THE NAIVETE OF ADVOCACY

The naïveté of advocacy consists of thinking that if people just “see” something they’ll change.

There are two problems with that view.

1. The majority NEVER “see” it.

2. The majority of those who do “SEE” it think that seeing is enough.

Advocacy must persuade. In the world this is done through manipulation. In the spiritual realm this is accomplished, not by our rhetoric, but by the work of the Holy Spirit on the heart.

Quotes from Kevin's sermon today

“When you start talking about what Jesus is doing, that supersedes what is happening in the world. The supernatural will always overcome the natural.”

“Concentrating on Jesus will give us what we need.”

“You can tell what’s really inside a person when they come up against adversity.”

“We always get into trouble when we act apart from the leading of the Holy Spirit and apart from prayer.”

And my personal favorite…

“God’s Spirit is not limited and His hand has not shrunk. We can ask God to do the same things in our day that He did in the book of Acts.”

-- Jen

Sermon Quotes from Kevin's message today

"God makes us righteous not through what we've done, but through what Jesus has done for us."

"The Holy Spirit is not loaned to us--- He's given. That is the testimony that God trusts us." (Wow!)

"Justification is only needed when something is crooked. We cannot justify-- make right and straight-- ourselves."

"The fun part of the Christian life is that God allows us to be involved in weaving the threads of our lives together."

"We don't get character by sitting in an armchair and doing nothing." (rats!)

"If you are relying on your own resources to get you through a test, you're no better off than you were before you were born again."

My personal fav: "One of the marks of being a king or queen is that you are able to give gifts to others. The reason we can do this is that God has more than enough to give to us, and extra, allowing us to share."

---Jen

Sunday quotes

Quotes from Kevins' sermon today:

"Wishes disappoint. Hope does not disappoint-- it is grounded in the love of God."

" The great power of the Holy Spirit is that He allows us to be like Jesus."

And my favorite: "We are people not bogged down by our past, but powered for our future."
-- Jen