SEVEN REASONS being honest about fallenness does not bind us to what we were before Christ saved us but frees us to live out our identity in Christ more practically.
1 – Hope: It offers hope to those in need. Imagine a struggling Christian novice who comes to a person who tells them they should not acknowledge they are a sinner.
2 – Integrity: We have a problem, and God has an answer. It’s a matter of integrity to talk about our issues, opening the door to God’s solutions.
3 – Exalts His Goodness: Saying I have a problem and God has an answer speaks to His goodness. He is kind to the humble.
4 – Exalts His Power: It lifts up the possibilities of what God can do. To say I’m a sinner lowers me while promoting His strength in my weakness.
5 – Exalts Christ: He came to help sinners, not just in salvation. Christ is the solution to the entire Ordo.
6 – Self-awareness: When we are honest about who we are, it perpetuates a sober self-assessment while not pretending to be something we are not.
7 – Sin Is Real: Saying sin is not part of our problem hides the obvious and keeps us from finding help. Folks from punitive religious backgrounds struggle to be honest about their lives. https://lifeovercoffee.com/podcast/am-i-a-sinner-saint-or-both/
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/
