Reflections on Lent: If Leaders

So when people talk about calling, most times I think of getting the task of leading a movement. But it doesn't have to be that way. Calling maybe a simply call to be obedient as a mother, a wife, a boyfriend, a best friend, a secretary, or a co-worker. It may be to sell all you have and set off for a far away place or it may be as scary as going to your fence and having a conversation with your neighbor.

Reflects on Lent: Words

What is the power of words?

This is the question I started the week with and continue to mull it over in my mind.

What if I gave the Lord all my words?

What if I gave him my twitter, my Facebook, my gchat status?

What would change if I filled my mind with His words and praise and not 

rap or the Hunger Games?

What changes could this have in my life, on my relationships, and on the world?

Needless to say, these are not questions or tasks that can be answered or done in a week, a month, or a year. These are the questions that drive our growth continually and lead us to the cross. They lead us to seek Christ more fully, seek life more truly,  white knuckle my control just a little bit less, take faith steps a little more often, and and press in just a little bit farther.

So I'm leaving you with others' inspiring words because normal, they say it a lot better than me!

Reflections on Lent: What would it actually look like to give my words completely to Godke to actually speak life

"As you practice sacrifice this Lent with InterVarsity and World Vision ACT:S, some of you may start to feel guilty for all the things around you and the opportunities you have and may become resentful of your stuff and of those who have plenty like you. Some of you may feel ashamed of your house and the money in your bank account, or you may get angry and share this post on all your "rich" friends' Facebook walls. Some of you may get scared that these "bad things" may happen to you next so you'll start hoarding even more. Others of you may make a donation to a nonprofit right after reading this because you "have to".

My prayer is that before guilt, shame, fear, obligation, or rage causes you to do anything, you would stop and realize that none of these feelings are from God...

Week 3:Sacrifice What Describes You

..Instead, read Romans 8:1 and see that there is no shame or condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Stand on that promise. 

Then you can replace guilt and shame with the grace and love of God; because it is this Love that was the foundation for Jesus’ coming among us and it should be the core value for our comings and goings as well–especially for working with those in material poverty, spiritual poverty, and poverty of being."

- Jonathan Walton

This week the ACT:S team's words can only be shared. Check out their video and resources people like you are creating for this week's challenge!

Go to this link, and take the challenge!

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