Light In Your Corner
Join Lauren and Monica as they discuss how to live in and bless our surrounding culture while carrying the LIGHT that cannot be overcome.
We are two women joining Jesus in our neighborhood while navigating family, friendships, work, creativity, and chronic health issues. We don't always do things right the first time, and we have a borderline-unhealthy relationship with British mystery novels, but with God we can find the humor and the heart behind most things. Light in Your Corner is our first podcast.
Light In Your Corner
(81) Everything We Need
Everything We Need
Every self-help guru, every modern-day motivational speaker will tell you something similar, even if the packaging looks a little different. All of them will say this: “I have figured it out. Want a better job? Better position? Better relationships? Better finances? Let me share what I have learned and all you have to do is follow the way.”
It’s not a new message. There are a lot of Christian leaders out there who say the same thing and there is nothing inherently bad about it.
The trouble comes when we start to strip Jesus down into simply another key point that will make our life here better. We might not be expecting him to show up at our cookout and miraculously feed us and 5,000 of our closest friends, but we can be easily tempted to love Jesus for what He gives instead of who He is.
Thankfully, He refuses to accept that. So instead of “this is the way,” He says “I am the way.” Instead of “Eat this, not that,” He says, “I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
Today we are going to dive into some hard but life-giving words from Jesus, who loves us so much that He refuses to be anything less than our Savior. He really is all we need, every day.
ALSO:
-Who’s on your zombie apocalypse team?
-Little Worship Factories
-God can make it make sense
-When your community reminds you that you’re not enough, but Jesus is
-Your genealogy can’t do it for you
-Simon Peter coming in clutch with his confession
References:
-John 6:22-71
-Blurry Creatures
-John Mark Comer Podcast: “Stay Together to Grow/Community Ep. 4”
-“Life Together” by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
