Laughing Jesus by Robert Wilson, Sr.
Let’s face it, things change, and statistics show that things are changing faster than ever before. Technology has brought an entirely new timetable for the word, new. In many cases, it’s the favorite word of the younger generations.
Nobody wants the same anymore. I admit, I like getting new things, too. But I sometimes miss the dependability and consistency of the same.
A few weeks ago, my pastor at Renovation Church, Jeremy Havlin, was continuing his series, “You Are the Light.” As a church on mission “to build disciples to go make disciples,” we must not only have a real relationship with Jesus, but we must have a heart for the lost. Here are some quotable quotes that I just can’t get out of my mind:
- Jesus didn’t come to make us comfortable; He came to make us whole.
- The foundation of our belief isn’t a teaching; it’s an encounter with Jesus.
- We want the God who loves and forgives, but not the God who expects something from us.
- Follow Jesus, not tradition.
- Faith must be placed in who Jesus is, not who we expect Him to be.
- We want our circumstances changed, but He came to change our hearts.
- How we receive people reveals how we receive the Lord.
And the most powerful one of all:
- The same Jesus who changed me wants to change others.
The same Jesus. Not the new and improved Jesus or the disposable, throw away one. Not the one who sways with the culture. But our Savior, Jesus, who was and is and is to come.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Hebrews 13:8 (NIV)
” . . . Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Matthew 28:19-20 (NIV)
Go, and make disciples.
Grace and peace be yours in abundance,
Vonda
