http://www.faithshaping.org Sharing with the world faith journeys through Life Shapes, authentic Christian living, and communities of Faith. Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:16:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (Matthew 14:33) When you look at how the Disciples responded to Jesus over the course of there time with him, you'll see that it sure seemed to take forever for them to finally get who Jesus was. They witnessed so many amazing things yet, it wasn't until the end of ... http://www.faithshaping.org/2007/08/28/161/ I don't know why but this morning I feel pretty great about everything in my life right now. I think for some time now I've been simply missing a lot of what I left behind in MN. I was amazed yesterday with everything that God has brought into my life ... http://www.faithshaping.org/2007/08/15/160/ (John 1)...As Christians we are not just followers of Jesus we're called to be disciples. That also doesn't mean that our roles as disciples are going to all be the same. Looking at Jesus core 12 disciples they were a varying bunch. Some were more leaders than others. One thing ... http://www.faithshaping.org/2007/08/01/159/ (Ephesians 5:23-27)...Christ loved the church so much that he died for it. How could we even think that church is not important. Church is not about some place your go on Sundays, it's about community. The community that Christ modeled was built around sharing lives together, holding each other accountable, ... http://www.faithshaping.org/2007/07/23/158/ (James 4:7)...When we are working for the Lord, many times this come up against us. We can't be frustrated with people that seem to be against us, we can even find that our own attitudes become affected in such a way that God can't use us. We need to keep in ... http://www.faithshaping.org/2007/07/06/155/ (Nehemiah 2:1-3)...We find Nehemiah waiting patiently for God's perfect timing. Do we do that? Over the last year and a half I've seen God's perfect timing play out in my own life. The changes that God brought into my life happened rather quickly, but at the same time I had ... http://www.faithshaping.org/2007/07/03/154/ (Matthew 5:13)...We are called to be "salty" in this world. Far to often we see that the church, and Christians, have decided that they are simply going to keep to themselves and not be apart of the culture we live in. We wonder why things have gotten so out of ... http://www.faithshaping.org/2007/06/27/153/ (Jeremiah 29:27-28)...In the United States, we are led to believe that we can just borrow to get anything that we want. This is not how God has commanded us to live as Christians. And when the world around us lives that way it becomes even harder to resist that temptation ... http://www.faithshaping.org/2007/06/20/152/ (1 Peter 5:8-9)...This world is a broken place, and things seem to get worse every day. The big question is where are all the Christians among this deterioration of society. Unfortunately they are both falling into it and hiding from it. Christians today are afraid to stand up against the ... http://www.faithshaping.org/2007/06/18/151/ (Nehemiah 9:16-25)...There are so many things that we should be thankful to God for. I know that He has blessed me in more ways than I can probably even count. Again, that is one of the things that we sometimes miss out on when we come to Him in prayer. ... http://www.faithshaping.org/2007/06/14/150/