God Strengthens Us Through Others
Community is also clutch. I heard a friend say, “Even Jesus didn’t carry his cross on his own,” referring to the fact that Simon helped him, but also to the fact that our burdens, our little crosses, our hard days, get a little more bearable when others are walking alongside us.
Shane Claiborne • The Irresistible Revolution, Updated and Expanded: Living as an Ordinary Radical
Actually, God uses three primary catalysts for changing us and conforming us to Christlikeness, but only one is largely under our control. One catalyst the Lord uses to change us is people. “Iron sharpens iron,” says Proverbs 27:17, “and one man sharpens another.”
Donald S. Whitney • Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life
At the same time, it has never been more important to gather in small groups.
Close Christian fellowship — gathering with others who know us by name, who are our literal neighboring brothers and sisters in Christ, to study God’s Word, break bread, and pray together — is not an optional extra for Christians, but the very source of our life and
journal.praxislabs.org • Love in the Time of Coronavirus
It encourages people to depend on Christ rather than on us. We must faithfully present ourselves as people who need Christ every moment of every day. We are never more than his ambassadors, his instruments of change. It encourages humility and honesty. One of the radical differences between secular therapy and biblical ministry is the importance of
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God and Obi-Wan
"Go in the strength you have... am I not sending you?"
This feels like an Obi-Wan Kenobi sends Luke Skywalker moment.
God doesn’t rescue Israel by Himself.
He raises up someone — weak, unsure, hiding — and then says:
“You’re going to be the one… but I’ll be with you.”
That’s the beauty of God’s humility in partnership.
He doesn’t just