Retro

Colossians 3:1-4 NASB  Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. [2] Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. [3] For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ […]

I can’t tell you how many times over the years I have heard someone explaining someone else’s behavior by saying, “They are just trying to find themselves.” I believe this is the journey that every human being takes because all of life ultimately flows out of our identity. Who we think or believe we are

Matthew 6:19-21 NASB  “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. [20] But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; [21] for where your treasure is, there

2 Corinthians 1:8-10 NASB  For we do not want you to be unaware, brethren, of our affliction which came to us in Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life; [9] indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves so that we would not trust in

We don’t have to live our lives “stressed out;” instead, we get to live “resting in” the adequacy of Christ, who has brought our lives and our life story into union with His. Paul spent the last years of his life imprisoned under house arrest in Rome, and in Ephesians 3:1, he referred to himself

What kind of atmosphere do you live in? I mean, what’s it like in your home? What’s it like in your workplace? The environment that we live in shapes our consciousness, and what we are conscious of is what we manifest wherever we go. If the atmosphere that we spend most of our time in

2 Timothy 2:11-13 NASB  It is a trustworthy statement: For if we died with Him, we will also live with Him; [12] If we endure, we will also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He also will deny us; [13] If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself. The word

Ephesians 2:13-18; 3:11-12 NASB  But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. [14] For He Himself is our peace, who made both one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall, [15] by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the

Through the incarnation, Jesus humbled Himself and emptied Himself to become like us. In His resurrection/ascension, He allows us to share in His divinity so we can become like Him. Our identity is so in union with His that, in light of Paul’s persecution of the church, Jesus asked him, “Why are you persecuting me.”

2 Corinthians 5:14-17 NASB  For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; [15] and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf. [16] Therefore from now on