Becoming Fully Alive
18 08 2008
I start my first teaching series for the church as a whole this Wednesday. It is some of the themes from John Eldredge’s Waking the Dead and some of my own thoughts mixed in as well. I really like what Eldredge says about the heart and what he points to in the Bible about the heart.
I wonder sometimes that I never saw it myself. It really is apparent that God wants us to have full lives. That’s not very surprising. The surprising thing is that He wants to do it through our hearts. I grew up in the church very suspicious of my heart. It was the source of all those things that were bad in my life (like emotions). The Bible shows something fairly contrary to that, though. Hopefully, I’ll post more about it as I prepare for the lessons.
just was reminded to today in another conversation that act II as je referers to it comes in the garden…as we were created…too many times we begin with act III after the fall. we were created to enjoy Him forever. great stuff you’re pushing through here. praying your efforts are blessed.
proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.