Following Jesus: The Goal of Jesus and How We Get There
The purpose for which we were made is to be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
The purpose for which we were made is to be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Just through the thin veil of what we see with our eyes exists the fullness of the Kingdom of God.
One of the most spectacular stories in the Bible is a group of men on a mission to get their friend to Jesus.
The Word of God is a language and anyone filled with the Spirit of God can be empowered by God to speak it fluently.
When we love someone for the wonder and beauty of who they are, regardless of what they can do for us, we are friends.
The most beautiful thing is that Jesus has actually turned death—the greatest tragedy—into the greatest healing by the gift of a new birth into a life so durable it cannot be finally killed.
Jesus woke up every morning knowing only one person was looking for him—his Father.
Awakening is not an uptick in religious activities, but street-level healing in Jesus name.
Jesus came to fill us with himself so much so that heaven would break in on earth.
We must pay very close attention to the way Jesus honors this reality of the image of God in every single person.
The mind of Jesus looks like obedience. Moment by moment obedience. Trusted relational obedience. Abiding obedience.
I can be so focused on my plans that I miss the possibilities of the kingdom of heaven to break in on earth through the things I would consider interruptions.