Book - Chapter - Christian

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[TOC] Book - Chapter - Christian

-- 2020 08 04 - 1519 - iteration 01

Truly effective adjectives work better as verbs than nouns.


Too, too often a person might consider themselves a Christian because of a single moment in time.


It might be a baptism.

It might be a dedication.

And it might simply be a conversation.


The danger, though, is that - unlike most other words - this one has actual, enduring merit.


Because the implicit idea behind this word is that you embody a certain world-view.

And that you seek an actual relationship with God.


And thus, for it to actually be true, it should not reflect something done in the past.

Rather, it should identify how you'll act in the present and immediate future.


The Bible talks about being deceived.

One of the most common instances of this is someone trusting unconditional grace.


For the word Christian to have the appropriate depth, it means:

You'll trust God with your goals, your heart, your inner self.

You'll intentionally repent of - that is, stop doing - that which turns you away from Him.


It's easy to rise to your level of incompetence and be dissatisfied by what you achieve.


What if you believed God had something better and you walked toward it, daily?

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some additional thoughts:
- What if you were destined for greatness but kept settling for dissatisfying false solutions?
- What if you tried filling your God-shaped hole with God?

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