“When suffering while in exile, as exiles, because we are exiles, we point others to the Father”

“When suffering while in exile, as exiles, because we are exiles, we point others to the Father”
“A Good Samaritan isn’t a term Jesus coined to describe hero’s, it’s a term He coined to describe Christians!”
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
A summation of the spiritual rhythms: the Word, prayer, service, community, treasure, rest, and worship.
We worship God by following Him and seeking what He wants for the world.
While the sabbath no longer holds the same restrictions it once did, our rest is now found in Christ and His eternal rest. The pursuit of rest looks different for each individual.