This week we continue in our series of “The Kingdom of Heaven is like…”. Our focus this week will be use two familiar discussions Jesus had. One from one of Jesus’ most pivotal sermons, the Sermon on the Mount. This sermon is thought to be the core of Jesus’ teaching on what it means to…
During one of my devotions this week, I bumped into a gem in Oswald Chambers’ My Utmost for His Highest, and wanted to capture it to return often and share with others. Jesus did not commit Himself unto them … for He knew what was in man. – John 2:24–25 . Disillusionment means that there…
What is the Kingdom of Heaven… That is what we are going to be investigating. Jesus had frequent opportunities to share. Many times they were in parables, metaphors and similes. Jesus’ unorthodox behavior did not only provoke the criticism of the religious authorities, it also puzzled ordinary people. They wanted to know why Jesus’ followers…
Up to this point, we have learned all the basics when it comes to Andy Stanley’s “Enemy of the Heart”. We have learned about the four major oppositions to a healthy heart. Guilt, Anger, Greed & Jealousy Guilt: I owe you. Anger: You owe me. Greed: I owe me. Jealousy: God owes me. We have…
This week we completed chapter 17 of Enemies of the Heart by Andy Stanley. Which gave us a very interesting and personal challenge to address and combat the jealousy that we uncovered last week. If you have a urge to just skip this week because you don’t think you have a jealousy issue or concern,…
Moving through an uncomfortable section on a topic of greed in Andy Stanley’s book, Enemies of the Heart, we find that if it was difficult to realize that we have a bit of greed in our lives, this week the realization that giving will make life easier, isn’t that easy. To this point in our…
We continue to learn more about the Enemies of the Heart, and this week as we journey into chapter 14, it gets direct. We discuss the camouflaged dysfunction of greed. In the basics of the book, Andy Stanley shares some basics: Guilt says “I owe you”; Anger says “You owe me”; Greed says “I owe…
We continue this week through the section on forgiveness in our work through the book Enemies of the Heart by Andy Stanley. The last couple weeks we have been learning about the impacts of not forgiving and the pain and weight it puts on a soul. Let’s just start out with some bold truth: An…
Well, we hope this week won’t push you to the limit, but it might happen. If you continue on, you be exposed to more than you might expect, and that might result in an emotional response that might not be pleasant. As we continue in Enemies of the Heart by Andy Stanley, we come to…