Our Friday hymn to close out the week of Kingdom Actions for the Overcomer is All the Way My Savior Leads Me written by Fanny Crosby. When I first began at seminary, I wasn’t particularly welcomed by many of the young men who had been raised to believe women don’t do this sort of thing. […]
One of my favorite passages in the Bible about Kingdom Actions is set apart by this disclaimer: “The earliest manuscripts and many other ancient witnesses do not have John 7:53-8:11…but the story may well be authentic.” This is my favorite verse: When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “If any […]
Today is the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic “I Have a Dream” speech. Click here to listen, read the text, and purchase a video. It’s an amazing speech, full of the truth and rhetorical power one would expect from a devout Christian minister with a Kingdom Vision of Overcoming. During the […]
Overcomers Speak the Truth. Jesus never lied. Not even once. We’re beginning our look at the kind of Kingdom Actions Jesus had–ones that teach us how to deal with sufferings and be Overcomers. 1 Peter 2:22 “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.” Jesus set before us a high standard […]
We return to the hymns as we begin another week of Overcoming to discuss Kingdom Actions, one of the 5 Kingdom Principles for Overcoming that were listed for us in 1 Peter 2:21-23. Kingdom expectations; 1 Peter 2:21 To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, Kingdom perspective; leaving you an example, that […]
Chapel Worship Guide for Sunday 9 AM, August 25, 2013 The Nemmers Family Chapel at Advocate Condell Prelude Welcome—Barbara Shafer, Christ Church Highland Park Worship in Song: Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing (Hymn 28) Wonderful Grace of Jesus (Hymn 245) Scripture Reading (Old Testament) Ps. 86:5, For You, Lord, are good, […]
I cannot think of a better way to conclude a week on having Kingdom Vision with the perspective of Christ than to use the famous hymn “It is Well with My Soul.” We all know suffering in our own lives—in ways both small and great. Suffering is something to be realistically expected, Jesus reminds us. […]
In our series on Overcoming, we’ve determined so far that we want Kingdom Vision. We need that same perspective of situations that Jesus had. It’s more than simply seeing circumstances, it’s seeing them filtered through a Kingdom lens–a Visionary Filter of Faith–that both clarifies and widens to the bigger picture. We need a Visionary Filter […]
We are still looking at The 5 Kingdom Principles for Overcoming as found in 1 Peter 2:21-23, and gaining that Perspective we need to live fully and fruitfully. We want more Jesus, to have the Kingdom Vision to see the Savior clearly in the midst of a million pretenders and manmade saviors. Who are they and what […]
There is so much more to Kingdom Vision than simply seeing. It’s focused seeing—seeing what God sees as important in an overall scene of earthly pain, discrimination, injustice, disease, hunger, and chaos. “Focused seeing” doesn’t ignore reality, but it widens the perspective even while examining every detail for Kingdom principles. What does this look like? […]
