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Category Archives: Christ-centered
Amazed, astonished, & awed by Jesus!
I’m continually mystified–amazed, astonished, and awed by the living, resurrected Jesus. To encounter the awesome wonder of the risen Jesus is forever life-changing! To close your heart to Christ is not “self-protection.” It’s self-deception! Jesus fills my heart with both … Continue reading
Posted in biblical Christianity, case for Christ, Christ in you, Christ-centered, Christian blogs, Christian living, Christian mysticism, Christian values, experiencing Jesus, hearing Jesus, Jesus Culture, Jesus is alive, Jesus prayer, meeting Jesus, seeing Jesus, Uncategorized
Tagged Christ, Christianity, Jesus, Jesus calling, praising Jesus, quotes, Who is Jesus
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Christ-Connections Create Community
Thank God for Christ-connections with other people! As a child and teenager, I felt very distant and isolated from others. I really didn’t know how to connect with or relate to other people very well. I had one friend in … Continue reading
Posted in Christ bearer, Christ followers, Christ in people, Christ in you, Christ's presence, Christ-centered, how to connect with people, lover of your soul, Music City, Nashville, networking, Salvation Army, Salvation Army Nashville, spiritual connections, spiritual relationships, spirituality, witness of the Spirit
Tagged Christ, Christianity, community, people skills, relationships, the body of Christ
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Church — A Bottled Water Plant? or A Mighty, Whitewater River
Church — A bottled water plant? or A mighty, whitewater river? Contemporary church is too often like a bottled water plant. People sit passively, like flimsy plastic bottles in a row, hoping to receive a single squirt of water from … Continue reading
Posted in bottled water plant, Christ-centered, Christian, Christian community, Christianity, church format, church meetings, church program, church programs, church seating, church services, church structure, Holy Spirit, house church, How is water bottled?, institutional church, Nashville adventure, Nashville charity, Nashville church, Nashville news, participation in church, participatory church, participatory culture, plastic bottles, Salvation Army church, Salvation Army Corps, simple church, Spirit's flow, Spirit-filled, Spirit-led, spiritual church, spontaneity, spontaneous church, whitewater river
Tagged bottled water, church, Nashville, organic church, religion, whitewater
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The Day After Easter
The living, resurrected Jesus Christ, Doesn’t just go away The day after Easter; He’s here to stay Every moment Of every day. So don’t be blind And close your mind, Pretending that He’s gone And that you’re alone, With a … Continue reading
Posted in Christ, Christ followers, Christ in you, Christ in you the hope of glory, Christ-centered, Christian, Easter, God calling, hearing God, hearing Jesus, presence of Christ, presence of God, Resurrection Day, resurrection of Jesus, Spirit-filled, spiritual, spiritual adventure, spiritual experience, spiritual fire, spiritual formation, spiritual life, spirituality
Tagged Christianity, Easter Monday, prayer, religion, the day after Easter
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Oil Gusher/Heart Gusher — Running Over With The Spirit
Are you a gusher? (Oil wells are gushers when oil freely sprays out of them in large quantities, without needing to be pumped.) Humans were created to be God-gushers, running over with the oil of the Spirit (supernaturally pumped)! Christ-followers … Continue reading
Posted in Christ, Christ followers, Christ in you, Christ-centered, Christian, oil gusher, pumped, spirit, Spirit's flow, Spirit-filled, Spirit-prompted, spiritual, spiritual flow, spiritual formation, spiritual transformation, spirituality
Tagged Christianity, gushers, Holy Spirit, oil wells, spirit-filled
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Rocket science can’t reinvent the thrill in your life — but Christ can!
Rocket science can’t reinvent the thrill (or the wheel) in your life — but Christ can! All you need is Christimacy — living in continual intimacy with the living, resurrected Jesus Christ. Why not become a Christimate — an obedient … Continue reading
Posted in alternative lifestyle, biblical, bold statements, burning heart, Christ, Christ followers, Christ in you, Christ skills, Christ-centered, Christian values, Christimacy, Christimate, faith-based, God with us, God-intoxicated, intimacy, It's not rocket science, Jesus, Jesus Christ, life, life skills, life transforming, lifestyle Christianity, lifestyles, relevation, religion, religious innovation, resurrection, resurrection of Jesus, revival, revolution, rivers of living water, spirit, Spirit-filled, spiritual, thrill in your life, wheel
Tagged Christianity, cliche, creativity, reinvent the wheel, rocket science, spiritual formation, spirituality
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Spiritual Conductivity/Resistivity
Spirituality is like an electric current. It is a flow of power from within human beings as the Holy Spirit comes forth in rivers of living water. Christ-followers are those who allow the Spirit to freely flow through them. They … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Bible reading, Christ, Christ followers, Christ in you, Christ in you the hope of glory, Christ-centered, Christian, Christian experience, Christianity, electricity, forgiveness, Holy Spirit, inward change, Jesus, Jesus Christ, pride, puffed up mind, repent, repentance, sin, spiritual experience, spiritual flow, spiritual formation, spiritual growth, The Voice, voice of God
Tagged conductivity, electric current, God's voice, mysticism, religion, resistivity, spiritual surrender, spirituality
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agendaless, sermon-free church meetings — really?
Agendaless, sermon-free church meetings Are happening in Nashville, Music City, Tennessee. Real people show and tell what God is doing in and through them . . .