Lay It Down: live the life JESUS has always wanted
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- Reformed Means Missional -- Worked on this one over the winter. Now it's yr turn. :) facebook.com/photo.php?fbid… 6 hours ago
- What do you let serve you, other than God? That’s your idol, or at least your potential idol.... facebook.com/pages/Lay-It-D… 11 hours ago
- Let's Get Scriptural: Read Ephesians 5:21-33. • Some form of the word "submit" is used four times in the first... fb.me/2o7jF95di 18 hours ago
- Jesus not only endured temptation, but overcame temptation we were too weak to have Satan even bother to THROW at us. facebook.com/pages/Lay-It-D… 5 days ago
- Let's Try Something Different: Write down some of the roles you currently play in life--parent, worker, friend,... fb.me/2f2dssZ6O 5 days ago
Blogroll
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- Between 2 Trees… — Justin Morrisroe
- Bill Mallonee — Songs for the Journey and Beyond
- Clever Phrase Here — Amber Van Schooneveld
- Created for Community — Rob Bentz
- If I Blogged…. — Christopher Heuertz
- Josh Hunt
- Keith Meyer
- LarrysShallenberger.com
- Next Level Worship — Dwayne Moore
- Pure Purpose — Susan Lawrence
- Shawn Vander Lugt
- Sunny Side Up (not scrambled) — Linda Crawford
- The Heart of a Warrior — Greg Bourgond
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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Lay Down Your Ambition: the fuller version
Last week we explored how we build ourselves up by the things we do. This week is more about the “triggers” that lure us into that kind of thinking. Our circumstances are one set of triggers. Our own passions, and … Continue reading
Lay Down Your Circumstances
I have to admit: I’ve always been perplexed by people who talk about the “comfort” of the Christian life, especially in terms of it being the primary reason for believing in Christ. To be sure, there’s “comfort and joy” to … Continue reading
Lay Down Your Kingdom: a small-group session
To work through this session, it may help read through the devotionals that go with this study, especially the “Lay It Town Today” pieces. You can find them in bits and pieces under the following names: Lay Down Your Independence … Continue reading
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One Small Step for Man… but a step, nonetheless
We have a new member on the blogroll… and in turn, they have a new contributor. David Showers, whose book Ten Steps to a Closer Walk With God I reviewed recently, has just relaunched his online magazine Extant. And as … Continue reading
Lay Down Your Relationships, Part 2
The good news is that loving Jesus above all doesn’t obliterate our love for those here on earth; it transforms it. Remember, “laying it down” is really laying our selves down. If we’re honest, we’ll probably admit that much of … Continue reading
Lay Down Your Relationships, part 1
Let’s pick up where we left off yesterday, at the end of Matthew 19: “And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold … Continue reading
Lay Down Your Possessions
Now the rubber starts hitting the road even more violently. Not that it’s easy at all to deal with all the internal stuff we’re been addressing for most of these previous devotionals, but let’s face it: At some point, all … Continue reading
