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Be Aggressive About This One Thing

Aggression is not viewed as a positive things these days. Aggressive people are typically not well-liked. I tend to feel the same way about most aggressiveness. However, I think there is one area of life that we ought to be very aggressive, very assertive and very stubborn about. That is to be constantly seeking to know Jesus Christ and his kingdom.

I find an extremely wonderful way to live is to stubbornly and constantly seek to:

  • Know Jesus Christ personally.
  • Know everything about him.
  • Understand how to hear from him right now, so we do not wander off doing our own thing.
  • Tell others all we learn and know about him who have the same heart for him.
  • Listen for him in the ministry and sharing of others.

Never delegate your life’s-focus to anyone else. Take personal responsibility to make sure you are always increasing in the knowledge of him.

Don’t put up with distractions from this internal or external. Distractions that are obviously evil and/ or ones that appear religious and seem good. My definition of a distraction is absolutely anything that shifts ones focus and life-aim off of the person of Jesus Christ.

Any person, any thing, even religious idea, even “ministry visions” (that sound so good) that distracts from that. Consider them to be Satan standing in your way. He smiles and points you over to some attractive distraction.

Be spiritually aggressive toward Jesus and Satan, don’t get passive or lukewarm about knowing him.

Snap out of it, if you love Jesus at all know that he needs people like that. Jesus can build great things with a group of spiritually aggressive people like this.

Lukewarm, spiritually-retired and permanently distracted Christians are some of the most confused people on earth.

“But seek first His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” Jesus Christ

There is a reason he said seek first.

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Christian believers meetings. Where two or more gathered in my name
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If All Prophesy

Growing Up to Know Jesus

I know many parents, myself included, who want their children to grow up to know Jesus Christ. The last thing we want is for our kids to just see him as just a religious tradition. This is happening in an alarming number of young people. It seems to me that we should make an effort to raise our children in a community of people in hot pursuit of Jesus Christ. In urgent pursuit of nothing else and no one else. Imagine if we trained our young people to share Jesus Christ in every meeting, imagine if we began to follow the training of Paul recorded in 1 Corinthians, “if all prophesy“.

“Therefore if the whole church assembles together and all speak in tongues, and ungifted men or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are mad? But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or an ungifted man enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all; the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so he will fall on his face and worship God, declaring that God is certainly among you.” – 1 Corinthians 14:23-25 NASB

It says ‘All‘ Not ‘Some‘

  • “IF ALL PROPHESY”
  • “CONVICTED BY ALL“
  • “CALLED TO ACCOUNT BY ALL “

Paul counted on all of his people participating in order one by one.

There is something supernatural when Jesus Christ can speak and control and orchestrate a bunch of nobodies. A bunch of unprofessional clergymen; so called “lay people” having a meeting orchestrated by the spirit of Jesus himself. Simple men and women of all ages who have the singular and powerful bond of adoring and pursuing Jesus Christ.

One by one, all participating, in order.

I’ve seen this first hand, its real, people actually meet this way. It takes just a little training and some supernatural love but it is possible.

Jesus, when seen alive in a variety of people, is irresistible. Seeing him work among a variety of personalities, genders and ages declares him to all generations far better than sermons and songs. Which seem to wear out rather quickly any more.

If really we care about the next generation knowing Jesus perhaps it is time we reconsider our meeting traditions.

Please share your thoughts by commenting below.

 

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Jesus Did Conflict

Have Some Conflict Please

“O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?” – John the Baptist doing conflict.

“Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?” – Jesus Christ doing conflict.

The positivity-only teaching in churches is largely a result of business leadership teachings and misunderstanding of healthy conflict. It is an attempt at cultivating healthy organizational cultures. It’s somewhat good for business and for getting employees to work together and not fight.

but…

The Positive-Only Message is Not Necessarily From Heaven.

Jesus Christ is the only and complete message from heaven. He is saying break your loyalty to Satan’s kingdom and ways – all of them. He says this first to the church…when necessary. Jesus insulted and was negative, he tore down what others built, he exposed wickedness and deception. I’m sure many felt he was being extremely divisive and negative. At times he told his followers to ignore certain people. Jesus was not and is not afraid of butting heads with friend and foe alike. It is necessary and sometimes its the only kind and loving reaction to people.

To be honest I feel insecure when I have conflict, especially when I cause it. But it is really a sign of health, I think we get too scared of it.

We label it “negativity” then abandon and isolate people who cause it.

Conflict combined with love is powerful. It can bring unity to different degrees, then love ends the grudges if we lose the argument or get disregarded.

If you are not having or allowing conflict in your relationships then they are not healthy or stable. Its like they have a diseased root within and the lack of conflict is like thick make up and a wig. Its a sign of shallowness and fakeness.

Go ahead get into it, it’s ok to be awkward just remain committed to love.

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