It is one thing to talk about who God is and how we should live, it is another to Live Like That.
Live Like That
The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. Jesus
When the music fades all is stripped away and I simply come, longing just to bring something that’s of worth that will bless Your heart. Matt Redman
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
1 John 2:15-17: Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. The world […]
Psalm 86:10-11: For you are great and perform wonderful deeds. You alone are God. Teach me your ways, O Lord, that I may live according to your truth! Grant me purity of heart, so that I may honor you.
God’s holiness does not set Him apart to be removed from an unholy world, but reveals His desire to be “in and for” a world that He loves.
The Church is God’s show-and-tell for the world to see how God wants us to live as a family. Scot McKnight
Romans 8:15-16: God’s Spirit doesn’t make us slaves who are afraid of Him. Instead, we become His children and call Him our Father. God’s Spirit makes us sure that we are His children.
“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Establishing Multiplying Missional Christian Communities - Southside Community Church 2015