How are you remaining with Him, in Him, for Him? Are you finding that your life in Christ runs counter to God’s kingdom? Im re learning that my faith is far more than believing the right stuff. It is more than being a good person and having a good reputation. My faith is developing a moment by moment relationship with the Creator of the universe. Remaining connected to the Vine is being with Him, becoming someone new that is far different than what I expected. Participating in the kingdom is not for that Someday when He returns or when this life is finished. It is being His person in the here and now moments of life.
“The challenge of participation in the kingdom, my friends, is to get my thinking, my seeing, and my acting into cooperation with that kingdom now. How in my life am I being invited to go and live in this world like Jesus really is king?”
From Bridgetown Audio Podcast: Beatitudes: Blessed are the Meek, Jan 27, 2025
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bridgetown-audio-podcast/id84246334?i=1000685598223&r=2916
Dallas Willard - “If God is going to be with us, our lives will be extremely different. We minimize the importance of His presence, ignoring the power of Him being in our lives. We must look at the ‘great with you’ passages. Do we really want His presence? There is no faking it. You will not drift into a relationship with God. You must want to have it. We must plan for this relationship to develop. The Biblical day begins in the evening. Shabbat. Ask Him to help, to have an awareness of Him. Many are afraid to pray because they don’t think God will do anything. But we need to get into our head God’s point of view. Psalm 33:12-30. (A description of how God looks at the world). Train yourself to have the habit of praying over your moments. You will speak the presence of God into others if you are living it. “
Psalm 33:20-21
“Our soul waits for the LORD;
he is our help and our shield.
For our heart is glad in him,
because we trust in his holy name.
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