By Pastor Bill Flavin | Scripture: Acts 10:9-23
God’s call for us to love as Christ has loved us goes beyond people, places, traditions and comfort zones. In Acts 10, God challenges Peter’s assumptions about who and how God works in this world.
God’s call for us to love as Christ has loved us goes beyond people, places, traditions and comfort zones. In Acts 10, God challenges Peter’s assumptions about who and how God works in this world.
Early in adulthood I learned a hard lesson. Every choice (even the ones that feel like we are refusing to make a choice) has consequences and impact. Jesus wants to remind his followers that being a disciple is a wonderful and impactful way to live, that leads us to the most fulfilling life we are designed to live. Following Jesus also comes with commands to live a life that is unlike others and calls us to a higher standard.
Growing up I had a narrow picture of fasting: don’t eat food for some period, which as a student sounded challenging. In Matthew 6 and all over scripture we get a rich picture of fasting as an opportunity to grow closer to God, to challenge the status quo in our lives, and dig deeper into prayer.
It feels like prayer and reading the bible are two of the most common things that we are told are important as Christians. Jesus lays out in Matthew 6 a picture of the heart and posture for prayer that we can model in our own lives.