Noah's wisdom wasn't apparent until it began to rain. Don't worry about what others think- go hard after Jesus. He's worthy. -Mike Bickle
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The Lion of Judah conquered because he was willing to act the part of a lamb. He came into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday like a king on the way to a throne, and He went out of Jerusalem on Good Friday like a lamb on the way to a slaughter. He drove out the robbers from the Temple like a lion devouring its prey. And then at the end of the week He gave His majestic neck to the knife, and they slaughtered the Lion of Judah like a sacrificial lamb. -John Piper
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Today I am longing for something authentic, aching for Jesus, wanting Him and Him alone, undone by the piercing depths of His life and love. My heart can barely stand the thought of another “unique teaching” or “keen insight” from one more “anointed” vessel. Taste for the eternal fades as we exchange the burning gaze of seraphim for the unyielding boredom of Dr. Phils dressed in preachers’ garb. O God, save us from the insightful sages of our day and give us that which has always mystified the saints and terrorized devils. -Allen Hood
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The great missionary heroes of previous generations were unimpressive men and women who humbly gave the nations an impressive God. Modern media has seduced a generation into a vain imagination: that natural charisma is anointing and that gifting is the key to success. The challenge of modern church leadership: training a generation to walk in the power of the Holy Spirit without drawing attention to self. -David Sliker
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Jesus gave the 12 power over demons (Matthew 10:1), but later said, "You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you” (Acts 1:8) If they had already been given power, why did they need to receive power again? Because they had lost the power they had been given. Their power was by virtue of their relationship to Christ in His bodily presence on earth. When He left, everything changed. He was saying power would be restored to their lives as they entered into a vital relationship with the Holy Spirit. It was the same power—and ever greater—based not on His physical proximity but on an indwelling relationship with the Holy Spirit. -Bob Sorge
Saturday, August 03, 2013
Religious constructs built around abstinence from permissible things creates an illusion of transformation propped up by fear, not love. We abstain from permissible things to reach for what is beneficial because we have been awakened to love and long to abide in Christ. Abiding in Christ is the only means to honestly confront the issues of the heart that continually cause us to come short in our calling. -David Sliker
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The story of the Incarnation is the story of a descent and resurrection... one has the picture of a diver, stripping off garment after garment, making himself naked, then flashing for moment in the air, and then down through the green, and warm and sunlit water into the pitch black, cold, freezing water, down into the mud and slime, then up again, his lungs almost bursting, back again into the green and sunlit water, and then at last out into the sunshine, holding in his hand the dripping thing he went down to get. This thing is human nature. -CS Lewis
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The calloused heart is a fierce and capable foe that must be beaten back daily with the weapon of wondrous, Spirit-filled joy. We must fight for the kind of tenderness of heart that refuses to let the awesome become overfamiliar, and the beautiful become plain. When love grows cold, it doesn't happen all at once. It's the culmination of thousands of small choices to believe the worst about people. -David Sliker
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For the world, there is no message more offensive than the crucified and resurrected God-Man who has now been appointed as the Earth's Judge.
For the church, there is no message more offensive than the call to pursue the fullness of God in full partnership with the Bridegroom.
Grace is free, and freely given to empower a costly pursuit to experience all that God wants to bring the human heart into in this life. -David Sliker
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Stephen and John the Baptist could have preserved their lives by keeping their mouths shut when in the presence of adversaries. Someone could say, “Stephen wasn’t a martyr, he brought it on himself.” But faithful witnesses speak up, even if it means losing their life. Lord, deliver me from the silence of self-preservation. -Bob Sorge
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When hearing any sermon, our first priority is to look for a biblical connection to Jesus, then forge a clear action plan of application. How a sermon makes you "feel" in the moment is irrelevant, and actually unhelpful, if we take Paul's charge to "test all things" seriously. If our primary means of discernment is how sermons make us feel, we're in grave danger of being held captive to the seduction of sentiment. Have we built our understanding of Jesus around how He makes us feel or around who He really is? -David Sliker
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