It seems that for Jesus and later the apostles it is never enough to just believe. We are called to believe and put it into practice. To be not just hearers but also doers of God’s word. Practice is an integral part of discipleship and transformation. You do not become all the things God has...
When we read the accounts of Jesus life, we can read about the way he encountered people wherever he went, and how He brought the Kingdom of Heaven to earth. We can read of Him healing the sick, casting out evil spirits, bringing good news to the poor and justice to the oppressed. When we...
Imagine the scene that Jesus has died, he has then been raised back to life and he has told his disciples to go ahead of him his group of friends that by then they were 11, they had stayed close with him and he invited them to go up on to this mountain with him...
To become like Jesus we must carve out time and space to spend time with Him. This is learning to practice the presence of God, learning to be in 2 places at once. At work and with Jesus, at the shopping malls and with Jesus, everywhere we are and also with Jesus. This is the...
As we spend our time with Jesus, as we obey Him and not ourselves and our cultures through the power of the Holy Spirit we become like Jesus. Our demeanor and desires begin to even be replaced. Everything we see in Jesus. The life we see in Jesus that we so desire we soon become that. Jesus had no anxiety, completely at peace. Jesus was full of joy. He was full of faith even in trying times. Jesus was completely one with the father. He was patient, gentle, good. Everything that we desire in Jesus as we spend time with him in obedience we become through the power of the Holy Spirit. Yet here is the catch, we cannot desire the life but not the lifestyle of Jesus. The life we see in Jesus is a result of his lifestyle. That is why he invites us to apprentice under him. He literally is inviting us to take his lifestyle upon us.
The church is may change how to do church but we should never change our ‘why’. If so, we must accept that we are doing something entirely different. So why does the church exist? To point the world to Jesus as the fulfilment of Scripture, all of God’s promises. And the promise of God is...
