God is not just a slice of my life; he is my life. ~ pastor terry, earlier today
"Rich and Stephanie were committed to God as Lord of their lives. They had given their lives to him and were doing their best to obey his call. ... The problem was that they submitted very little to God in their day-to-day internal lives. In the midst of their disconnection, or in their attitudes toward each other, or in the way they handled their own stress, they pretty much answered to themselves. They indulged attitudes and patterns they knew to be wrong, if only out of desperation." (How People Grow, p. 47)
The challenge is strongly before us to commit at a deeper level than ever before to the presence of the Lord in our lives. Where in your life have you gone from indulging yourself to submitting to the Lord?
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Spiritual Discovery for Women
- Dr. Pam
- My heart for each of us is that we experience the reality of God in our inner life. He is able to lighten our hearts so that we become free of our strivings for perfection and the smallness of our unrealistic expectations. Freedom ... it's what we're made for.
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While we are experimenting with this blog site, I'll post something each Sunday from the sermon. Suggestions are welcome!
I found this idea from Terry to be a great tie-in with the problem of Rich and Stephanie in our book. I definitely know how misleading it is to me when I act so very Christian around my life, but have very little going on inside my heart. I try to stay internally submitted, but it's tougher than just acting like a good little believer. I'm gonna work on not indulging my self-righteous feelings this week. How about you? It will be great when we can share our success and struggle testimonies here.
I loved what was said in that sermon.
Pastor Terry said:
Don't put Jesus as a "slice" of the pie. Jesus is the Pie. He is the stuff that the pie is made of.
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