Sharing Life and Christ

Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your own country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.  And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.  I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” Genesis 12:1-3 Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham.  And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.”  So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith. Galatians 3:7-9 I apologize in advance that what follows may be pretty jumbled.  God is in the process of impressing this truth on my heart and calling for the obedience of faith.  I haven’t arrived at solid conclusions other than to s...

Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus, my Lord.  For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish in order that I may gain Christ, and be found in him… Philippians 3:8-9a I had a sweet opportunity to serve at a worship service on Sunday night and I spoke on Philippians 3.  Elyse was there to support and encourage my efforts and said that a particular illustration was helpful (she also said that I hadn’t written any blogs in awhile!), so I thought I would share it a little more broadly.   I have been in a season for what seems like far too long of what I can only describe as complacency.  Sure, I’m still attending church and maintaining a devotional life in the Word, but my life doesn’t seem to be aimed at devotion to Jesus Christ.   I’m seeing more and more that I tend to wait around for my feelings to lead me into greater commitment to Jesus, which leads to a whole ...

Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus, my Lord.  For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish in order that I may gain Christ, and be found in him… Philippians 3:8-9a I had a sweet opportunity to serve at a worship service on Sunday night and I spoke on Philippians 3.  Elyse was there to support and encourage my efforts and said that a particular illustration was helpful (she also said that I hadn’t written any blogs in awhile!), so I thought I would share it a little more broadly.   I have been in a season for what seems like far too long of what I can only describe as complacency.  Sure, I’m still attending church and maintaining a devotional life in the Word, but my life doesn’t seem to be aimed at devotion to Jesus Christ.   I’m seeing more and more that I tend to wait around for my feelings to lead me into greater commitment to Jesus, which leads to a whole ...