So far we've asked five questions that I think are dangerous. Dangerous because they threaten to upset our worlds, turn them upside down and releasing the power God wants to leverage in our lives.
Here's a recap of the four questions so far:
How would fully realizing that I am 100% fully, completely forgiven affect how I react to people who have hurt me?
Are you doing anything in your life that absolutely requires God's help to accomplish it? If not, you're probably not doing anything significant.
What if today you pushed past your deepest fear with the confidence that God was with you?
What if you viewed all you had (your time, energy and resources) as things entrusted to you by God for which you had to give an account?
So how about you? What question churning in your mind has the power to turn our individual or collective worlds upside down? Post them as a comment and we'll see what happens.
If Jesus came you your house and said "Come, follow me." would you drop everything and follow Him? So why aren't you doing that now?
Posted by: Peter P | January 26, 2009 at 12:43 PM
I beleive and realize that I am 100% fully completely forgiven. I walk with Christ, desire to be like Christ, know Christ, yet why, at times are my reactions to some matters not Christ like... I may then feel dissappointed in myself
Posted by: Gen Whyte | January 27, 2009 at 01:47 PM
The Bible as basis for Christian practice and life-style:
Have we been doing church by the "Good Book" or blind tradition? Where in the bible or apostolic heritage did we get (fill_the_blank_in) from???
Posted by: Marc - Ottawa | January 29, 2009 at 08:01 PM
What is the Gospel Message that Jesus, Peter, Paul etc. preached? What is the Gospel Message we preach today?
Posted by: Marc - Ottawa | January 29, 2009 at 08:03 PM
Are we making disciples that follow us or are we leading them to follow Jesus?
Posted by: Marc - Ottawa | January 29, 2009 at 08:06 PM
What would happen if we lived like Jesus was our "real" and only king, with a real kingdom, and we were his royal subjects sent as ambassadors to represent his interests?
Posted by: Marc - Ottawa | January 29, 2009 at 08:09 PM
What is our greatest fear and what does that say about us? Could it be that our greatest fear is really our greatest G/god?
Posted by: kt | January 29, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Hey everyone...thank you for some great questions. I don't know about you, but I'm feeling stretched lately, and this dialogue is part of that. Thank you!
Posted by: Carey Nieuwhof (Connexus Community Church) | February 01, 2009 at 06:36 PM
You can not give what you do not have. This has repeated itself in recent months. One can't give love it one doesn't have it to give. Then, same would apply. One can't forgive others if one doesn't feel forgiven by God.
No wonder I haven't let go of certain things.
I realize now that I have no choice but to trust Christ completely; that he HAS forgiven us; me and accept it. I'm finding that very hard to do.
Posted by: Stephen Volkmann | February 02, 2009 at 04:13 AM
How would fully realizing that I am 100% fully, completely forgiven affect how I react to people who have hurt me?
I only know that I would not react negatively. Also, I believe the same mistakes wouldn't keep repeating themselves.
How do you feel 100% completely forgiven?
Posted by: Stephen Volkmann | February 02, 2009 at 04:16 AM
When I see the power of prayer, why don't I pray more?
Posted by: LoneWolf | February 09, 2009 at 10:21 AM