October 2014

Image: Manifestation of Imagination by Erwin McManus

The hard work of materializing our dreams Write a manifesto declaring the kind of world you will create. Make a list of things in your imagination that would make the world better if they became a reality. Identify everything you could do now to make your life a closer reflection of the one you long […]

grace

Most errors circulating in the Christian world today can be found in the New Testament era. In particular, the two main enemies of the gospel—legalism and libertinism (license to sin)—were both present in the early church. Galatians was written to legalists—hence the strong emphasis on liberty, freedom, and grace. James was written to libertines, those […]

Live Loved

The journey of learning to live in the love of the Father progresses at the confluence of two streams: our unfolding circumstances and the ongoing revelation of God’s wonder. In response to a powerful email of transformation, Brad and Wayne discuss how our conversations with God at those points is what moves the journey forward […]

Addictions

Addictions are cycles that emerged in our lives when we cannot reduce our pain and anxiety through loving, intimate connections with people. #KYLO #Danny Silk

voices

Voice: The Narrative That Guides – The hard work of finding our own voice Think through all the voices that have informed you throughout your life. Write down each and every person who has influenced you for good or bad. Identify what their narrative for your life was and how it has shaped you. Make […]

Accept Love

When we accept our complete belovedness, we stop judging ourselves and other people; as a result, other people begin to feel safe with us. ~Nouwen

soul care

The CounterPoint group has spent several weeks discussing one’s heart desires, dream, and purpose. Which should naturally lead one into exploring the voices shapes your life for good and bad. This begins a short series of posts which provide a pathway towards discovering the voices and learning to identify the Voice of the Father. Soul: […]

Eliminate Hurry

Hurry is the great enemy of spiritual life in our day. You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life. ~Ortberg

Replacing the Church with Self by John Ortberg

Martin Seligman, a brilliant psychologist with no religious ax to grind, has a theory that it’s because we have replaced church, faith, and community with a tiny little unit that cannot bear the weight of meaning. That’s the self. We’re all about the self. We revolve our lives around ourselves. Ironically, the more obsessed we […]

Who are you becoming?

We circulate resumés that chronicle what we have accomplished, not who we have become. ~Ortberg Who are you becoming?

Refuse to Surrender

We have no control over the status of our birth or the genetic configuration that makes someone a prodigy or a genius, but we all have the opportunity to step into life’s circumstances and refuse to surrender to the mundane. We can bring meaning to every moment in every circumstance. ~McManus

Only God’s Love

God has created you and me with a heart that only God’s love can satisfy. And every other love will be partial, will be real, but limited, will be painful. And if we are willing to let the pain prune us, to give us a deeper sense of our belovedness, then we can be as […]

Were You Once More Than Now?

We all-men and women-were created in the image of God. Fearfully and wonderfully made, fashioned as living icons of the bravest, wisest, most stunning Person who ever lived. Those who have ever seen him fell to their knees without even thinking about it, as you find yourself breathless before the Grand Canyon or the Alps […]

Work of the Cross

The very presence of God was hidden from humankind behind a veil and only one man, a priest, could enter into that place once per year as a representative for all of man. That veil was torn when Christ died, exposing all of God’s presence to man directly. God exposing Himself and saying that you […]

Month: October 2014