Michael Kelley
Contributor at Outreach Magazine
Husband, Dad, Church Leader, Communicator. Latest book is THE WHOLE STORY FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY: A YEAR OF JESUS-CENTERED FAMILY DEVOTIONS.
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4 days ago |
thinke.org | Michael Kelley
Augustine, the great North African theologian of the fourth century, once wrote this:“Love God, and do whatever you please.”Was he right? Maybe there’s part of you, like me, that bristles at that statement. And maybe that bristling comes from the fact that we know ourselves a little too well to fully endorse what the great theologian is saying. We know, for example, that there are many times throughout the day when we want the wrong thing - we want to be angry. Or lustful. Or greedy.
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3 weeks ago |
outreachmagazine.com | Michael Kelley
How are you feeling today? Did you wake up ready to go? Beat the alarm clock: Bounce out of bed with hope and optimism for the day? Or was it something different? There are days for all of us that just feel … weary. It’s when the action items for the day are too many to count. It’s when the burdens of friends and family weigh you down. It’s when you look at all that has to be done and you feel a near-crushing sense of anxiety. On those days, you want nothing more than for the day to not start at all.
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1 month ago |
outreachmagazine.com | Michael Kelley
If you go to your refrigerator right now, chances are you will find at least one bottle of something that has two important words on it. The words are “Shake well.” Have you ever tried to use whatever that thing is without shaking it well? What comes out is a watered down, liquidy version of the real thing. But when you shake it well, you stir up all the things that have the tendency to settle down at the bottom.
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1 month ago |
outreachmagazine.com | Michael Kelley
We should not be afraid to pray big prayers. There are lots of them in the Bible:Joshua prayed that the sun would stand still in the sky (Josh. 10:12–14). Elijah prayed for fire from heaven and then rain to end a severe drought (1 Kings 18). Nehemiah prayed for the heart of a pagan king to be moved (Neh. 1:10–12). Sometimes we don’t pray big prayers because we have been disappointed in the answers to our previous prayers and we don’t want to feel that disappointment again.
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2 months ago |
outreachmagazine.com | Michael Kelley
“Where are you?”The question rang out across the garden. The first humans, who had enjoyed perfect fellowship with their Creator and lived in perfect harmony with the rest of his creation, had walked and talked in naked transparency with God and with each other. But not anymore. Now they were hiding. Now they were self-conscious. Now they were filled with the guilt and shame that came from their lack of faith and rebellion. And God was looking for them.
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When we face pain and difficulty, one of the first things that happens is that we start to doubt God. But what if we chose to doubt our doubts instead of doubting God? Read more in today’s article here: https://t.co/vVfqYwoSxN
No discipline is enjoyable. That’s why it’s discipline after all. But the Bible pictures the discipline of God, even though it might not be pleasant, as good news. My post this week with @Thinke is about why. Click through to read more: https://t.co/108OcFx9jx
From a biblical standpoint, knowledge is a good thing. Even better when that knowledge leads to understanding. But still incomplete unless that understanding leads to action. This is the progression of not just knowing but doing. Read more here: https://t.co/BRLdfn7r0o