This entry is part 30 of 42 in the series ShortPostsFrom10MinuteMystic I once served as an apprentice at a congregation close to the graduate school I was attending. One summer the leaders of the congregation planned a road trip to a popular leadership seminar offered by a large church. I wanted to go but did [...]
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Ten Minute Mystic: Part 3: Growing in People Through Service (3)
After casting his vision for relationships in Matt. 5-7, Jesus fleshes out that vision in Matt. 8-10. He shows us what service really looks like. Jesus cleanses a leper, heals the servant of a centurion, cures many, casts demons from two men, raises a paralytic, stops a woman’s bleeding, restores life to a little girl, [...]
Ten Minute Mystic: Part 3: Growing in People Through Service (2)
Secret Service Today is the second of three days during which we are striving to partner with God’s Spirit in transforming our relationships with people. During these three days we are focused specifically on service as a discipline or habit. When possible, we seek this service to be secret. Richard Foster writes, “Of all the [...]
Ten Minute Mystic: Part 3: Growing in People Through Service (1)
People: The Vision As we read earlier, Dallas Willard writes that personal change or growth takes place in three steps summarized by the letters V, I, M. First, we have to embrace a Vision of the kind of change we want to see happening in our life. Then, we make an Intentional decision that we’re [...]
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