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Blog: PSALMS- Longing For God
Psalms 42:3-11 My tears have been my food day and night, while people say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”…5 Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God…8 By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me—a prayer to the God of my life…11 Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. NIV
Blog: The Spirit of the Practices
2 Corinthians 3:4-6 Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. ESV
Luke 6:6-11 On another Sabbath, he entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered. nd the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse him.But he knew their thoughts, and he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come and stand here.” And he rose and stood there. And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to destroy it?” And after looking around at them all he said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” And he did so, and his hand was restored. But they were filled with fury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus. ESV
GP2RL: Create a plan to engage in a few different practices paying attention to how God is meeting you in each!
Limping Disciples
GENESIS 32:22-32 The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 He took them and sent them across the stream, and everything else that he had. 24 And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. 25 When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob's hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. 26 Then he said, “Let me go, for the day has broken.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” 27 And he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” 28 Then he said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel,[b] for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.” 29 Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he blessed him. 30 So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel,[c] saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered.” 31 The sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, limping because of his hip. 32 Therefore to this day the people of Israel do not eat the sinew of the thigh that is on the hip socket, because he touched the socket of Jacob's hip on the sinew of the thigh.
Limping does not invalidate your progress as disciples.
A. Your struggles are seen by God.
B. God values our progress.
2. You might be limping, but at least you are moving.
A. Limp towards God.
B. David models how to limp towards God. (Psalm 51:1-12)
1. He does NOT seek moral equivocation.
2. He seeks God’s cleansing power.
3. He doesn’t just want forgiveness, but intimacy.
3. God invites us to wrestle with Him over the dark places of our soul.
A. You will not win.
B. The blessing is you will see and be touched by God.
C. We often don’t see God because we refuse to wrestle with Him.
Everywhere we go….
We Bring GP2RL Action Point:
Don’t be embarrassed about your limp! Ask God if you are avoiding wrestling with Him over anything?
Missions: Go Into All The World
Psalm 67:1-5 May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, Selah that your way may be known on earth, your saving power among all nations. Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you! Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. Selah Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you! ESV
Blog: What Jesus Really Teaches About Judging and Helping
Blog: Jesus the King
Blog: Practices For Going Deeper
Matthew 28:18-20 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” ESV
The Abundant Life: A Deeper Look Pt 2
A deeper narrative exists within us. We are all created to experience The Garden where we know God and interact with Him intimately. In this place we discover deep and meaningful friendship and relationship realizing it is not good for man to be alone. Even in our brokenness God is working to restore us and rescue us. In his image we discover our design to build an Ark to help rescue others. Promises are awakened within us even if we feel we may be too old or question being qualified or capable in any way. As we journey forward God invites us to explore the reality of a Ladder between heaven and earth revealing how God’s presence exists in any place even if we didn’t realize it at first. We explore a greater place of promise realizing we were born to conquer giants and strongholds that try to keep us from all God says is ours.
The Abundant Life: A Deeper Look
We are in a season of going deeper. Our revelation for this year is everyone is created for abundant life. John 10:10 records Jesus as saying, “The thief comes to kill, steal, and destroy but I have come that they may have life and have it abundantly.” What does Jesus mean by “abundant life”? How does one know when they are experiencing the abundant life? We will be taking a deeper look at these questions over the next two weeks.
