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Meagan crochets animals for new babies at church.
Anita travels across makeshift roads in rural Cuba to bless and equip other women.
Mandy cares for her patients, even after they have cursed her out or thrown up on her.
Barbara prepares Bible class for the fourth graders every Sunday morning.
Claudia wheels the elderly from the nursing home down the street to the church building so they can worship with other Christians.
Lindsay shares her love for art as a way of drawing non-Christians into conversation about the Creator who values beauty and creativity.
The “All In” life for Christ takes on different forms for different people. It takes a body, “as each part does its work” (Eph. 4:16).
Who do you know that is Living, Loving, and Serving with Abandon?
Thankfully, I would run out of room to share the countless stories of people that I know who live out their relationship with Christ in diverse ways. Yet I do not know the stories of those you are blessed to know, women (and men) who have touched your life by living “All In.” Let’s celebrate the stories of those who are Living, Loving and Serving with Abandon!
A picture is worth a thousand words, so...
Comment with a picture and add the hashtags: #AllInChrist #IronRoseSister
Let’s celebrate what God is doing through those who live All In for Him!
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In Hebrews, the author talks about throwing off what hinders and the sin that so easily entangles (12:1). As I reflected on those things that hinder me from living the “All In” life, I recognized the contrast between what helps and what hinders.
What helps me live the “All In” life, equips me for the FIGHT.
Faith (Heb. 11:6)
Identity in Christ (Gal. 2:20)
God (Is. 40:28-31)
tHanskgiving (1 Thes. 5:18)
Truth (John 8:32)
God invites us to the “All In,” full, abundant life (John 10:10). But the thief, who came to steal, kill, and destroy, presents any obstacle in our path or distraction in our mind to keep us from living “All In.” Let’s look at some of his tools.
What hinders me from living the “All In” life, makes me “FISEL” (yes, I know it is spelled “fizzle”).
Fear (Is. 43:1-2)
Insecurities (Ex. 4:1-14)
Self (Rom. 7:14-8:1)
Excuses (Esther 4:14)
Lies (John 8:44)
These hindrances are thorns that we remove, with God’s help, so that He can continue His transforming work of growing and blooming.
We are not in this FIGHT alone. We are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses (Heb. 12:1) as we throw off what hinders (Heb. 12:2). And, together, we can keep our eyes fixed on Jesus and serve as iron sharpening iron, encouraging and inspiring one another to be as beautiful as a rose, in spite of a few thorns in that journey.
Spend some time today reflecting on the thorns that hinder you from the “All In” life. Share them with an Iron Rose Sister and invite her to remind you of truth as you bloom together.
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