has conquered death and evil. One day, He will take away all sadness and pain.
There is a Kingdom of Heaven and we are invited to become a citizen of that Kingdom. While we may suffer during this lifetime as we live according to our new Kingdom’s values, we have a King who has conquered death and evil. One day, He will take away all sadness and ...Continue Reading
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The Pursuit of Happiness: Day 7
In acting as peacemakers, we imitate the Son of God, who is himself our peace and whose mission it was to unite all things in himself (Ephesians 2:14 and 1:10). Christ has reconciled us to God, so that even now in this world we can rest in his effective sacrifice on the cross.
In acting as peacemakers, we imitate the Son of God, who is himself our peace and whose mission it was to unite all things in himself (Ephesians 2:14 and 1:10). Christ has reconciled us to God, so that even now in this world we can rest in his effective sacrifice on the cross. ...Continue Reading
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The Pursuit of Happiness: Day 6
“…for they will see God” is one of the most hopeful verses in Scripture. We live in a world that believes that it is impossible to see God or to even know Him in any reliable way. Yet, the truth is just the opposite! We can see God. Christians know that God has made a way for us to get to know who He is.
“…for they will see God” is one of the most hopeful verses in Scripture. We live in a world that believes that it is impossible to see God or to even know Him in any reliable way. Yet, the truth is just the opposite! We can see God. Christians know that God has made a way for us to get to know who He is. ...Continue Reading
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The Pursuit of Happiness: Day 5
The blessedness of the fifth beatitude is not simply the fact that we will receive mercy if we show it, though that is blessing, indeed; rather, the abundance of this promise is in the utter imbalance of it. We show mercy—we pour our cup of self out for someone else in whatever way we might know how—and in that tiny space left from our self-offering, God’s mercy flows to us, filling and spilling over our meagerness and need.
The blessedness of the fifth beatitude is not simply the fact that we will receive mercy if we show it, though that is blessing, indeed; rather, the abundance of this promise is in the utter imbalance of it. We show mercy—we pour our cup of self out for someone else in whatever way we might know how—and in that tiny space left from our self-offering, God’s mercy flows to us, filling and ...Continue Reading
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The Pursuit of Happiness: Day 4
One thing that I have been aware of my whole life is that I have a deep desire, or hunger, for something I do not currently possess. It hits me as an intense longing or deep dissatisfaction with my current situation—most often in lonely places, late at night when I cannot sleep or after returning to mundane life after a mountaintop experience. The experience doesn’t feel like a blessing, but it actually is.
One thing that I have been aware of my whole life is that I have a deep desire, or hunger, for something I do not currently possess. It hits me as an intense longing or deep dissatisfaction with my current situation—most often in lonely places, late at night when I cannot sleep or after returning to mundane life after a mountaintop experience. The experience doesn’t feel like a blessing, but ...Continue Reading
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The Pursuit of Happiness: Day 3
When I’m honest, “meek” is not a word that I get excited about. In my mind it brings up ideas of weakness, but Chromatius reminds us that some of the toughest men in Scripture have been called meek. My connotation of meek is usually “weak” but the truth is that we worship a meek God so it cannot mean “weak.”
When I’m honest, “meek” is not a word that I get excited about. In my mind it brings up ideas of weakness, but Chromatius reminds us that some of the toughest men in Scripture have been called meek. My connotation of meek is usually “weak” but the truth is that we worship a meek God so it cannot mean ...Continue Reading
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The Pursuit of Happiness: Day 2
For the next 10 weekdays, we'll be studying Jesus' teaching in Matthew 5 on what it means to be blessed. Follow along here on the blog, download the whole booklet here, or pick up a copy on Sunday. As part of our Festival, we'll be talking about "The Pursuit of Happiness" at church for the next three Sundays as well.
"Blessed are Those Who Mourn"
For the next 10 weekdays, we'll be studying Jesus' teaching in Matthew 5 on what it means to be blessed. Follow along here on the blog, download the whole booklet here, or pick up a copy on Sunday. As part of our Festival, we'll be talking about "The Pursuit of Happiness" at church for the next three Sundays as well. "Blessed are Those Who ...Continue Reading
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