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Our small group had a game night and it was a blast. It is a joy to have such an amazing group of people as friends and to do ministry with. It is also really good to just play together every now and again. But it was something that happened during one of our games that launched me into thinking about what people in the church hear, what they own, and why it matters. It was Bible Taboo. Yes, the game Taboo (the buzzer had a dead battery) with biblical words. There really isn't anything sanctified about the game, you still try to get your team to guess a word by any means necessary without using the list of other words on the card. The word on the card was "family." I quickly thought to myself... church values! Reservoir has for the last year or so communicated our key values as "Jesus. Family. Renewal." We are a people rescued by Jesus. Formed into family. For the renewal of others and all things. Pretty amazing, right?! So that's what I go with. "Wh
“Because Jesus was successful in his temptations”
ReplyDeleteMorning Jonathan.
yes, accuser and also tempter, and Jesus was successful in the wilderness with those temptations…to resist the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life.
same strategy continues, accusation and temptation…
-yet we remember each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. James 1:14
-but now we desire to live the rest of our time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. 1 Peter 4:2
-so we put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts. Romans 13: 14
-since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted. Hebrews 2:.18
-and we do not love the world nor the things in the world for if anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever. Now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming. If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone also who practices righteousness is born of Him. 1 John 2 verses