Realize Your Influence
For better or for worse, a few people can have a massive impact on an entire community, even though we rarely believe it could be true of ourselves.
Take the Inside-Out Route
As long as we are trying to cover our brokenness we cannot be healed.
Pursue Gut-Level Honesty
Jesus can work with human darkness. What he can't tolerate are people who try to counterfeit the light by their false appearances.
Flip Repentance
Rather than some clear cut form of behavior modification, repentance may be more like a bold run toward Jesus.
Give Up the Quest for Middle Ground
Introspection is something we do to ourselves. It's not to be confused with Inner Examination, which is something the Holy Spirit does.
Ask Our Father For the Gift of the Holy Spirit
If we listen to Jesus we will ask our Father to give us the Holy Spirit.
Learn the Prayer—It’s Better Than Yours
In "the Lord's Prayer," Jesus brings all the attributes, character, roles and names of God under the covering of a perfect Father.
Beware of Self-Serving Service
Perhaps Martha's sense of self and worth were all wrapped up in properly performing her role while Mary's sense of herself was all wrapped up in her relationship to Jesus.
Do Good
Jesus rarely has "Gotcha" moments—instead, he proceeds to reveal the extravagance of divine love in ordinary human form.
Learn Jesus’ Most Exuberant Prayer
The great danger of becoming "wise and learned" is of turning wisdom and learning into a form of status and prestige.
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