Embracing the Transformative Presence of Christ
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1. "And so in reality, the living presence of Jesus Christ is speaking to me and to you, that you have encountered the living Christ in those moments where you pray, and you sense a sense of peace or direction, those moments when you have no strength and you're strengthened, those moments when you go for a walk and you're just filled with awe and worship. I mean, Christ is alive, and he's been ministering to you and to me in the complexity of our living." [00:11:52] (34 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "And not only is he with us, but as a community, he's with us. And so we gather to worship week after week to connect again with each other and with his call that we love each other, and then his call that we go into the world and be light, his light. And in it all, he is at the center. His very presence is with us." [00:12:34] (25 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "forgive us oh God and give us courage and commitment to serve as your saints in this time and this place whatever the challenges may be amen Ephesians says that all the resources of heaven are ours in Christ Jesus in fact that we are seated at the heavenly places and so we have all the resources we need to be the people he's calling us to be and so whatever you need today to be holy and good and don't trust on your own resources ask for his help and time and time again he grants us those resources and we become more and more alive in him may you experience that right now amen" [00:14:57] (47 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "He's saying that Christ has established this transforming work in our very character, and he's saying, I'm pressing in, and then he goes on to say it's not just about being morally pure and having the heart of God in us that we're doing and living in the way that Jesus would have us do, and when Jesus would do a review of our day and our heart, he would say it's perfect, and so Paul is like working on that. He's pressing in on it with the resources that he has as a Christ follower, the resources of heaven, the resources of the Holy Spirit. They're teaming up, and he's pressing in on it, and that's part of the prize." [00:29:06] (43 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
6. "And the third prize that he's given us is that he says, your bodies will be transformed. You're going to have, he's going to take you from your lowly body, like my body, you know, I don't know about your body, mine's getting a little tired, you know. I was doing some dancing last night, and I realized, you know, I'm sore, and I can't do those moves that I could do before, I can't get down as low as I could get, you know, I'm just getting, my body's not the same anymore." [00:29:07] (27 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
7. "I mean, I can throw darts at a dartboard. That's easy, right? But if you said I had to get a bullseye every single time, I would tell you that's hard, right? And so Paul's saying, I am trying to get a bullseye in everything that I think. I hold every thought captive. I'm trying to get a bullseye and I want to do exactly, I no longer live, but it's Christ who lives in me. I want the life of Christ to live fully in me. I want to be about his agenda his every everything about him and so there's an incredible challenge right once you once you get a sense of the prize that we have in Christ and then we say okay listen what can I do I have this debt of love that I owe you Jesus how can I I know I can never pay you back but but what's a response that would be faithful to you and Paul Paul is saying listen this is the faithful response that we strive to be perfect that we give it a good go" [00:31:55] (65 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
9. "And so being perfect means there's some stuff that we got to let go of. There's some baggage that we hold on to that we just got to let go of. They're going to slow us in our progress. So you want help? Paul's saying, you got to let go of some stuff. And so he says, forgetting what lies behind and straining towards what lies ahead, I've pressed towards the goal, the prize of the upward calling of God in Christ Jesus." [00:42:44] (29 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
10. "And John's really instructive in that. He says that when we begin to sense the burden that we're not perfect, that we have, we have sin. Sin means missing the mark. It means not being perfect, not being godly. When we notice that, and when it's identified for us, that specific thing, the Holy Spirit speaks in specifics. This is the thing that you're doing. This is what you're saying. This is the relationship that needs mending. He begins to let us know, and then sometimes we have this little cross moment where we begin to say, listen, I need some help here. And that's where we get the resources as a citizen. I need help in order to be truthful, and diplomatic, and graceful. Can you help me in this?" [00:45:47] (49 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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2. "And not only is he with us, but as a community, he's with us. And so we gather to worship week after week to connect again with each other and with his call that we love each other, and then his call that we go into the world and be light, his light. And in it all, he is at the center. His very presence is with us." [00:12:34] (25 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "forgive us oh God and give us courage and commitment to serve as your saints in this time and this place whatever the challenges may be amen Ephesians says that all the resources of heaven are ours in Christ Jesus in fact that we are seated at the heavenly places and so we have all the resources we need to be the people he's calling us to be and so whatever you need today to be holy and good and don't trust on your own resources ask for his help and time and time again he grants us those resources and we become more and more alive in him may you experience that right now amen" [00:14:57] (47 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "He's saying that Christ has established this transforming work in our very character, and he's saying, I'm pressing in, and then he goes on to say it's not just about being morally pure and having the heart of God in us that we're doing and living in the way that Jesus would have us do, and when Jesus would do a review of our day and our heart, he would say it's perfect, and so Paul is like working on that. He's pressing in on it with the resources that he has as a Christ follower, the resources of heaven, the resources of the Holy Spirit. They're teaming up, and he's pressing in on it, and that's part of the prize." [00:29:06] (43 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
6. "And the third prize that he's given us is that he says, your bodies will be transformed. You're going to have, he's going to take you from your lowly body, like my body, you know, I don't know about your body, mine's getting a little tired, you know. I was doing some dancing last night, and I realized, you know, I'm sore, and I can't do those moves that I could do before, I can't get down as low as I could get, you know, I'm just getting, my body's not the same anymore." [00:29:07] (27 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
7. "I mean, I can throw darts at a dartboard. That's easy, right? But if you said I had to get a bullseye every single time, I would tell you that's hard, right? And so Paul's saying, I am trying to get a bullseye in everything that I think. I hold every thought captive. I'm trying to get a bullseye and I want to do exactly, I no longer live, but it's Christ who lives in me. I want the life of Christ to live fully in me. I want to be about his agenda his every everything about him and so there's an incredible challenge right once you once you get a sense of the prize that we have in Christ and then we say okay listen what can I do I have this debt of love that I owe you Jesus how can I I know I can never pay you back but but what's a response that would be faithful to you and Paul Paul is saying listen this is the faithful response that we strive to be perfect that we give it a good go" [00:31:55] (65 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
9. "And so being perfect means there's some stuff that we got to let go of. There's some baggage that we hold on to that we just got to let go of. They're going to slow us in our progress. So you want help? Paul's saying, you got to let go of some stuff. And so he says, forgetting what lies behind and straining towards what lies ahead, I've pressed towards the goal, the prize of the upward calling of God in Christ Jesus." [00:42:44] (29 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
10. "And John's really instructive in that. He says that when we begin to sense the burden that we're not perfect, that we have, we have sin. Sin means missing the mark. It means not being perfect, not being godly. When we notice that, and when it's identified for us, that specific thing, the Holy Spirit speaks in specifics. This is the thing that you're doing. This is what you're saying. This is the relationship that needs mending. He begins to let us know, and then sometimes we have this little cross moment where we begin to say, listen, I need some help here. And that's where we get the resources as a citizen. I need help in order to be truthful, and diplomatic, and graceful. Can you help me in this?" [00:45:47] (49 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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