Currey – Life Church https://www.getalifechurch.com Life to the Full Thu, 15 Feb 2018 03:20:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 Life in the Spirit https://www.getalifechurch.com/life-in-the-spirit/ https://www.getalifechurch.com/life-in-the-spirit/#respond Thu, 15 Feb 2018 03:20:37 +0000 https://www.getalifechurch.com/?p=873 It is never easy to talk about the nature of Jesus or the Trinity. I tried to resist the urge to get lost in the weeds so many times. I think the difficulty for us in understanding these things leads us to not think about them. With all the difficulty of understanding there is also simplicity. God loves us and became man and was obedient through the power of the Spirit so that we might be saved. Seeing Jesus as truly human can be freeing for us if we are willing to walk in obedience as he did. I want to leave you with this passage from Hebrews 2 (a great book for understanding the humanity of Jesus.

14 Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives. 16 For assuredly He does not give help to angels, but He gives help to the descendant of Abraham. 17 Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. 18 For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted.

]]> https://www.getalifechurch.com/life-in-the-spirit/feed/ 0 The Good Shepherd https://www.getalifechurch.com/the-good-shepherd/ https://www.getalifechurch.com/the-good-shepherd/#respond Thu, 14 Dec 2017 17:12:40 +0000 https://www.getalifechurch.com/?p=838 I learned a lot of things as I walked through Ezekiel 34 this past week. I learned once again how cool the Bible is. I learned that the shepherd theme runs from the beginning to the end. I also learned I have no idea how to spell shepherd – even though I typed it a million times.

Anyway…I know this season is not easy all the time. I keep seeing this Crate and Barrel commercial where Reese Witherspoon has these incredible parties but it’s because she has spent hours upon hours prepping I (I’ll include a link so you can be crazy with me). It keeps making me crazy because it is what is wrong with this season. There is this feeling that we have to be perfect and everything has to be right. It’s just not true.

Jesus stepped into real life. He didn’t step into some microcosm where everything is perfect and polished. Jesus our good shepherd came and lived real life so that we might have life. This season let’s be less concerned with looking perfect and more concerned with what Jesus wants to do in us and our community.

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