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Eugene Peterson talked about "the domestication of transcendence,” the tendency to remove the wild, costly call of divine encounter with respectable religion. Dallas Willard warns that if we go all in for Jesus, we will be seen as those who overdo it.
Jon Tyson • Refusing to Settle
READ Acts 16:1–5. Now read what Paul wrote to the churches about Timothy in Philippians 2:19–24. Finally, read Paul’s words to Timothy many years later in 2 Timothy 3:10–17. ANSWER these questions: 1. What was it about Paul and Timothy’s relationship that made Paul’s message powerful to Timothy? 2. What might keep you from engaging in these types o
... See moreBrandon Guindon • Intentional
We will all make mistakes and must learn to embrace them and turn them into opportunities instead.
Brandon Guindon • Intentional
Many times, if not most times, the sin we commit is a punishment for sin. When we sin, we are actually working out God’s punishment for our sin. God gives us over to our sinful impulses. We become slaves to the things that we want to do.
R.C. Sproul • The Power of the Gospel
This is a different perspective I haven’t considered previously. When we sin, yes we sin against God, but against nature also. Sinning is also the punishment of sin. When we sin or act outside of the will of God, there are always consequences and they are never good. Think, for example, of going out partying. It is such a good time in the moment, but over indulgence leads to a following tough day, if not more severe immediate outcomes like results of drunk driving. This is one of many possible examples. We live in a broken world as a result of the original sin, the result is sinning which is a punishment from the original sin because of existing in the broken reality. I hadn’t considered sin as the punishment for sin before, but it makes so much sense. We cannot live perfect, sin-free lives which is why we need Jesus - the reversal and redemption of sin.
We recognize gifts when we spend time with others. There is no other way. Imagine trying to coach someone to do something but never being near them.
Brandon Guindon • Intentional
Then the Holy Spirit begins forming us into the likeness of Christ, a process that takes a lifetime. But through it all, God looks at us and sees the potential of what is to come. He sees the image of his Son being formed in us.
Brandon Guindon • Intentional
Developing potential in others, combined with our first two practices, listen to understand and seek the Holy Spirit, are the core practices that form a lifestyle of disciple making.
Brandon Guindon • Intentional
As Jesus developed this potential in his disciples, he did it because it was a natural part of who he was. And that’s something we need to remember. Developing our potential is what God does—it’s part of who God is.
Brandon Guindon • Intentional
Becoming an intentional disciple maker—a disciple who makes a disciple—is an intricate and ongoing process of spiritual development. When disciple making becomes an unconscious-capable skill, we will live it out without thinking about what we are doing.