I just got this book called "Undaunted" by Christine Caine. Wow! I have just read through chapter one and my heart is so on fire! Since the vision for The Well came into my heart I have had an urgency building with in me, but I know that I am holding back. And it's driving me crazy! It's this battle between flesh and the spirit! Oh how I long for God to move me to action! Lord take my longings and passions and put them into a reality!!
Christine defines the "Normal Christian Life" as this: "Living boldly and courageously in the face of great difficulty, and amazing the world by beating the odds, for God's glory. It is what the apostle Paul meant when he told Timothy, ' The spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.' (2 Timothy 1:7)
We are all called to live the "Normal Christian Life!" Living in power, love and self discipline is supposed to be normal. What does that look like? When trying to put legs on those words, that's when fear can creep in. It sounds amazing and we all long to live like that, but when it comes to actually doing it I know I chicken out. Lord help us live out our calling. That's the key..we can't do it. He has to help us! The Holy Spirit was sent to us to live within us and be our counselor. Let him counsel you through the "Normal Christian Life!"
May this be your motivation!
"There is only one rescuer I know, with the power to free us from the darkest prison. That rescuer is the God I love, who loves us so much he left everything to come for us, to free us. He is the one who made us, each of us, for a unique purpose and a magnificent destiny. He makes right what the world makes wrong. His plans are for good, not for evil. His ways are straight and merciful. He came to give me a hope and a future - and to give you one too. His promises are true. His love is full of forgiveness and peace, joy and kindness, grace. He is the true rescuer. He saves us from any prison whether physical or emotional or spiritual, the ones we're forced into the ones we fall into on our won. He chooses us. He can make all things new. He loves us without condition, unrelentingly, forever. He loves us broken, and he loves making us whole again. An he asks those of us who love him to love others the same way. To choose them. To be agents of his hope, his forgiveness, his grace. He asks us to join him in rescuing others." ("Undaunted" by Christine Caine)
10/30/13
10/2/13
{If God is real...then what?}
So I figured it was time to start updating the blog so it can be a place where you can come to be filled, refreshed, updated, and motivated to love! So here it is....
WEEK 1 {If God is real, then what?}
I have been so encouraged lately to fall upon a group of women that are asking the question, "IF God is real, then what?" If the God of the Bible is who he says he is, then how does that effect how we live our lives? Jesus asked Peter in Matthew 16:15-17
"But what about you?" he asked. “Who do you say I am?”
Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
There was responsibility that came with Peters response. What is your response to Jesus' questions? Who do you say that He is? When I think of the Grace that comes in giving my life to Jesus, realizing what he has done for me on the cross. I have been set FREE! This love and grace spurs me to action. It has caused a fire to burn in me. A fire of love and gratitude and an urgency for others to know that freedom! I want to live my life so unhindered and fearless because I know that My God is for me not against me, and he has equipped me. He goes before me, and loves through me. What a gift to be used by him!
So....according to Jennie Allen:
Let’s fight and live like crazy women who believe this is true.
WEEK 1 {If God is real, then what?}
I have been so encouraged lately to fall upon a group of women that are asking the question, "IF God is real, then what?" If the God of the Bible is who he says he is, then how does that effect how we live our lives? Jesus asked Peter in Matthew 16:15-17
"But what about you?" he asked. “Who do you say I am?”
Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
There was responsibility that came with Peters response. What is your response to Jesus' questions? Who do you say that He is? When I think of the Grace that comes in giving my life to Jesus, realizing what he has done for me on the cross. I have been set FREE! This love and grace spurs me to action. It has caused a fire to burn in me. A fire of love and gratitude and an urgency for others to know that freedom! I want to live my life so unhindered and fearless because I know that My God is for me not against me, and he has equipped me. He goes before me, and loves through me. What a gift to be used by him!
So....according to Jennie Allen:
Let’s fight and live like crazy women who believe this is true.
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