I'm sure I missed a few things like the phenomenal poem The Esther Generation. It was so mind blowing that I didn't write any of it down.
The persons name who spoke first in the session two, it was probably Jennie Allen, but I didn't make mention in my notes. It just says Session 2:
Hebrews 11:39 - 12:3
Proverbs 29:18
Jeremiah 9:23-24
Be honest in your faith to God because Jesus can handle that. You are given permission to own where you are.
After the death of Lazarus, Mary comes to Jesus with doubts, with questions, crying. Jesus doesn't have answers to her questions, He Weeps With Her!
Psalm 88:9-13
Psalm 13: 1-6
Ephesians 5: 1-2
Psalm 141: 1-2
Ann Voskamp:
Christianity: The Short Version
In Palestine it becomes fellowship
In Greece it becomes philosophy
In Italy it becomes an institution
In America is becomes and enterprise.
Like a business.
When Christianity comes to America is becomes a Business?
And we are The Body of Christ.
If a Body becomes a business doesn't it become about prostitution? What IF: The Body has become about transactional prostitution than about authentic passion?
Prostitution is about pretend passion, it's only a transactional model to get what you want. Prostitution is about a guarantee upfront.
Performing is a form of prostitution.
Are you happy to love Christ based on His Return? Is there No Patience to wait for heavenly rewards? Are you living like Jesus is Beautiful or Useful?
And we've been walking around with measuring sticks for too long! We measure The Body among itself! We measure ourself against Christ! We measure each other!
Everything isn't a marker to make me feel behind or ahead!
We measure our lives like this:
If so n sos life is a mess (compared to mine): Then I'm confident of my worthiness
If so n sos life is monumental (compared to mine): Then I cut you down to size
The world isn't a forest of measuring sticks! When you walk through life with a measuring stick, a comparison stick, your eyes get so small that you never see Jesus!
Ask any mom, measuring sticks always become weapons! And against The Body, a weapon so self harm! This measuring and competing and cutting it's suicide to The Body!
Comparison robs you of joy! But more than that comparison makes you a thug that cuts your own body!
They don't make a scale that could ever measure value, worth, or the weight of a soul! Jesus isn't about scales because none of us is a size! Souls defy measure. You can't measure souls. You can only love souls.
Come suffer with the broken, with those who have been measured all their life and we'll break the measuring stick together.
Be so moved by His Grace that we move In Grace to the world! Let His thick passion cover all our flaws, emotions, sins and brokenness
Remember the passion that stretched out on the cross and said STOP performing for love! STOP trying to earn love! STOP trying to measure up!
Leave this Transactional Business in Christianity behind!
We break all the measuring sticks because Christ broke the bread. As the sisterhood that is broken and made whole, we make all those broken measuring sticks into a table.
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