How can we actively develop humility in our spiritual life, the kind of genuine, precious humility that will put a smile on our Father's face?\xa0
\nGenuine, relentless humility is a life-long commitment.
\nStephanie takes us on a journey to experience what has been called the "spiritual disciplines" in light of our quest to delight more in God. She quotes John Piper:\xa0\u201cNow, THAT would be the greatest salvation imaginable\u2014if God should offer us the greatest reality in the universe to enjoy, and then move in us to see to it that we could enjoy it with the greatest freedom and the greatest pleasure possible.\u201d
\nTruly, that\u2019s all we need. Let this mindset seep deeply into your being, and it will bear fruit. Be relentlessly humble. Cultivate relentless humility. It\u2019s the secret. It\u2019s actually super easy, but it requires a lifetime of practice.
\nPaul said, \u201cby the grace\xa0of God I am what I am, and his grace to me\xa0was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them\u2014yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.\u201d `1cor 15:10
\nThat\u2019s the balance: God does ALL the work\u2014THROUGH us. We\u2019re not in charge. We\u2019re the car, He\u2019s the driver. Yet He chooses to use this car.\xa0So, today we\u2019re going to look at the other side of this "delight-in-God" coin: our participation. God invites us to participate even as He teaches us HOW to delight in Him.
\nJoin us to relentlessly develop genuine humility today.
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\nGOD'S GLORY, OUR DELIGHT | THE GOSPEL SPICE SERIES
\nDelighting in the glory of God. Does this concept strike you as reserved for spiritual contemplatives? What if, instead, it proved the highly practical, deeply foundational perspective you need right now?
\nWhy does God\u2019s glory even matter in our day and age? How can we learn from Jesus to make His glory our true North and lifelong quest? What keeps us from fully stepping into this God-ordained purpose for our life? How do we kindle delight for God on a daily basis? And, once we have embraced God\u2019s glory as our heart\u2019s true delight, how can we then come alongside others?
\nJoin us to cultivate a sincere delight for God\u2019s glory, rooted in an honest, hard look at the depth of our need, and in the much deeper Reality of His grace. Trace the glory of God through Scripture and in your own life. Behold the exact radiance of God\u2019s glory, revealed in Jesus. Learn to see yourself as Christ does\u2014through the lens of the Father\u2019s love at the cross. Jesus offers to overwhelm our deadly self-centeredness with His resurrection power. He carries us every step of the way, even as He calls us to true humility on the path to glory.
\nWho has time to cultivate the delight that comes from pondering the glory of God? And yet, nothing could be more urgent today. Marthas and Marys, Peters and Johns\u2014we are all invited to dare to dream of a lifestyle of God-centered delight. Nothing could be more practical.
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