Embracing the Awkward Week 4
Sharable notes for the January 26, 2020 message. You can post these notes on your social platform!
Scriptures used: Revelation 19:6-9; John 14:1-4; Revelation 3:10; Ephesians 6:10-18; Colossians 3:12
In the midst of discomfort, frustration, or challenges in life or within the church, we can find comfort in the fact that God has already told us what happens in the end, and that as His church, we will be His bride.
We live with His righteousness not our own. We love, we forgive, we stay humble, we stay one by His grace not our own. Love as Christ loves. Forgives as Christ forgives.
"The best witness Christians can offer to post-Christian America is simply to be the church... We will need to commit ourselves more deeply to our faith, and we will need to do that in ways that seem odd to contemporary eyes." Rod Dreher
If the church is the bride of Christ, we cannot be one that forgets why she fell in love in the first place. We can't be one that takes off her wedding ring in public.
We have to embrace what Christ has called us to be, a Kingdom where: last is first, giving is receiving, dying is living, losing is finding, least is greatest, poor is rich, weakness is strength, and serving is ruling.
In the end, embracing the awkwardness that comes with the faith and being a part of the body of Christ can be an opportunity to experience the grace, mercy and love of God in a life altering way.
Reflect or meet with someone to discuss:
What is it about eternity that concerns you?
What ideas do you have of Heaven?
Do you think we ignore the New Testament call to embrace what's difficult when it comes to our faith? When is comfortable not good?
How does Jesus' promise of eternity help you embrace the awkwardness and discomfort of our faith?
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As children of God, we have been given a new home and a new hope. And when we learn to live for heaven, the cares and weights of this world fall off our shoulders in light of our place in God’s advancing Kingdom. In this 7-day plan, you’ll create space every day to cast your burdens at the feet of Jesus, and rejoice in the hope of the eternal life you’re already living in God.