Successful Failure: Training to the Point of Transforming
Our Father isn’t out to get us. However, He absolutely is out to train us. So look for and celebrate the little gains.
Importunity: The Command for Shameless Audacity
So… we’re supposed to ask God for things with shameless audacity?! Yeah! Humble submission to God’s command comes with the confidence of His strength on our side.
God will use the most messed up past the moment He becomes the highest moral authority. Which simply means that we love others above all things.
Sync’n Think’n: Living the Lord’s Life
There are infinite possible outcomes in every situation. But what actually happens depends on our decisions. And our desires make our decisions.
Dirty Hands: The Richest Man in the Room
Like the men in our story, true friends are willing to carry your mat, because true friends are willing to get their hands dirty.
Passing Judgment: Leaving Life to Join Jesus
Jesus made it obvious we’re all welcome, but until we see we’re all starving for what He’s serving, it’s easy to drag our feet on the way to His feast.
Lame Preaching: Silently Speaking Loud and Clear
Do you preach what you say you practice? We moralize and sermonize with every roll of the eyes, eyebrow rise, lip curl, cheek puff, and shoulder shrug.
Fixed Metaphors: Finding Meaning in Our Story
Sometimes, it takes seeing the meaning in a symbolic story to dig up and discover the message hidden in our own lives.
Hard Rock Hearts: Joining Our Living Cornerstone
Our heart is Jesus’ new home office, and our mind the headquarters of His Kingdom! So, in what shape is your heart?