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Confess and Receive: The Second Secret of the Good Life (A Bible Study on Psalm 51) Jan 09, 2023

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Today, we’re going to be working through Psalm 51, and we’re going to work through it as a devotional using the Alive Method. I encourage you to get out your bible and journal as you listen.

WHAT DOES IT SAY?

Notice what you notice. Write down what stands out to you – that is God speaking to you through his Word. That alone is a beginning of a conversation with the Spirit.

In Psalm 51:

David acknowledges specific sin

He longs for restoration, asking for it (“grant me a willing spirit”)

A willingness to talk about your sin to testify to the grace of God

WHAT IS THE BACKSTORY?

This is the psalm David wrote after his sin with Bathsheba (listen to our episode on this story).

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

We cannot move into a place of joy and peace if we have unconfessed sin or thought patterns that do not align with the glory of God and the truth of his Word and promises to us.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR ME?

1. Do you have a practice of regular confession? If you feel blocked or dull in your study of God’s Word, consider what you need to confess to God. What places do you live in fear, anxiety, self-pity, or self-hatred? Are you able to say, “This thought pattern in me, does not represent the glory of God.” (If you have a clinical thought pattern problem, you might need outside therapies! Or you may not have a clinical crisis but still carry stuck thought patterns).

2. After confession, we draw on God’s righteousness: A huge part of our faith is understanding that we throw ourselves onto the goodness of God, that we claim his character and his actions as the way we live and move (completely counter-cultural to the messages of today). I don’t have to claim to be righteous, I’m drawing on God’s righteousness. I need to own up to my mistakes and faulty and self-focused thinking.

Two verses to memorize:

Psalm 71:2: In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me; turn your ear to me and save me.

1 John 1:9: if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

3. The more we consider, confess, and spend time with Jesus, the more we love what we love and detest what he detests: As we hang out more with Jesus, we want to be more like Jesus. As we look at ourselves clearly and objectively, we are going to discover that we don’t like the ways of wickedness, bit by bit. Sure, we keep failing and falling, but our desires begin to be for what God desires. It’s hard to spend time with the creator of the universe and keep claiming that we oversee our reality and our view of the world IF we are willing to confess and receive.

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The First Secret of the Good Life: Consider God Jan 02, 2023

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At the start of the year, I like to get back to the basics. What does the good life look like, according to Jesus? We have an opportunity to be a winsome follower of Jesus. If people were to see that hope in me and ask me about it, what would I say? How would I describe what the good news of Jesus is and the true, full life he offers us?

The spiritual questions of this generation are centered on personal and societal pains, and how to choose joy, purpose and selflessness for the good of others. In this series, we’ll tackle these ideas and show how Jesus gives us the answers to our pressing questions about ourselves and the world.

The first secret to a good life in our faith is to cultivate the posture of considering. To consider means a thoughtful engagement. It requires us to focus and pay attention. Psalm 8 – “When I consider the work of your hands.” We need to create space to be intentional about thinking.

Most of us don’t make space to intentionally think, because when we do, it brings up negative feelings – anxiety, un-dealt with emotions, and places where we feel grief or loss or out of control.

But when we disconnect from bad feelings, we disconnect from the good feelings of joy, hope, and love. To feel the fullness of joy, we also have to engage with the things that are difficult. Considering, then, is the first step to a more joyful life.

What might this look like in our lives? Well, first, it might look like a 5-10 minute quiet walk or spending time to explore something outside of yourself and away from technological distractions.

What our culture tends to do is look inside ourselves to find meaning, purpose, and fulfillment. This “Gospel according to Oprah” sounds so good but it doesn’t work.

John 4:24 tells us a better way. “God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.” This is objective truth. Do you believe this?

Your Practice For This Week: Consider – Who Is God?

1. Read how God reveals himself in creation: Job 38

2. Then, consider how God reveals himself through creation AND through his care for mankind: Isaiah 40:25-31

3. Finally, read Psalm 8:1-4, and consider how God reveals himself, is mindful of us, AND has provided dominion, glory, and honor to us.

What does it mean for me?

When I feel unsure about where I stand in the world or how to make my way through it, I need to practice God-centered mindfulness we are called to; not to reflect on our own problems but to consider the glory of God and then place ourselves within his glory.

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A Bible Study on Mary: Surprised By Joy Dec 26, 2022

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WHAT DOES IT SAY?

Luke 1

28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.” 29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God.

WHAT’S THE BACKSTORY?

What do we know about Mary:

-she knew some scripture
-she was faithful
-she was among the believers [not venerated, but in community]

Acts 1:14

14 They all met together and were constantly united in prayer, along with Mary the mother of Jesus, several other women, and the brothers of Jesus.

Mary had no qualifications for being chosen.

This beginning also mirrors our beginning when it comes to receiving the good news.

All of the good news is contained here:

You who are highly favored.

In the context of the world, she is not highly favored. When we think of what makes someone highly favored, we tend to think of the examples we have in the world. But that wasn’t Mary at all.

You have found favor with God.

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-Not dependent on anything that she (or us) can do.

The Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples, but it is because the Lord loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers. (Deuteronomy 7:6–8)

What was given through the Israelites is now passed to everyone:

Galatians 3:14

14 He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

The Lord is with you.

Matthew 1:23

“The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).

You aren’t alone. You aren’t isolated. God knows you.

*Emmanuel

But God with us, as in He comes to live inside us, giving us strength in place of weakness, courage in place of fear, and vibrant life in all those dark places that once felt dead. – Jennifer Slattery

The power of being “with”. When people are hurting, we want to be with them. Waiting in hospital rooms. [Brantley/AJ]

She receives two promises: highly favored, Lord with you. Crazy surprise –

38 “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.”

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

Basil Pennington: “my self-worth my value depends on what I have, what I can do, and what others think of me”

My false self protects me with:

I am what I do.
I am what I have.
I am what others think of me.

My true self:

I am. (I am worthy)
I am the Lord’s. (I belong)
I am the Lord’s servant. (I have purpose)

Living in our true self is about a radical acceptance of who we are, based on what God has decided.

“Some Christians base their identity on being a sinner. I think they have it wrong—or only half right. You are not simply a sinner; you are a deeply loved sinner.” David Benner

Accepting the incredible surprise of the good news means releasing control.

Receiving the gift of our favor is the ability to open our hands to everything God gives, “I am the Lord’s servant, may your word be fulfilled.”

Radical acceptance unlocks the joy of surprise.

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WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR ME?

What sets Mary apart is her radical acceptance to God’s invitation, and what defines us as children of God is our radical acceptance to the same invitation.

Radical Acceptance:

God has not given up on me, no matter how I feel.

I do not need to try harder.

My pain and struggle is not wasted.

My false self protects me with:

I am what I do.
I am what I have.
I am what others think of me.

My true self:

I am. (I am worthy)
I am the Lord’s. (I belong)
I am the Lord’s servant. (I have purpose)

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A Bible Study on Bathsheba: How to Wait with Joy Dec 19, 2022

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TODAY’S PASSAGE: 1 Kings 1:28-31:

28 Then King David said, “Call in Bathsheba.” So, she came into the king’s presence and stood before him.

29 The king then took an oath: “As surely as the Lord lives, who has delivered me out of every trouble, 30 I will surely carry out this very day what I swore to you by the Lord, the God of Israel: Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”

31 Then Bathsheba bowed down with her face to the ground, prostrating herself before the king, and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”

WHAT DOES IT SAY?

- Bathsheba is a key person in David’s kingdom

- Lineage passing

WHAT’S THE BACKSTORY?

- Run down your study notes in 2 Samuel 12
- Trouble in the kingdom, sons ready to kill for the throne
- Backstory of the pain and renewal of David and Bathsheba - a whole new life

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

- So why is Bathsheba mentioned in Matthew 1? (And she’s named Uriah’s wife)
- Advent: as we wait, we can trust in the renewal of all things that is promised through Christ and in Christ’s ultimate return:

Titus 3: 4-6:

4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR ME?

God’s plan is uncomfortable- if we didn’t know it before with Tamar and Rahab, Ruth are we getting it by now?

Do not count yourself out -- you are not your own judge.

The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. - 1 Samuel 16:7

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Faith Over Fear: Having The Courage to Process Past Traumas Dec 15, 2022

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We live in a broken world filled with broken people. Because of this, everyone experiences some level of trauma. Unfortunately, past trauma experiences can greatly impact our lives, perceptions, and interactions in the present. This special bonus episode (from the podcast Faith Over Fear) sheds a light on this topic and offers valuable resources you can use in your life to gain courage.

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A Bible Study on Ruth: God is in the Business of Renewal Dec 12, 2022

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Today’s Passage: Ruth 1:15-18:

15 “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her.” 16 But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. 17 Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.” 18 When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.

WHAT DOES IT SAY?

Ruth makes an incredible declaration of loyalty, commitment, and acceptance of God.

WHAT’S THE BACKSTORY?

Ruth is Moabite: why is that significant?

Corners of fields were historically left for the poor to glean.

Themes in the book of Ruth include emptiness/fullness; God’s sovereignty and also human responsibility/courage

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

The story of Ruth closes with genealogy: a little micro-story of the goodness to come in Matthew 1. God’s sovereignty is on the move from generation to generation. During hard, evil times, God is at work.

God’s extension of grace to outsiders is a theme throughout the Bible and through the line of Jesus. He is in the business of renewal, moving us from emptiness to fullness.

God rewardsfaith, tenacity, and audacity – we see this in Ruth.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR ME?

What do you need to hear in this story today?

Be encouraged - God’s not done even with your story.

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A Bible Study on Rahab: Have Faith in God’s Plan for You (God of Our Mothers, Pt 2) Dec 05, 2022

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WHAT DOES IT SAY?
This week, we’re looking at Joshua 2 and Joshua 6
The stories of the God of the Israelites have spread to the cities surrounding them and have gotten to Rahab. She decides to go all-in based on what she has heard about God.
WHAT IS THE CONTEXT?
Matthew 1: Genealogies are put in place because the people matter to the story
What stories continue to be told about Rahab? She comes up in Hebrews and in James: “In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction? As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.”
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Faith without deeds is dead. Faith does not exist as just an idea in your mind. It is only faith when it’s put into action.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR ME?
Even if you feel like you have no options, like the doors are closed – you can still be righteous. You can still have faith that God has a plan and a purpose for you, even if it feels like a dark season in your life.
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A Bible Study on Tamar: You Are Not Defined by Your Past (God of Our Mothers, Part 1) Nov 28, 2022

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We are kicking off a new Advent series! We are going to be looking at the women in Jesus’ lineage in a ‘God of Our Mothers’ series. In Matthew 1, we get a genealogy of Jesus’ family. Genealogies are put in place because the people matter to the story, and there are several women named in his family line. Over the next few weeks, we’ll look closely at the women in Jesus’ lineage and what they have to teach us about the God who loves us and came to rescue us.
This week, we’re looking at the story of Tamar.
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*WHAT DOES IT SAY?*
Matthew 1:1-3:
“This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham: 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,
3 Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar…”
Genesis 38 – Who Is Tamar?
1. She is not an Israelite
2. She is unwanted
3. She is mistreated
4. She is seeking justice
5. She is shrewd
(Don’t forget how Judah’s mom came to have him--also veiled and in disguise)
Genesis 38:26 is the turning point in the story. Judah confesses his unrighteousness, and we see that Tamar is brought into his family and one of her twin sons becomes part of the lineage that leads to Jesus (Perez).
*WHAT IS THE BACKSTORY*
After Joseph is sold into slavery, we get this graphic story in Genesis 38. We see the wickedness of Judah as a foil to Joseph’s righteousness. But eventually, we’ll see Judah take a righteous turn. First, though, he marries a Canaanite, and they have three sons. One of these sons marries Tamar.
*WHAT DOES IT MEAN?*
1. God colors outside the lines.
2. We are never defined by our past.
3. God sees the marginalized.
*WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR ME?*
How do we define ourselves? Are we righteous on our own, or sinners on our own? Can we relate to Tamar? If we can relate, we can receive. “I have come for the sick, for the sinners.
Matthew 9:10-12:
10 While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples.11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
12 On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’[a] For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
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How to Be “Seasoned with Salt” toward Outsiders (A Bible Study on Colossians 4:5-6) Nov 21, 2022

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WHAT DOES IT SAY?
5 Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. 6 Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
This is Paul’s last final instructions for us in this letter. 4 big points:
1. Be wise in your way
2. Make the most of every opportunity
3. Shape our conversation
4. Know how to answer outsiders
WHAT’S THE BACKSTORY?
A. On outsiders and opportunities:
People are being added to the church every day – God is not just the God of the Jewish people but of everyone. The gospel of Jesus Christ is about being saved through grace by faith. Paul is saying, “you have to engage with those outside the faith.”
Ephesians 5:15-16 states “Be careful then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity…”
B. On conversation:
1 Peter 3:15: “Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.” This verse assumes you are living hopeful. Amid your sufferings, you have a hope that makes people want to ask you, “Why are you the way you are?” Are you living hopeful? Are you living joyful, despite your troubles?
C. On being seasoned with salt:
Salt is used to season food, to make it palatable and enrich the flavor. But salt is also a “symbol of lasting concord,” and the Arabic expression “There is salt between us” implies eating together and developing a friendship. Speech seasoned with salt can mean several things:
1. Salt, as a seasoning, makes speech more intriguing and enticing to the listener. Paul was known to speak this way, as with the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers in Athens. Salt, as a symbol of friendship, implies that believers were not to “preach” to their non-believing neighbors, but to be in relationship and friendship with them, letting their actions and conduct join with their “seasoned” words in sharing the gospel.
2. Salt has also been associated with wit and is sometimes rendered “common sense.” The multiple meanings bring forth vivid imagery that points the reader to the importance of graceful speech in the context of meaningful relationships with non-believers to share the “mystery of Christ.”
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
(Remember, at this point in Bible Study you are looking for timeless principles or truth that transcends our own time and culture) –
1. The gospel is for all! The playing field has been leveled.
2. As our hearts grow in knowledge and love for Christ, we also grow in wisdom and love for those outside of the kingdom.
3. The gospel requires intentionality in our relationships
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR ME?
1. Who is an outsider of the faith in your life? Can you write them down in your prayer journal and pray specifically for them?
2. Another application of the passage would be on the need to have a clear, succinct knowledge of our faith. Understanding the “mystery of Christ” and knowing how to present it with clarity and conviction is required “so that you may know how to answer to everyone.”
Scripture that is central to salvation must be written on the Christian’s heart. Knowing how to answer to everyone implies that there are questions! Slick programs and spiritual platitudes cannot cultivate a faith that is rooted deeply enough for the demands of life. When believers understand that they must meet “outsiders” where they are, they are alert to opportunities for spiritual conversation. To prepare to know how to answer, a teaching from this passage could prompt listeners to process some of their own questions as they came to the knowledge of Christ, and then use that conversation to prepare their own wise, “seasoned with salt” responses.

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How to Practice Radical Forgiveness with Carley Marcouillier (A Bible Study on Colossians 3:12-17) Nov 14, 2022

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WHAT DOES IT SAY:
12 “Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14 And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. 16 Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. 17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”
OBSERVATIONS:
- Where we start from: we are God’s chosen people, holy and dearly beloved. That is our identity.
- Clothing yourselves with these character traits is a daily, intentional practice
- Forgiveness practices: it’s NOT sweeping things under the rug. It’s going to the person and explaining the hurt. It’s countercultural, it’s not in our nature outside of Christ. The new nature that we are able to put on enables us to practice forgiveness.
WHAT’S THE BACKSTORY?
- Forgiveness is a regular practice. Most pastor letters like Colossians are addressing human problems and conflict.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Forgiveness isn’t a feeling. It’s a foundation from which we build on repair and reconciliation.
“Let the Word of God dwell in you richly.” - It’s hard to hold on to hurt if you’re praying for a person, praying for their heart, their hurt, their healing.
This starts with identity, then moves into practice. We can’t give what we don’t have. We receive forgiveness, and then can forgive
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR ME?
- If you can’t clothe yourselves with these things, it’s probably because you’re in a place of unforgiveness. And if you CAN clothe yourselves in these things toward the person you have a grievance with, the way you engage in a spirit of forgiveness comes out in a place of love for them.
- We’re calling it forgiveness, but are we trying to get polite vengeance or justice? That’s a self-focused perspective. But if we have put on the character traits of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience...

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