Jan 13, 2021
We're late. But it's about time. Time to start putting our
brothers and sisters above our political ideology. But how? How can
we righteously fight for our beliefs about how a society should
operate AND maintain civility and love... especially among
believers. A few weeks ago I read "A Gentle Answer" by Pastor Scott
Sauls. His Christ first approach to how we interact caused me not
only to question how I was communicating, but what I was actually
fighting for. Time to heal, and no politician is going to lead the
charge because it's not in their best interest. Healing is in our
best interest as a family in Christ. So let's lead out. You can
also download this as a podcast on any platform. It's the Gifted
and Lifted Podcast. Here are a few of my favorite notes from the
show. Please tell me yours.
“Jesus sees us in whatever condition we are and is ready to meet us
where we are...”
“before Paul… starts telling us what to do and how to live, we are
told who we are and reminded whose we are.”
“that’s just who He (Jesus) is. He establishes relationship before
anything else.”
“posture not politics” “righteous anger attacks problems,
unrighteous anger attacks people”
A beautiful approach to political discourse
“I’ve never met a person who got scolded on social media for their
politics and then a lightbulb went on for them and they said ‘oh,
you’ve completely persuaded me, I’ve changed my mind. Thank you for
showing me the light.’ I’ve never witnessed that.”
“part of what kindness means…”
we make ourselves liars when we adopt a narrative that lumps an
entire group together
“…it’s not about us and the other people anymore, it’s about us and
Jesus”
Speaks about how and why to be angry… “that’s an important grid to
run things through… Righteous anger is getting angry at things that
are precious to God… Unrighteous anger is when we get angry about
things that are precious to us, but not to God.”
Our pet peeves can refine us
“I don’t think politicians have much hope for making the world a
lot better… unless your coming from the resources that Christ
provides…”
"America and the church are not the same thing and they never have
been”