#Repost @nations ・・・ “We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.....We must not assume that our schedule is our own to manage, but allow it to be arranged by God.” // Dietrich Bonhoeffer • The perfect #reformerquote for your Monday. How are you making space this week for God to move in your life?
#Repost @pocketfuel Hunger Series – Part 5. . I’m not sure I’ve ever felt “filled.” . Somedays I’m so tired, so fed up, overwhelmed with work and the temptation to quit. Other days, memories of painful experiences well up in me without permission threatening to drown me in destructive feelings and beliefs. Other days, I just couldn’t give a crap. I feel so carefree and light, I’d rather ditch it all and go to the beach – c’est la vie. . In our culture, we over eat, over shop, over consume, binge till we’re sick – binge everything: TV, alcohol, success, work, exercise, social media, video games, cooking, cleaning… anything can be binged. We use it all to drown out that nagging hunger that just won’t go away. And it nags so because we can’t find what satisfies it. . I’m not going to use cheesy Christian cliches about what will satiate this hunger. Things like: – There’s a God-shaped hole in all of us. – Jesus is the answer. – Go to church more, read your Bible more, pray more, believe more. . Because they don’t work. . In fact, I think, becoming aware and awake to the Divine only enlivens our inner hunger. I’ve been a ‘Christian’ most of my life, a Pastor's Kids, and was a Pastor myself for a time, and the hunger was always there. I even used ministry and worship and prayer to try and drown out that nagging empty feeling in my stomach that craved to be filled. Shouldn't Jesus have done that? Once and for all? . And I think I know why: we seek righteousness outside of ourselves. . We try to achieve it, rather than enter into it. We try and be good enough for it, rather than just accept it. We think it comes from somewhere far away, because how can anything good and holy and righteous come from within us? . Here’s the thing: You are the righteousness of God. You are the ‘temple’ of his presence. You have something miraculous housed in your “jar of clay” that lives and moves and breathes within you. . “Jesus promises that when the hunger arises within you to find your own deepest aliveness within God’s aliveness, it will be satisfied—in fact, the hunger itself is a sign that the bond is already in place. . CONT👇BELOW
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#Repost @declareglory Do you want a faith that is both effective and productive? Today's passage speaks on how to insure it. We'd love to have you join us in praying through it in the prayer below. Act if it connects with you, help us share it by tagging some friends in the comments! ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ Prayer from 2 Peter 1:5-11 // "Jesus, today I make every effort to not sit idle, But instead, I pursue You and all that You have for me. I choose goodness, for You are good, Grant me the humility to have godly knowledge, Give me the willingness to practice self-control, Give my spirit endurance and perseverance, Growing me a godliness that stands apart from this world, Give me eyes to see those around me with genuine care, And may I possess Your love. For I know these are the traits that make my life produce fruit. And Jesus, I want a soul that produces. I have been cleansed from my past, And now I pursue a new way with a new purpose. For Your kingdom, I live. Amen." . Thank you for joining in! Feel free to let us know what stood out! #prayingthroughit #declareglory
#Repost @vineyardworship with @get_repost ・・・ #Repost @keahavineyard Great post! ・・・ John Wimber, considered the “father” of the Vineyard movement, spent his entire life applying Ephesians 4:11-16 to the ministry Jesus gave him. He was an equipper. In fact, he was known for stating numerous times the following: “Everybody gets to play.” - One of my favorite stories from John Wimber is when he invited some young children to come up front during one of his conferences in order to pray for a man unable to use his legs. In front of a large crowd, everyone witnessed the miraculous healing of the person and John Wimber said: “See? Everybody gets to play … even little children. How complicated is that?” - The goal of the Vineyard has always been to ‘equip the saints for the work of ministry’ (Eph. 4:12a). To train ordinary people to do extraordinary things – that has always been the idea behind the calling of the Vineyard movement in the world. ・・・ @vineyardusa #vineyardusa #johnwimber #everyonegetstoplay