Dreaming: Glory and Suffering Week 3 (2.18.18)

^{12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. (Heb 12:1–2., ESV)}

 

^{God has something incredible for you.}

 

^{God judges us by our faith not our failure.}

 

^{Never let fear or failure stop you from taking a step of faith.}

 

^{6 For when we place our faith in Christ Jesus, there is no benefit in being circumcised or being uncircumcised. What is important is faith expressing itself in love. (Ga 5:6, NLT)}

 

^{Faith allows us to take the next step. Love is the way we walk.}

 

^{14 Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold your King!” 15 They cried out, “Away with him, away with him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.” 16 So he delivered him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus, 17 and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. 18 There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them. (Jn 19:14–18, ESV)}

 

^{They way to glory goes right through suffering.}

 

^{34 And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 35 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it. (Mk 8:34–35, ESV)}

 

^{You are going to get hurt.}

 

^{You can either choose to get hurt on your own terms}

^{or you will be hurt on somebody else’s terms.}

 

^{30 Why are we in danger every hour? 31 I protest, brothers, by my pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die every day! (1 Co 15:30–31., ESV)}

 

^{If you’re not dying daily,}

^{you’re not being raised daily.}