Summer's warm air brings a sense of laziness and relaxation, encouraging people to slow down and savor life. This gentle seasonal atmosphere provides healing for restless hearts.
Existence is filled with lovely instances.🌟I perform 15 squats in three rounds, 12 lunges per leg across three sets, and 15 glute bridges repeated three times. It's a gentle exercise regimen, yet it suffices to maintain leg activity without straining them.
When Jesus calls us “sheep,” that is not flattering. Sheep are weak, stubborn, thick-headed, dumb. But our confidence is our Shepherd’s ability to lead, not our ability to follow. #EHDiscipleship
Jonah's story is a cautionary tale for us.
He demonstrates that one can receive abundant grace, but still carry abundant anger when God is good to people we don't like.
To be human is to be anxious (ie, prone to reactivity). What we are invited into by Jesus is a life of presence—present to God, myself, and others—that is not torn apart by the very real anxious forces inside and outside of ourselves.
In a world torn by rage and anxiety, one of the greatest gifts followers of Jesus are called to offer is simple, non-anxious presence.
Not a presence removed from this reality, but a presence that refuses to be shaped by it.
The following are 10 indicators that help me recognize when I've moved away from a centered place with Jesus. You will want to add others that fit your particular circumstances and vulnerabilities! #EHDiscipleship
We don’t build the kingdom of God.
• we announce it.
• we seek it.
• we receive it.
• we bear witness to it.
• “we build for it” (N.T. Wright)
God builds it.