The early days of my Christianity were happy days. Jesus loved me, and I loved Him. We were doing great together. I was okay, and He was okay. Those were the days of my innocence. Those were the days of being naive. It reminds me of a friend who gave me unrealistic parenting advice several years ago. He also did not have any kids.
Then God gave him a child. That made all the difference in his world. He came back and apologized for his naive counsel. He did not have to confess his ignorance to me. I understood that there was a simplicity on the other side of complexity, and he had not entered into his complexity yet.
His day was coming, and it did. My day also came when the season of my youthful Christianity was about to take a turn that would forever change me. This transition happens to all of us. Our walk with Christ must go through the refining fires of complexity for us to be shaped by Him—for His glory, our good, and the benefit of others. https://bit.ly/3AKj0eq
The shocking and inspiring story of Sophie Ottaway.
Watch the full interview here: https://lifeovercoffee.com/podcast/ep-490-sophie-ottaway-engineered-at-birth-to-be-a-girl/
Focus on the Cause, not the Effect, so you can remove the cause and not be affected by the effect.
A local church’s worship value is not primarily about the music but the lifestyle because you never ask, “Are you worshiping?” The reason is that we worship all the time. God made us for worship—wired us for worship, you could say.
Worship is part of what it means to be image-bearers. Who could do otherwise? The better question is, “What or whom do we worship?” https://lifeovercoffee.com/three-characteristics-of-a-fantastic-local-church/
Whenever a person chooses sinful anger, he is, in effect, giving the other person control over him. It’s counterintuitive. In his anger, he is like a marionette, a puppet on a string.
Anger toward someone is the total submission of their thoughts, attitudes, emotions, and behaviors to the other person. It is not self-control, as governed by the Spirit of God, but someone out of control or under the control of another spirit. https://lifeovercoffee.com/podcast/ep-110-help-for-the-angry-person/
