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Eyes and Ears part 2

08/20/2015 12:19

It's all about love. Which means it's all about the heart. Because God's heart beats in our chest... with love. So when we're talking about the way we perceive things, the way we see and hear things, we're STILL talking about the heart. Proverbs 23:7 tells us that, "...as he thinketh in his heart,...

Eyes and Ears part 1

08/19/2015 10:50

In order to truly understand the way things are, we need to go a little deeper. The Kingdom of God is within us, so we need to go past the surface stuff. I know that surface stuff is right in your face. The world is screaming at the top of it's lungs to try to get you to conform. But watch this:...

Affirmation part 5

08/18/2015 12:12

To affirm someone is to acknowledge them. To let them know that they have value. That they exist, and are important. As able bodied minsters of the New Covenant--the Government of Affirmation--that's our "job." That's what true ministry is all about. It's not about being on a sin hunt. Not about...

Affirmation part 4

08/17/2015 11:08

Dictionary.com defines "Affirmation" as, "the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed." Which isn't super helpful. But it also defines "Affirmation" as, "the assertion that something exists or is true." And that's what I'm talking about! To me affirming someone is acknowledging...

Affirmation part 3

08/16/2015 12:15

As able bodied ministers of the New Covenant, it is our "job" to affirm one another, rather than condemning one another. But I want to make it very very clear that I'm NOT saying we should put ourselves in bad situations. For example, if you have a problem with alcohol, and your friends want to go...

Affirmation part 2

08/15/2015 12:04

The New Covenant is the Government of Affirmation. And I'm convinced that affirming each other is the best way to accept each other. Focusing on, a celebrating, what makes us unique, instead of trying to force each other into some impossible standard of what a Christian is "supposed to be." And,...

Affirmation part 1

08/14/2015 15:16

I know, I know, I get stuck on things easily. But my pastor taught me a very important lesson a long time ago when he told me, "Preach it until your heart is empty on it." And this idea of acceptance is still heavy on my heart. I think it's so important. Important to the people we accept--because...

Acceptable part 5

08/13/2015 15:07

Here's what we seem to think: "If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door..." (Genesis 4:7). And, clearly, this is in the Bible. But it's in the OLD TESTAMENT of the Bible. And you almost have to read the Bible backwards in a lot of cases. You...

Acceptable part 4

08/12/2015 10:21

If you need to change someone in order to love them, then you don't really love THEM at all. You love the idea of who you think they should be. And, tragically, I think this is why so many of us are not happy with ourselves. We have this idea of who we're supposed to be, and yet we never seem to...

Acceptable part 3

08/11/2015 16:53

If someone has to change before you accept them... you really haven't accepted THEM at all. And that's the problem I have with the idea that, "God loves you just the way you are, but He loves you too much to leave you that way." Either we're accepted in the Beloved, or we're not. Either He loves us...

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