face - to confront boldly
fear - an unpleasant often strong emotion caused by anticipation of danger.
What separates lion-chasers from everyone else...lion-chasers chase after their fears and confront them while everyone else seems to run from them.
Think about it like this a lion-chaser says here kitty kitty while jumping into the pit with the lion while everyone elses is running away from the lion.
God's will is for us to be revolutionaries while Satan wants us to be reactionaries. God is not a God of fear and wants us to be bold in our pursuit of Him.
It is easy to act like a Christian but it is much harder to react like one...where do you fit in?
"The grace of God turns final mistakes into single mistakes"
Challenge for this week start chasing rather than running.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Chase the Lion Week 2
Colossians 4:5: "Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity."
Seizing opportunities is a part of Spiritual Maturity that we often miss. God puts opportunities in our path every day, sometimes the may look like a 500 pound hairy problem, but are really an opportunity waiting to happen. When we look at our problem with Spiritual eyes we can see the opportunity God has given us.
Don't wait for opportunity to knock, chase after it, seek it. Think about Benaiah, he did not wait for the Egyptian to come to him; he went after him, using his own sword to kill him. He did not wait for the lion to come to him; he went after him in the snow, down into the cave to kill him.
Chase the lion, seize opportunities as God brings them to you!
Seizing opportunities is a part of Spiritual Maturity that we often miss. God puts opportunities in our path every day, sometimes the may look like a 500 pound hairy problem, but are really an opportunity waiting to happen. When we look at our problem with Spiritual eyes we can see the opportunity God has given us.
Don't wait for opportunity to knock, chase after it, seek it. Think about Benaiah, he did not wait for the Egyptian to come to him; he went after him, using his own sword to kill him. He did not wait for the lion to come to him; he went after him in the snow, down into the cave to kill him.
Chase the lion, seize opportunities as God brings them to you!
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Chase the Lion
We had a great first night at Chase the Lion. Thanks to everyone who came out for this study. I am excited about how God will lead us to be risk takers over the next several weeks.
We started talking about Benaiah and the risks he took...Check this out.
2 Samuel 23:20-21
"There was also Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant warrior from Kabzeel. He did many heroic deeds, which included killing two champions of Moab. Another time, on a snowy day, he chased a lion down into a pit and killed it. Once, armed only with a club, he killed a great Egyptian warrior who was armed with a spear. Benaiah wrenched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with it."
He did not wait for the lion to come to him, he went after the lion. This week's challenge is to LIVE OFFENSIVELY AND REJECT LIVING DEFENSIVELY.
We started talking about Benaiah and the risks he took...Check this out.
2 Samuel 23:20-21
"There was also Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant warrior from Kabzeel. He did many heroic deeds, which included killing two champions of Moab. Another time, on a snowy day, he chased a lion down into a pit and killed it. Once, armed only with a club, he killed a great Egyptian warrior who was armed with a spear. Benaiah wrenched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with it."
He did not wait for the lion to come to him, he went after the lion. This week's challenge is to LIVE OFFENSIVELY AND REJECT LIVING DEFENSIVELY.
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