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Week 13: The Affections of Christ and Rising to the Call
“Many poets are not poets for the same reason that many religious men are not saints: they never succeed in being themselves. They never get around to being the particular poet or the particular monk they are intended to be by God. They never become the man the or the artist who is called for by all the circumstances of…
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Week One: Learning the affections of Christ
My challenge from the Lord: lean in and listen. While I want to read yet another book on the affections of Christ that draws me in devotionally, the Spirit has challenged me to lean in myself and write out what I am learning. Be brave.
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Love without pretense
Reading for Saturday: Psalm 102, 108, 33 Ex. 2:23-3:15 1 Cor. 13:1-13 Mark 9:14-29 Reading for Sunday: Psalm 118, 145 Ex. 3:16-4:12 Rom. 12:1-12 John 8:46-59 Thoughts from Mark 9:
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Lord, deliver me from halfway measures
You call me to unreserved obedience.
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Needed: Abandonment to Christ
The reason some of us are such poor examples of Christianity is that we have failed to recognize that Christ is almighty. We have Christian attributes and experiences, but there is no abandonment or surrender to Jesus Christ. When we get into difficult circumstances, we impoverish His ministry by saying, “Of course, He can’t do anything about this.” We struggle…
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