Even If i Walk Alone

Instructing and encouraging you to live your life as a disciple of Jesus

Archives for August 2015

Lord Come Quickly

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A common prayer of believers over the years has been, “Lord, come quickly!” We long for Jesus to return and put an end to the misery and evil surrounding us. While we know life will be infinitely better and simpler when Jesus returns, we must also recognize we have a mission to accomplish until that day arrives.

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If we are going to pray, “Lord, come quickly”, then we must be willing to go quickly ourselves. Jesus has sent us into the world as His ambassadors. He won’t come back until we have gone out and spread the good news of His love and the truth about His character.
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The Distractions of Satan

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“Since the devil can’t destroy you, the best he can do is distract you”, said Pastor Steven Furtick in a recent message. This has two powerful implications. First, Satan cannot destroy you. He doesn’t have that kind of power. No matter how vicious his attacks might be, ultimately he is powerless to defeat you. The second important concept to take away from Furtick’s statement is you can be assured Satan will pull out all the stops in order to distract you from living your life as a disciple of Jesus.

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No matter how clever or wise you consider yourself, Satan is much more cunning than you are.  Without being ever vigilant, we will fall for his tricks and deceptions.
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Sending People to Hell

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Someone went to Hell today while you played video games. Someone didn’t get the opportunity to learn about Jesus because you were busy watching television. We say we’re committed to Jesus but live mostly for ourselves.  For too many Christians, the only thing to which they are committed is their own safety, security, comfort, and living like everyone else in their culture.

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We fail to live for Jesus because we’re too busy keeping up with the Jones’s. Our apathy is literally sending people to Hell. It’s not their fault, it’s ours. We don’t tell them, we don’t reflect Jesus with our lives, and when it comes down to it we find too many things more important than living like a disciple of Jesus.
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What Does it mean to be a Disciple?

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There is a great movement among evangelical circles today around creating disciples. The catch phrase seems to be we should be “disciples who make disciples who make disciples.” Certainly there is nothing wrong with this teaching, and it has been pushed forward by many for whom I have a great deal of respect. With all the fervor surrounding the movement, I have wondered if this was simply a new cover on the age-old evangelical strategy of getting as many people as possible to convert to Jesus.

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I have a great aversion to the “I said the prayer so I’m good” model of Christianity, and in fact have the terrifying suspicion many who thought “they were good” will be anything but that when they die. Given this, I thought it necessary to take a deep dive into the answer to the question, “What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus?”
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