Topic: Christian living

Do you know who you are? You are not what you do, what you are doing, or what you’ve done. You are not what’s been done to you. What you do doesn’t determine who you are, who you are determines what you do. Therefore, you are who Christ says you are.

The Gospel is the power of God in your life—the way God reverses the corruption of sin & repels the power of Satan from you. It’s the antidote that keeps death from eroding your life & the shield that keeps Satan from manipulating it. Paul is urging the Ephesians to take the things he taught them about God and cover every part of them with it … The way we keep the corrupting influence of the enemy out of our lives is by establishing every part of our life—our hopes, dreams, failures, worries, fears, relationships, disappointments—on the Gospel. The flip side is that whatever part of you is not established in the Gospel—whatever part is not saturated in the Gospel is subject to manipulation of the enemy against you.

You won’t coast your way to spiritual victory… If you don’t have a plan, you are not setting priorities, choosing relationships & growing intentionally… you’re dead. We are either killing sin or being killed by it.

We are created for God, and when we are one with God, our hearts are satisfied & filled. When we rejected God, we lost that essential, life-giving, soul-satisfying relationship. We found that our souls were starving; we felt naked. We know we’re missing something. We may not even realize what it is, or how we got to this place, but we know we’re searching for something.

Many feel unfulfilled and bored spiritually because they’ve never experienced the power of Christ surging through them.
When we are united in the body, we beautifully reflect the unity of God to a world that is divided on so many things.

What do you give your time to? What do you dream about? Would you give your money to? What do you give your thoughts to? Who has your heart? What has your heart? Because the answer to that is what you worshipped.

What comes into your mind—Comes out in your life.

In the New Testament “make disciples” applies to both helping someone with the initial act of conversion as well as helping them grow the rest of their life. You are supposed to be involved in all of that.

Generosity is the visible evidence of love. As we take steps of faith in our journey of generosity, God shapes our hearts. So, How is generosity shaping your heart?