PRESS IN TOWARD THE HIGH CALLING (14) I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:14 KJV The highest calling is less about where you are called, but all about Who called you and what are you called to do among the people you encounter. You are am …
Review You’re not from here. You are from the one who sent you (John 17:16-18). The one who sent us is Jesus. The one who sent Him is the Father. Just as God has “sent ones” (or ambassadors), Satan has ambassadors (Matthew 24:4-5, Matthew 24:23-24). Just as Satan can turn himself into an angel of li …
Review You’re not from here. You are from the one who sent you (John 17:16-18). The one who sent us is Jesus. The one who sent Him is the Father. The Father sent us the Holy Spirit at Jesus’ request (John 14:15-17). The Holy Spirit tells everyone that you belong to Jesus and that you have God’s stam …
Review You’re not from here. You are from the one who sent you (John 17:16-18). As a sent one or ambassador, you are responsible for communicating the message of the sender. The message of our sender is this: be reconciled to God (II Corinthians 5:20). The sender is responsible for letting everyone …
Review We learned from The Incredibles movie that we are a family of supers, but we learned from The Black Panther movie that we are a royal family of supers. Our big brother is the King and has sent us to earth to conduct the business of the State—that is, the Kingdom of God (Hebrews 2:11) We are a …
John 10:10 10 The theif comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. Satan stole man’s identity in the Garden of Eden. Ever since, man has been trying to find himself apart from God. Notes John 8:31-32 31 Then sai …
Identity theft began in the garden of Eden, giving satan access to the hearts of all mankind. John 10:10 It is satan’s deception to make people feel uncomfortable in identifying themselves with God. Satan knows once a person identifies him/her self with God, they will act like God and dominate in th …
Review Real superhero work is turning other people into superheroes. We do this by helping people obey Jesus. You become a superhero when Jesus, the most powerful superhero, lives in you. No one’s strong enough to be a superhero alone. We also need the power of Jesus in other people to stop the devi …
Review Last week, we boldly declared the truth as an important first step in a process of healing. This week, we take another important step as we ask a very important question: How do we respond to the truth? You respond to the truth with the truth. For Christians, this means that our next step is …
Review Last week, we discussed some hard truths. Superheroes must do detective work and they must do dirty work. Superheroes must find the truth and then tell it. This is “dirty” work because “all truth is confrontational” (A.R. Bernard). Truth requires a response, which is why people try to avoid i …
Review Our theme this month is about superheroes. The Holy Spirit gives us superpowers, but we learned that God has not called us to be superheroes by ourselves. We are part of a family of supers. But we learned last week that we are not just part of a family of supers, but of a royal family of supe …
Tell Me A Story of Home This is another movie that opens up with a child looking up to his mentor, in this case, his father. Like all children—and really, all people, this child wants to understand who he is and is pondering life’s basic questions: Who am I? Where am I from? What I am going What can …
Does Helen Want Her Groove Back? Sometimes we meet other people’s expectations so well that we forget who we are. When we identify with our secret identity too much, we get upset when people call upon the superhero in us (Numbers 13:31-33). “Get Yourself Together!” The greatest fear of some s …
“I’m Your Number One Fan” Children naturally want to be just like the adults in their lives (Ephesians 5:1). To them, adults are superheroes. But the real superhero work is turning other people into superheroes. We do this by helping people obey Jesus (Galatians 4:19). You become a superhero when Je …
One of the things that distinguishes humans from other creatures is how much care baby humans require compared to other mammals. While most baby mammals become independent in a relatively short period of time, it takes years to parent a human child into an adult. This accentuates the need of parents …
One of the things that distinguishes humans from other creatures is how much care baby humans require compared to other mammals. While most baby mammals become independent in a relatively short period of time, it takes years to parent a human child into an adult. This accentuates the need of parents …
“Every woman craves a relationship with a real man. . . .She might be temporarily satisfied with someone less mature, but at the end of the day, a woman wants to be with a Real Man” (A.R. Bernard, Four Things Women Want From A Man What is real man? Masculinity may not have a definition, but it does …