tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252771990233909633.post6771334401190530843..comments2012-03-18T23:33:43.303-07:00Comments on Driver/Trainee Blog: Impractical & Embarrassing VulnerabilityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252771990233909633.post-32371438775758976942011-05-13T12:23:54.774-07:002011-05-13T12:23:54.774-07:00At this moment the two most challenging statements...At this moment the two most challenging statements I can make are:<br /><br />1. Jesus, make me more like you.<br /><br />and (perhaps more challenging)<br /><br />2. Freely you have received, freely give.<br /><br />If I freely give for everything is freely received I have nothing. What haunts me about this truth is each thing that I don't give is something that I guess I'm holding onto. If I'm holding onto it then I don't think I've received it freely and thus I think I've earned it. <br /><br />The degree that I don't give manifests the degree that I reject grace and don't believe.<br /><br />"Lord I believe! Help me with my unbelief!!"<br /><br />To love for love's sake is to have nothing because you've given everything with reckless extravagance.<br /><br />"With man this is impossible. With God all things are possible."<br /><br />I believe this summer God will break our hearts and remake them to His glory such that we will be more free than ever before to give for<br />giving's sake and to love for love's sake.Stephen Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13682964299691774701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252771990233909633.post-7895971369659231122011-05-12T12:38:31.782-07:002011-05-12T12:38:31.782-07:00At this moment the two most challenging statements...At this moment the two most challenging statements I can make are:<br /><br />1. Jesus, make me more like you. <br /><br />and (perhaps more challenging)<br /><br />2. Freely you have received, freely give. <br /><br />If I freely give for everything is freely received I have nothing. What haunts me about this truth is each thing that I don't give is something that I guess I'm holding onto. If I'm holding onto it then I don't think I've received it freely and thus I think I've earned it. The degree that I don't give manifests the degree that I reject grace and don't believe. <br /><br />"Lord I believe! Help me with my unbelief!!"<br /><br />To love for love's sake is to have nothing because you've given everything with reckless extravagance. <br /><br />"With man this is impossible. With God all things are possible." <br /><br />I believe this summer God will break our hearts and remake them to His glory such that we will be more free than ever before to give for giving's sake and to love for love's sake.Stephen Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13682964299691774701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252771990233909633.post-64330989424908835152011-05-10T10:54:29.607-07:002011-05-10T10:54:29.607-07:00Great post and what a great challenge.
"Emba...Great post and what a great challenge.<br /><br />"Embarrassingly vulnerable" - definitely something scary sounding but so amazing if we live by itConnor Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16773657934700438434noreply@blogger.com