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These people want to have something to lay at the feet of King Jesus when He comes again. (Page 155)

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Martin Luther said that it wouldn't matter if Jesus had died a thousand times if no one ever heard about it. We are the only way they hear about it. (Page 150)

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What are you doing with your life? -Having conversations with people about how I am currently balancing my busy lifestyle + mental health recovery with faith, especially when they voice it is hard for them to do.

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p.153: "Radical generosity and radical commitment to the mission is the response of every person who has experience the grace of Jesus Christ." - I know and agree with this, but when it comes to radical generosity, I find I'm still so stingy and selfish, sometimes in the arena of financial generosity, but more often in emotional generosity. I feel challenged that working full-time for church isn't just about getting things all lined up for church events, but also about "leveraging my life for the lost."

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- What are you doing with your life, leveraging resources, time, talents, etc to see salvation come to others? Are you using time and opportunities to enrich yourself or bless the world w knowledge of Jesus?

Yes and no. A mix of both. I see my greatest ministry right in front of me. Most of my family and friends. But oftentimes I take the easy way out. I get tired and think it will be easier not to deal with God. People seem so far. It seems implausible. So I let go. And give up. But these opportunities for blessing the world are right in front of me. And the time I spend with them that I could use more sharing knowledge of Jesus.

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I am challenged and encouraged to be a witness for Christ in academia and in my daily life. I tend to think of how to blend in, be accepted, and be popular among my colleagues and friends, but am now challenged to urgently share the gospel with them as the destiny of the unbelievers is pretty clear - that is hell, separated from God.

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- Who are some people in your life that you want to begin to have intercessory faith for? Write a prayer for them.

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- Where would you be if Jesus chose to steward His resources as you are stewarding yours?
- What are you doing with your life? How are you leveraging your resources, your free time, and your talents to see salvation come to others?
- Are you using your gifts, your time, and your opportunities to enrich yourself, or to bless the world with the knowledge of Jesus?

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1. What is one thing you hope most for in the future?
Making good progress towards aligned technology

2. If you could change one thing about yourself right now, what would it be?
My voice and the way I sound when I'd like to be genuine but it doesn't come off like that

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1. What is the one thing you most worry about losing?
- The fake peace that I enjoy with my parents and in-laws.
2. If you could change one thing..
- Weight & appearance after baby #2

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What one thing do you most hope is in your life?
What is the one thing that you most worry about losing?
- Success in academia

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-If you could change one thing about yourself right now, what would it be?

Changing my appearance (losing weight, having better skin, having nicer teeth)

-When do you feel the most significant?

When people view me as being better than others/most, whether it's articulating myself, being servantlike, having a good education/job, being athletic, looking attractive, etc.

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Having our eyes opened to see our part in that story creates in us a love for God that is strong enough to finally drive out our attraction to other idols. The gospel cures us of fear, dissatisfaction, and pride.

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Gospel change is the Spirit of God using the story of God to make the beauty of God come alive in our hearts. Having our eyes opened to see our part in that story creates in us a love for God that is strong enough to finally drive out our attraction to other idols. (65)

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"You get swept up into a story of such cosmic drama and beauty that you are forever changed. Your behavior is radically altered because you've seen and tasted something from a completely different world." (65)

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You are hardwired for works-righteousness. When you're not deliberately thinking gospel, you've probably slipped back into self-justification mode.

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To grow in awareness of the depths of sin God has saved you from is growth in the gospel.

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"He speaks all together different: 'I have made you, My child. I have taken away all your sin. I could not approve of you more than i do right now. Live that way."

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"He attacks our identity in the gospel...And comparison with others leads to two of Satan's favorite sins: pride and despair."

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Satan has tricked so many of us into believing his voice is actually the voice of the Holy Spirit. We've grown so accustomed to the voice of condemnation that we think the only thing the Holy Spirit ever says to us is, "Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! What's wrong with you? You're terrible!" He speaks altogether different: "I have made you, My child. I have taken away all your sin. I could not approve of you more than I do right now. Live that way." (53)

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Well deep not wide and nothing love more or less

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The gospel turns religion upside down. The gospel assures us of God's acceptance, given to us as a gift earned by Christ's worthiness, not ours.

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"When our salvation depends upon our righteous behavior, our righteousness will be driven by a desire to elevate ourselves in the eyes of God. This is not love for God; this is self-protection."

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In fact, a lot of times, religion becomes simply another way to get hold of that thing we most desire. True worship is obedience to God for no reason than that you delight in God.

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The "laws" of God (i.e., commands like, "J.D., don't lie, be depressed, worry, or get angry") tell me what to do, but don't really give me the power to do them -- at least to obey them from the heart. What religion is unable to do, God does for us in the gospel.

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"The gospel reawakens us to the beauty of God and overwhelms us with mercy. Our behavior changes because we change."

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Paul Tripp has said that most of the strategies for Christian growth amount merely to "rose-stapling techniques".

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"Somehow we think God is different, as if He is pleased when we serve Him because we're required to. He's not."

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The gospel, however, is not just the diving board off of which we jump into the pool of Christianity; it is the pool itself... All other Christian virtues flow out of it

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"So if you want to see spiritual fruit in your life, don't focus primarily on the fruits. Focus on Jesus' acceptance of you, given to you as a gift. Focusing on spiritual fruit will usually product only frustration and despair, not fruitfulness."

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"Love for God is commanded in Scripture, but the command can only truly be fulfilled as our eyes are opened to see God's beauty revealed in the gospel. The Spirit of God uses the beauty of the gospel to awaken in our hearts a desire for God.

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... but true spiritual fruit comes from getting swept up in intimate, loving encounters with Jesus Christ

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Abiding in Jesus means understanding that His acceptance of us is the same regardless of the amount of spiritual fruit we have produced. Ironically, it is only when we understand that His love is not conditioned on our spiritual fruitfulness that we gain the power to become truly fruitful. (14)

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The Puritan Jonathan Edwards likened his reawakening to the gospel to a man who had known, in his head, that honey was sweet, but for the first time had that sweetness burst alive in his mouth. .

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"I still have a long way to go, and I daily have to struggle against the God-hating desires of my flesh, but I am changing. I am, as Paul would say, making "progress" in the gospel. The gospel has done in my har

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I believe this prayer can be the means by which you "preach the gospel" to yourself daily. (6)

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"By that time I was living in a way that would have met just about anybody's standard as a "real", committed Christian...The really good Christians were always doing something that I wasn't." (3)