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“Men shouldn’t be making laws about women’s bodies.”
I think the misconception here is that a women’s body is her own.
The moment I heard my daughter’s heartbeats, my body was no longer my own. It was not just my body, but the body of another.
So if women want to take over and make laws that allows me to make the call about ending a life inside of me, then I side with the men.
Now, concerning spiritual gifts...
“Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone.”- 1 Corinth 12:4-6
It’s not a coincidence that this exact passage leads into the discussion of One Body with Many Members. It’s not a coincidence that 1 Corinth 12 includes both the discussion of the variety of spiritual gifts, and the important reminder that “the body does not consist of one member but many” (12:14)
And it’s not a coincidence that all of that leads to the most exquisite passage in love: “.... but have not love, I am nothing.” (13:2)
‘What is to come, will come’ is lazy theology.
Bill Johnson
Joblessness.
Small Note: For the past two weeks, I’ve been wrestling with the very real possibility that I will be out of a job by the end of the month.
Big Picture: I started to reflect on everyone in the church who is currently jobless, who might lose their job, and there’s quite a number of us. Might I say, it’s a plague on our church right now.
First Thought: So, of course I started to pray against this: “I rebuke the Enemy for trying to distract us!” I thought, surely, our church must be on such a mission of breakthrough that the Enemy is distracting us with anxiety over job loss.
Realization: As I was praying, I felt a huge but loving conviction against my prayer, and it was this: “Seek first the Kingdom of God and provision is ours (Matt 6:33). Provision is promised to us if we seek the Kingdom. What if this isn’t the Enemy? What if it is an effect of our disobedience? What if it’s OUR fault because we took our eyes off the Kingdom? Off God’s mission? And focused too much on our own mission?”
Sometimes we need to stop blaming the Enemy. Because in all truth, many times it’s us who need to come to repentance.
Father, I repent the things of my heart. For where I may have loss vision along the way. Forgive us, redirect us back on the path of where you are.
Among The Baggages
After 28 years of being a follower of Jesus, I’m finally reading through the story of the Kings of Isreal through 1 Samuel.
Reading through Saul’s anointing, I’m so encouraged. After Samuel anoints Saul as the to-be king, it says that Saul would “...be turned into another man” (10:v6) when the Spirit of the Lord rushes upon him. It says when Saul turned to leave from his prophetic word, “...God gave him another heart.” (10:v9).
I’m here thinking: “That’s me! I experienced that too, Saul!” God also gave me a new heart! We are one in the same!
But then I go on to read that when it came time for Samuel to call him out as King (in the same chapter of him turning into a new man with a new heart), he was.... hiding.... in the baggages.... and the people had to run and take him out of there. (That’s embarrassing).
Did he fall? Was he being humble? Was he hiding?
This begged me to question... With a new heart and a new mind; are we as believers stewarding it well? Or are we (even after our anointing) just hiding? Hiding behind others? Hiding behind our fears? Our inadequacies?
God gives us revelation, projection to our destinies. He gives us new hearts. But it’s up to us to do something about it.
Father, thank you for your love. For counting me worthy of allowing me to be someone better than myself. May I never let it go to waste.
You want to grow in authority to speak powerful words? Grow in love!
Shawn Bolz, “Translating God”
My Birthday Wish.
Today is my birthday - I’m 28!
I have two wishes this year:
1. That this be the year I walk out knowing God deeper than I’ve ever known Him.
2. That this be the year I love and serve His people better than I’ve ever done before.
*Cues candle blow-out*
Entering the Dayspring house late one afternoon I came upon Henri drinking coffee and in tears. “What happened?” I asked anxiously.
“Oh, I had a bump today that upset me more than usual,” he answered dejectedly. “This morning, as I always do, I was rushing to get to the Council Meeting, and Dan stopped me and wanted to speak to me. I guess I was preoccupied because I quickly said I couldn’t see him. A few minutes ago he telephoned and gave me a piece of his mind. He was angry and he said that I preached beautiful theories about the Christian life that I never lived up to, and that I, supposedly a man of prayer, was selfish and rude. His remarks caught me off guard. They were hurtful, especially because they were true.” Henri and I talked for a while and later, as he prepared to leave, he said something that stayed with me and consoled me. “I wonder,” he pondered, “if Dan ever considered what I would be life if I wasn’t a man of prayer?”
- “The Only Necessary Thing,” forward by Wendy Wilson Greer
This forward hit me in a deep place of my soul. Haven’t figured out why, but it resonates in a place I have not yet ventured.
I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgement is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
John 5:30 | This speaks deeply to my enneagram.
Harvest
I loved reading the story of the Woman of Samaria this morning. What a reminder that you are not in control of someone else’s salvation.
Sometimes you’re called to sow. Other times reap, if Jesus sends you to. Sometimes you just labor... But in the end, it has nothing to do with what you say; they must hear it for themselves from their Creator.
“One sows and another reaps. I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor...” (John 4:37-38)
“They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.” (John 4:42)
The Most Beautiful Thing:
"Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell you what he has done for my soul. I cried to him with my mouth and high praise was on my tongue.
If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. But truly God has listened; he has attended to the voice of my prayers. Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me." ❤️ Psalms 66:16-20 ❤️
After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.
Luke 10:1 | Dude, how legit is this? Sometimes Jesus sends you ahead (and notice, not alone) and He will follow. Man, Jesus... let us make the way, and YOU MAKE AN ENTRANCE!
Revelation on Rest
For a while now, I’ve been having an internal struggle on what it means when people are called to rest from ministry. And today, I ran into the moment Jesus feeds the five thousand. It’s something I’ve never seen before. It starts with this: Jesus permissing his disciples to rest.
“The apostles returned to Jesus and told him all that they had done and taught. And he said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat.” Mark 6:30-31
Jesus knows how human we are. He knows we grow tired and weary. He knows we need to rest and to eat. But then the story leads to this:
“When he [Jesus] went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things.” Mark 6:34
While his disciples are resting, Jesus see’s a need and he keeps on moving. Jesus will keep moving even when His people are resting. Because the reality is this: Jesus’ mission is not contingent on us. He wants to partner with us, but he does not need us.
How is this shown? The story goes on to tell us that when it grows late the disciples told Jesus to stop and to send the people away so they can get something to eat. This is the moment Jesus offers up his partnership, he says, “YOU give them something to eat.” (Mark 6:37).
And then what does Jesus do? He performs a miracle. He feeds FIVE THOUSAND people with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish.
Rest, Jesus knows we need it! I know I’ve needed it, and will need it again. But man, when Jesus asks for partnership even in rest and we obey? Imagine the possibility that can happen!
Standard for Miracles
In Mark 6:5-6, after Jesus was “rejected” by his hometown, it closes out with this verse: "And he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them. And he marveled because of their unbelief.”
What amazes me is this: “he could do no mighty work.” Just healing, right? NBD, JESUS. Just touching and healing. Nothing mighty happening here. (sarcasm).
We live in a world where praying and believing for healing is almost too charismatic. But here, Jesus reminds us that healing of the sick is a “minor miracle.” What is greater? Faith. To the man (man or woman) who says: “I believe, heal my unbelief.”
Simon Peter’s Mama.
“And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her, and she began to serve them.” - Mark 1:31
I think this might be my bible verse for the year, as it pertains to prayer. I love this. I read this yesterday, and kept returning to it, meditating on it.
When Jesus healed Peter’s mother, she immediately goes to serve them.
When I began the Prayer Ministry at my home church, I struggled with those who would have their prayers answered, and then they would disappear. To me, it felt like: “Thanks God, Bye.”
Praying for a church and for believers, who, when Jesus lifts them up and heals them - their immediate response is to serve him.
Sometimes, It’s Right In Front Of Your Face.
In the last few months I kept asking: “How can I discern the things on my heart? How do I know if what I’m feeling are Kingdom things? Or just sinful thoughts?”
Then...
“For the Word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edge sword, piercing to the division of the soul and spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” - Hebrews 4:12
OH. IT’S RIGHT THERE.
Changing My Name to Eleazar
“He rose and struck down the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clung to the sword. And the LORD brought about a great victory that day, and the men returned after him only to strip the slain.”- 2 Samuel 23:10
Eleazar went to battle with a bunch of men, and they retreated. And he went in swinging anyway, and God showed up.
How cool is that? Our God is moving, whether you retreat or not. Don’t retreat. Keep swinging. You’re weary? Cling to the sword. God’s gonna show up!