EYES WANDERING AGAIN. Going places they should not go. Places that lead to coveting, lusting, longing and despair. Coveting can cause a feeling of resentment against those who have what you want. You might develop anger, even at God, for what you perceive as lacking. I kept "noticing" every expensive car that drove by. Look …
First Principles Part Five: Living an Overcoming Life
LIVING AN OVERCOMING LIFE requires intentionality and an exercise of faith. It involves following hard after God. Specifically, it features yearning after Him in wonder; choosing a "resurrected" life in Christ. A.W. Tozer warns us that lack of holy desire leads to a stiff and wooden quality in our spirituality. "Complacency is a deadly foe …
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The End of Me
Steven Barto, B.S., Psy., M.A. Theology KYLE IDLEMAN'S BOOK The End of Me introduces us to the concept, "Where real life in the upside-down ways of Jesus begins." In other words, the ways of Christ are often completely opposite of what we think might work. We think coming to the end of me means we …
For This Very Reason
"For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective …