Posted on January 18, 2010 - by Josh Burcham
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Blog moved to my root domain: www.joshburcham.com. Enjoy the new site and design. Check out the portfolio.
Blog moved to my root domain: www.joshburcham.com. Enjoy the new site and design. Check out the portfolio.
We complicate things. We take a simple message and add and add until we get to a point where it becomes difficult to find that original message. Jesus came to this earth and left us with a simple command. Love God and Love People.
I’ve read these verses over and over again and have blogged about them numerous times, but as I read this section of God’s Word I noticed something interesting. And I’m guessing you might have missed it as well:
I’m not a parent, but I know enough to know parenting isn’t easy. Hopefully, all the parents out there get some good advice. “Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories.” ~John Wilmot. Enjoy!
Recently finished Francis Chan’s Forgotten God, which has been on my reading shelve for months, and one phrase stuck out over all the others:
I don’t want my life to be explainable without the Holy Spirit. I want people to look at my life and know that I couldn’t be doing this on my own power. I want to live in such a way that I am despriate for Him to come through. That if He doesn’t come through, I am screwed. (I probably shouldn’t write that word here, but it’s how I truly feel about this.) – Francis Chan (Forgotten God, pg. 142)
I write to encourage, challenge and help people move to the next level in leadership, creativity and being a Christ-follower. It is what gets my blood flowing, it’s what gets be excited. Anytime I come across information that would help in those areas I pass them onto you. Craig Groeschel wrote this post, Breaking Up the System, and it was worth you taking the time to read if you are in any type of leadership.
Leaders this is for you. As the saying goes, “Leaders are learners. When you stop learning, you stop leading.” Mark Batterson is in the process of finding another location for one of their service, because without notice the movie theater that they have been for years closed down. In this season he is still leading, where most leaders would be getting nervous and just making decisions. Now start learning…
We complicate things. We take a simple message and add and add until we get to a point where it becomes difficult to find that original message. Jesus came to this earth and left us with a simple command. Love God and Love People.
Now these aren’t Red Letters (they didn’t come from Jesus’ mouth), but I recently read these in Corinthians and wanted to pass them on to you. I think they do a great job at describing a life worth living. Paul was writing to the Corinthians asking them to expect them into their fold, but whether he was asking for acceptance or not the lifestyle that they have, that gives them the ability to make these statements is the lifestyle I want. I want to be able to make this statements about myself:
18. January 2010
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