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Archives for September 2014

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A Relationship Generating Story

The gospel story is a relationship generator. It brings people together across class and ethnic lines, across gender barriers and political divides, even across generation gaps....

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Faith Motivated Service

When God gives us new life in Christ, he doesn't just shape our actions, he also shaped our motives. He does this because God cares about who we're becoming, not just about what we're doing....

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Shine like stars

Where in the sky has the Lord placed you? Where is the Lord calling you to shine?...

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Blameless and Pure

When we become followers of Christ, we become children of God. And there are certain behaviors that just are not tolerated in God's family. Paul is helping his friends to see this so they don't get led astray, confusing maturity with grumpiness....

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Grumbling and Arguing

Grumbling and arguing reveal what's really going on inside of us. They're red flags, warning lights. They reveal that our process of working out our salvation is going astray. Something has hijacked our working our of our salvation....

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Working out and Working in

God is the primary actor. And all of the important things that happen as you work out your salvation happen in the light of the larger work that God's doing in and around you....

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Fear and Trembling

Christ goes before us and above us and beneath us and beside us. Our fear and trembling come from doing our work in front of our Master....

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Your Own Interests: Philippians 2:3-4

In Christ, our interests are taken care of completely. He has taken ownership of our interests and has taken care of us. When we know that we're taken care of in Christ, we're free to serve others....

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Selfish Ambition and Vain Conceit: Philippians 2:3-4

Being united with Christ and his mission propels us into ambitions that engage our world for good, to love and bless and serve everyone we can. We don't cave in to the self-centeredness of vain conceit because that is a trifle compared to the infinite goodness offered to us in Christ....

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The Lord My Shelter: Philippians 2:1

The safety Christ provides doesn't mean that we'll never be wounded or that we'll never experience pain. But it does mean that our pain and woundedness don't have the last word on us. Jesus does....

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