Unveiled ministry is made up of mercy and moxie
Mercy makes ministers of everyone (1)
Mercy transforms our wants and ways (2)
Moxie comes because our impact isn’t personal (3-4)
Moxie comes because God’s impact has been proven unstoppable (5-6)
Glory that surpasses
Glory that emboldens
Glory that liberates
Glory that transforms
Commendation is our legitimacy confirmed by new life
Sufficiency is value conferred on us as God’s redeemed people
Serving is us called to participate in the Spirit’s work
We decide but don’t determine
We radiate but don’t impose
We proclaim but don’t peddle
Preceded by sufficient grief
Has a scope that includes everyone involved
Has a predetermined definition
Proves a full-life faith
Protects us from real danger
Doable only because of Jesus
Subject to God, not self nor others
Differentiated, not domineering nor indifferent
Restrained, not badgering nor dismissive
Vulnerable, not sentimental nor clinical
Certainty of character
Certainty of want
Certainty of God’s faithfulness
Certainty of God’s grace
Affliction takes us beyond our resources
Give us an unbreakable conviction
Invites us to bolder praying
We see the source and supplier of comfort is God himself
We see support of one another
We see the guaranteed solidarity with Jesus
Read MoreReality makes it priority
Effect makes it personal
Guarantee makes it powerful
Implication makes it present
Read MoreFrom expectation to disappointment
From disappointment to revelation
From revelation to exultation
Beyond words to worship
Beyond hearing to doing
Beyond ourselves to the true Rock
1. Choosing the Right Path
Narrow or wide gate
Hard or easy way
Few or many on it
Life or destruction at the end
2. Watching for Dangerous Leaders
What makes them dangerous
What makes them obvious
To one another, be gracious.
To harsh opposition, be judicious.
To everyone, be generous.
“Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also”
Security of heaven or vulnerability of earth
Fullness of light or emptiness of darkness
Ruled by God or ruled by stuff
Provided for or anxious about life-stuff
Believing you are more or believing you need more
Treasuring who is always enough or treasuring what is never enough
Recognize our genuine desire
Recall God’s genuine character
Reinforce God’s genuine priorities
Request our genuine needs
Assumes a lifestyle of righteousness
Operates from a mindful humility
Cultivates an appetite for greater reward
The way of fidelity is terrifying, enjoyable, and possible
What does this mean?
The “law” set God’s standard and created order
The religious teachers relaxed the law to make it manageable
Jesus bring clarity and makes the way of fidelity right again
What does this mean for us?
Fidelity is terrifying because we don’t want to get stuck
Fidelity is enjoyable when we embrace the freedom of constraint
Fidelity is possible because Jesus keeps his promises even when we don’t
Must be taken seriously
Starts and ends with the heart
Amplifies enjoyment of God and life
