Sunday review: July 25-30

What is Jesus doing in the lives of those you’ve encountered this week? What is he doing in your life? This week’s posts help us remember that he is working day after day. Which of these do you want to read again?

July 25
Maybe it’s time for all of us to pause and consider whether we are with Jesus on his mission or if we have drifted toward missions and causes that are tangential but not central to the work of Christ. Many of these tangential issues may be important, but if we are not careful they can become the things we worship. Our issues and our politics can become our religion.
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July 26
We may be going ahead of Jesus in some encounters, but just as likely we are joining Jesus in the work he is already doing in someone’s life as we interact with people today. Our prayers should be that our interactions support the work of Christ that is already at work with those we see.
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July 27
When we humbly do our work and care for others genuinely then those who don’t know Jesus will know we are different from what they see in the world. Our attitude will stir curiosity and cultivate the soil of hearts to receive the seed of the gospel in their lives.
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July 28
With the constant bombardment of advertising and media that insists we just can’t live without the new car, the second home, the trip to Italy, the best whatever, we can slip into a life focused on accumulation instead of generosity.
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July 29
So is Jesus right about not being able to add any days to our lives? Should we just eat, drink, and be merry and die when the arteries clog or our liver fails? No, but maybe Jesus is suggesting that our obsessions about our health can be a stumbling block just like our obsessions about wealth are to us.
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July 30
Decades ago, Bill and Gloria Gaither recorded a song with a message I try to remember: “Yesterday’s gone/And tomorrow may never come/But we have this moment today.” The hedonist might advise, “Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow you may die.” I’m not advocating that, but I can relate to a more succinct and less self-centered version, “Seize the day.” Best of all is the psalmist’s healthier decision: “This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.”
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