Carl Lentz
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And sometimes when it comes to families, it's the hardest thing to navigate out of everything. And you're doing a really good job as you learn. Is that equally true?
And sometimes when it comes to families, it's the hardest thing to navigate out of everything. And you're doing a really good job as you learn. Is that equally true?
would i would agree yeah one of those thoughts is resourceful i can't even give grace to my family i'm crappy or i'm learning as i go and i'm aware that family can be really tricky and i cannot wait to watch god lead me through this and figure it out both these things are true you got to choose which one is going to be true for you today and i think when it comes to grace right off the bat i i always know where somebody's at
would i would agree yeah one of those thoughts is resourceful i can't even give grace to my family i'm crappy or i'm learning as i go and i'm aware that family can be really tricky and i cannot wait to watch god lead me through this and figure it out both these things are true you got to choose which one is going to be true for you today and i think when it comes to grace right off the bat i i always know where somebody's at
would i would agree yeah one of those thoughts is resourceful i can't even give grace to my family i'm crappy or i'm learning as i go and i'm aware that family can be really tricky and i cannot wait to watch god lead me through this and figure it out both these things are true you got to choose which one is going to be true for you today and i think when it comes to grace right off the bat i i always know where somebody's at
quickly with how they respond to their own sin. I've been a pastor for a long time, so you see it all. And I can always tell people who really have a different revelation of Jesus because they're very cognizant of what they do right and wrong, but it's the posture. The posture is, I'm already in. So I like using the words for and from. Like, do you pray for God's approval or do you pray from it?
quickly with how they respond to their own sin. I've been a pastor for a long time, so you see it all. And I can always tell people who really have a different revelation of Jesus because they're very cognizant of what they do right and wrong, but it's the posture. The posture is, I'm already in. So I like using the words for and from. Like, do you pray for God's approval or do you pray from it?
quickly with how they respond to their own sin. I've been a pastor for a long time, so you see it all. And I can always tell people who really have a different revelation of Jesus because they're very cognizant of what they do right and wrong, but it's the posture. The posture is, I'm already in. So I like using the words for and from. Like, do you pray for God's approval or do you pray from it?
Are you doing good so that God will love you more or are you doing good because he already loves you so much you can't change it? Are you going to reach people so that God will be happy with you? Or are you going to reach people because God already reached you? The posture is so different. So even with grace, it's like, okay, I've fallen on my face. What would be the fear?
Are you doing good so that God will love you more or are you doing good because he already loves you so much you can't change it? Are you going to reach people so that God will be happy with you? Or are you going to reach people because God already reached you? The posture is so different. So even with grace, it's like, okay, I've fallen on my face. What would be the fear?
Are you doing good so that God will love you more or are you doing good because he already loves you so much you can't change it? Are you going to reach people so that God will be happy with you? Or are you going to reach people because God already reached you? The posture is so different. So even with grace, it's like, okay, I've fallen on my face. What would be the fear?
Like, did God change his mind about you because of your sin?
Like, did God change his mind about you because of your sin?
Like, did God change his mind about you because of your sin?
Right. And so for someone who has theological depth at a young age, your brain will be fighting you on that right away because you know that can't be true because that wouldn't be the same guy that saved you. So the very same grace that accepts you as the broken messes that we are, does this suddenly shift now that we're on this side of salvation?
Right. And so for someone who has theological depth at a young age, your brain will be fighting you on that right away because you know that can't be true because that wouldn't be the same guy that saved you. So the very same grace that accepts you as the broken messes that we are, does this suddenly shift now that we're on this side of salvation?
Right. And so for someone who has theological depth at a young age, your brain will be fighting you on that right away because you know that can't be true because that wouldn't be the same guy that saved you. So the very same grace that accepts you as the broken messes that we are, does this suddenly shift now that we're on this side of salvation?
This wouldn't make any sense, but that's the way you think with the way Christians live. So we are so ready to come to Jesus with all of our baggage at first. Oh, God loves me as I am. It's almost like when we get saved, now we're on a tryout. Why are we trying to get it together now? It's like, man, God saved me. But man, I've been a Christian for three years.
This wouldn't make any sense, but that's the way you think with the way Christians live. So we are so ready to come to Jesus with all of our baggage at first. Oh, God loves me as I am. It's almost like when we get saved, now we're on a tryout. Why are we trying to get it together now? It's like, man, God saved me. But man, I've been a Christian for three years.
This wouldn't make any sense, but that's the way you think with the way Christians live. So we are so ready to come to Jesus with all of our baggage at first. Oh, God loves me as I am. It's almost like when we get saved, now we're on a tryout. Why are we trying to get it together now? It's like, man, God saved me. But man, I've been a Christian for three years.