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It’s not a “harvest” problem, it’s a “worker” problem
When Jesus commissioned the 72 to go proclaim the Kingdom, he made an interesting observation. The harvest is huge. “It’s bigger than you can imagine.” His command isn’t to go “find” harvest. It’s to pray for more workers. This isn’t such a hard thing for believers in other countries to understand. In many countries where their faith puts a spotlight on…
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The terrible inefficiency of the Kingdom of God
Americans do NOT like to admit this, especially really smooth running churches, but here is the truth: The Kingdom of God is terribly inefficient. It’s messy. It just, quite honestly, doesn’t make sense. But, doggone it, we’re AMERICANS and we WILL make sense of it! We WILL make it efficient… God bless America! Exhibit A: The Parable of the Sower.…
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The gift of the Kingdom
The gift of the Kingdom of God is that when we treasure Jesus we will find the power to overcome this world.
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No place for worry
When we really take in what Jesus is saying about the power of the Kingdom, we come to his amazing “guarantee:” you won’t worry. No matter how many times I read this passage in Matthew 6, I still choke on this passage. Worry. Anxiety. Things that keep me up. Things that wake me up. Things that give me nightmares. Worry. Anxiety.…
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It’s Not a Gun Culture
In the past few weeks, just from the “world of sports,” I have observed something again and again. When something tragic happens, like a mass shooting, we get reflective over being a “gun culture.” I don’t think we’re a “gun culture.” I think we’re a culture of violence. The gun owners who give the snide remarks about banning bricks or…
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This is what we do
The power of the Kingdom of God can have an impact in so many ways. The kingdom is seen in a store line. Last night at Target as we were checking out, a man in the express lane was buying milk. Something with his transaction didn’t work. A young couple behind him noticed he couldn’t pay right then so the…
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Great Translation on the Proclamation of Jesus
“Change your hearts and lives. Here comes the kingdom of heaven!” (Matt. 4:17, Common English Bible) Get ready… the King has entered his realm and when he acts, there is a response called for. The best response? Change your hearts and lives. The power of the Kingdom of God is unleashed. It is time to pay attention.
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A Taste for the Kingdom
Jesus walked through the land in the beginning of his ministry healing the sick and proclaiming the Kingdom. He was calling for repentance. This was something new. Those who heard and eventually followed KNEW this was different. It was SO different, they dropped their careers to follow Jesus when the opportunity came. I want THAT taste for the Kingdom. The…
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Engaging the Kingdom — The Two Builders
Matthew 7:24-27 What determines the true follower of Christ? Right knowledge? Right answers? Some insight on who is “in” and who is “out?” Jesus is fairly plain about this. Storms. Storms determine the quality of the workmanship. If you heard and obeyed what Jesus taught and entered into kingdom life, the storms can’t bring down the house. If you spent…
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