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Saturday, October 19, 2013

Ed Stetzer: Compelled to Missional Living (Part 2)


The Holy Spirit empowers us in a life of missional living

Last week, I published an article about how missional living engages us to see life through God's perspective. It was an idea that Philip Nation and I wrote about in our book Compelled: Living the Mission of God.

LifeWay (where I serve) is offering our book Compelled: Living the Mission of God for just $5 in-store, while supplies last. Come on, people! Only $5.

This week, I want to continue to offer a thought about how the Holy Spirit works to empower us to move into a posture of missional living.

In each of the churches that I have led, there are always people who are hesitant to fully step into the mission of God. Well, OK, normally more than a few. They have fears of what might happen, of questions that might be asked for which they have no answer, or of tasks that they will be called to do for which they have no skill. And all of those fears will likely come true. God calls us to do work for which we are ill-equipped by ourselves. It is why He has chosen to indwell us with the Holy Spirit.

As we think about missional living, it is impossible to do it without the presence, power, and mobilization done by the Spirit. Keep reading

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