@elvowmusic Have a camera trained on his face so I can enjoy watching the Karen spirit manifest in all her bobbed hair/essential oiled/"KJV or hell" glory
Jesus was not American. Some people would benefit from remembering this.
Jesus loves all Americans, as He loves all people, but he is not invested in nation building. Jesus is interested in establishing God’s Kingdom.
Many inner city ministries are struggling more than ever. Be careful of doing intensive outreach to the community w/o developing an actual healthy local church. All outreach w/o comprehensive discipleship is counter productive.
Adam and Eve hide behind a tree, naked, and covered in shame.
Jesus hangs on a tree, naked, and conquers shame.
The cross of Jesus is the great reversal.
A member sent me a very encouraging message and then I saw other church members celebrating something amazing in their lives and I just broke down crying. Send an encouraging word to a leader that has been a blessing to you
Life can be hard, a couple things will go right and even more will go wrong. Don’t over-identify with your successes or be cripppled by your failures. Delight in your role as a flawed participant in need of God’s tremendous grace, and everyone elses’s patience, every day.
In the words to the church at Ephesus in Revelation 2, Jesus reminds us that doing good deeds without great love constitutes a "fallen life."
He says, "consider how far you have fallen."
Such a jarring passage.
If your mind gets distracted 1,000 times in 10 minutes of silent prayer, it’s 1,000 opportunities to come back to the loving presence of Jesus.
(Paraphrase of Thomas Keating)