Abre mis ojos
Spring Test # 1: What is the biblical conception of leadership? 1. To be a leader in the Body of Christ means....you are the first to die :). This is to prefer others to self. 2. To be a leader in the world is to privilege self. Mark 8:34-35 (NIV) Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save...
Being a disciple of Jesus Christ - is like being a Girl on Fire. He is the Consuming Fire. Distinct from a refiner's fire which cleanses; not a destructive fire which destroys, a consuming fire encompasses all of who you are, and in that, you find out who you are, you are His. The problem with lust is that it gets boring. The mystery of love is that it is eternally enthralling. Lust takes. Love gives. Give, and it shall be given - Biblical power Take before you are taken - the way of the world. If our salvation...
The rejected always will side with the 'rejected' and will themselves reject. This is why many fall prey to 'victim chic.' They feel sorry for the one they see (they see, not God's perspective but a subjective viewpoint) and have no care for God's righteousness. God's righteousness is objective Your views are subjective. Do you align your views with God's, or do you immediately side with the 'rejected'? Identity issues are at the core of who we are, how we perceive, see and act.
It cost Jesus His life to bring us life.It will cost us our life to bring life to others.The cost of life is our death and dying to self.