The times when I feel most unworthy and filled with failure are often the times that I find the most rest
It is when I stop looking inwards for hope that the Gospel takes hold of me
The Gospel that is for me, regardless of my actions
‘Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus
KAT is shooting 85.4 eFG% (🤯) on catch & shoot attempts in the playoffs. 59.1% on catch & shoot 3s
Out of his mind shooting accuracy so far. Wouldn’t mind him getting up even more shots, but he’s playing within himself, filling his role, & locking up defensively. Dialed.
Is #Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins a Hall of Famer already? He is criminally underrated…
-4x Pro Bowler
-37,140 Passing Yards
-2015 Most Improved Player
-252 touchdowns
-8 straight seasons with 25 TDs+ (5th player ever)
-66.8 career completion percentage
-NFL completion percentage leader (2015)
-Bart Starr Award (2022)
-Tied for first in game-winning drives in a single season in #NFL history
-Most fourth-quarter comebacks in a single season: 8
-3,249 completions
-Passer rating: 97.8
-10th in Average Passing Yards/Game in #NFL history
-Led the #Vikings to the biggest comeback in NFL history
-@KirkCousins8 ranks sixth all-time in completion percentage with at least 1,500 pass attempts and is eighth in the #NFL's all-time regular season career passer rating
@vaynersports | @MikeMcCartney7
If You Think You’re Saved Because…
If we receive God’s approval by obeying laws, then Christ’s death was pointless. (Galatians 2:21)
If you think you’re saved because you do good things like:
•go to church
•read your Bible
•evangelize
Or, if you think you’re saved because you *don’t* do bad things like:
•have illicit sex
•do drugs
•steal from your company
then you’ve fired Jesus and hired yourself as CEO of your self-salvation project. Then Christ’s death was pointless.
We contribute 0% to our salvation. Christ does 100%. He saves us, gives us faith, keeps us in the faith.
God gives, we receive.
He is active, we are passive.
All glory goes exclusively to him.
Every time I start patting myself on the back for doing some good deed, along comes a prophet like Isaiah who takes my hand off my back and points my finger to these words, "O LORD...you have indeed done for us all our works," (26:12).
Every good comes from him. All our good works are the work of the Spirit within us, using us as his hands and feet and mouth to serve our neighbors in this life.
Far from taking anything away from us, it fills us with gratitude in knowing that God, the source of all good, has filled us with himself.
“Apart from me you can do nothing,” Jesus said. But in him and he in us, much good is done as we work and serve in this world to bring light and truth and mercy.
When we stop expecting so much of our neighbor, we leave room for grace
It isn’t loving to put unrealistic expectations on someone
We have no basis on which we can withhold forgiveness
The only one who does is Jesus
And He never will
King James is now the all time leading scorer in basketball history with ->38,388 points
King Jesus continues to be the all time leading savior in world history with -> whoever believes in Him
Salvation being extra nos is so liberating.
"I feel bad for sinning, but do I feel bad enough?"
"I'm contrite, but maybe I should be more contrite?"
Looking within is a trap. Looking to Christ is fredom.
Sure your contrition is imperfect, but Christ is perfect.
I just got back from a retreat where
I was reminded of the Peace that comes from being in Christ
Not a worldly peace that comes from practicing “mindfulness” or “hacks”
A peace between us and God that lets us have joy in this world
No need for uncertainty
It is truly finished
Christians are called into the Priesthood of all Believers
Preaching isn’t reserved for those in pastoral positions
The pulpit is just one of the many places where the Gospel should be proclaimed
Proclaim the Gospel in every circumstance
Christ for you, for me