Listening to and Following Jesus

19.12.30 My Journey in Listening to Jesus

I feel like I’m entering the promised land after 40 years of wandering in the wilderness. Until recently I misunderstood maturity in Christ this way: MY MISUNDERSTANDING OF BIBLICAL MATURITY:The slow process of mastering biblical principles to become increasingly independent—less dependent on God’s specific guidance (just as a maturing child grows less reliant on their parents). This …

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219.06.29 Hearing and Following Jesus into the Harvest

[A public entry from my personal journal about what it means to hear and follow Jesus.] Jesus, Thank You for loving and leading me in following You and teaching others to follow You. In calling and making Your first disciples, You said “follow Me” twenty times (mostly akoloutheō). Many did follow you (akoloutheō), including large crowds and not just Your disciples. In …

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2017.12.09 Faith/Abiding/Identity/Intimacy

Far too many Christians: find their own daily experience with God disappointing enough thatthey can only hope Christianity will work better for othersthan it does in their own day to day experience. Such Christians may have a rich experience of God’s long-term faithfulness, yet lack daily joy and other fruit of the Holy Spirit and are thus …

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