“Elijah came near to all the people and said, ‘How long will you hesitate between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.’ But the people did not answer him a word.” 1 Kings 18:21
If we are going to think with Christcentered minds, it must become a way of life every day. We cannot be sacred on Sunday and secular on Monday. We are sacred all day every day, because we are all ministers under God no matter what our particular professions happen to be.
We as a nation are facing a trying time of disunity and racial tension, but there’s still hope. Tony Evans shares about the importance of Biblical unity (oneness of purpose). When the body of Christ is unified under the lordship of Jesus Christ, it has the potential to be a light to the world during times of unrest and division.
Days after the tragedy of 9/11 struck our nation’s soul, members of the special forces known as the Green Berets were asked to pack their bags, leave their families and head straight into the heart of warfare. While each of us back home struggled to come to grips with the devastation that came about so suddenly, these men set out to do something about it.
I want to take you to Philippians 2:7. Christ did more than simply lay aside the glory of heaven: He “emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men.”