Dwelling or Drifting: Applications from “How to be a Righteous Remnant” Series
If I want to be part of a righteous remnant of believers, I need to be purposed to obey God in personal holiness before I try to join my brothers and sisters in collective righteousness.
A Personal Reflection on Job
What will it take for me to see that I am actually “vile” in comparison to the exceptional power and grace of God? How is it that we have a complete word of God, written and bound, and yet we hardly observe its power?
We want to negotiate our own deliverance and are preposterous enough to insist God should bless our schemes. But if we are forthright with ourselves, when the storm comes howling at our window and the enemy circles, humble supplication is the only option.
A Tension Filled Room: Applications from Acts
"I’ve learned not to fear the tension. I’ve learned to be a willing and ready vessel that isn’t concerned with self or convenience but has been emptied of that to be used in whatever way God sees fit."
The Tendencies of the Fatherless: Applications from Acts
I need to engage my relationship with the Lord not in pride and secrecy or striving to prove myself in works but in genuine humility.
The Temptation of a False Repentance: Applications from Acts
Let’s go back to that genuine faith and love that regarded no sin dear to us. When we were so full of life and had just repented of sin. Let’s remember our first love.
Never Easy, Always Worth It: Lessons Learned from Small Group Bible Study Splits
It has been the greatest joy to labor together with God and with colaborers in the ministry to invest His Word into faithful ladies, see them mature in the Lord, and then see them invest in others.
My Own Stiff Neck: Applications from Acts
"In pride our necks become stiff, and a life of sanctification becomes a life of religious compromise that is by its very nature resistant to the work of the Spirit dwelling inside us."
A Lesson on Waiting: Applications from Acts
If we are “waiting on the Lord” in any area of our lives, then we need to pursue actions that support that. If we are waiting on the Lord for a job, then we need to start applying. If we are waiting on the Lord for a wife or husband, then we need to first start maturing in a relationship with Him. If we are waiting on the Lord to be sent, than we need to start serving where we are.
Montana: The Impact of Discipleship
But his persistence paid off. I know he prayed for me and I know he pulled other men into those prayers. The demonstration of God’s grace in my life was found in discipleship. And in that demonstration of grace, I found what I had been looking for my whole life.
Lauren: The Impact of Discipleship
I cried to the Lord on the drive to church. I probably looked like a crazy person, but that’s okay because I was desperate for truth, for protection, for love. I didn’t know where to get it. But that day, I asked God to do whatever He wanted with my life because I couldn’t be in control of it anymore.z
Ediban: The Impact of Discipleship
Because of discipleship, I am no longer playing Christian; I am a Christian.
Lessons on life and discipleship from the church at Thessalonica
It is only because the Thessalonians had all three of these qualities that they were so effective for God’s mission. They were fully surrendered, completely in love with their saviour. If we desire to live rightly before God and fulfill his mission, our lives must also be drenched in true faith, love, and hope.
Waiting on the Lord, Part Two
God began to teach me that the Bible lights our current steps on the path and not necessarily the entire stretch of road before us. What matters is how we respond to what he has shown us. Our faith, not our strength, pleases God.
Testimonies from the Spring Retreat
We recorded several of the C&YA members giving there testimony after the Spring Retreat. Watch the videos here.
Jasmine Canady: The Impact of Discipleship
Jasmine Canady is a member of C&YA. She is a discipler and serves in Friends of Internationals at UMKC. In this post, Jasmine gives a testimony of her experience with discipleship and how God has used it to change her desires and mindset.
Paul Fyffe: Salvation, Wilderness, and Restoration
Paul Fyffe is a member of Midtown Baptist Temple. He is married and has four children, and he currently serves on our baptism team. In this post he shares his testimony: how Christ saved him, his later struggle with drug addiction, and how Christ healed and restored him to the body after his repentance.
What Mission Focus Means to Me
Alvaro Briones is a leader in C&YA. He is an active discipler and is helping to plant a men’s Bible study at UMKC. Alvaro's testimony is an encouragement to our fellowship, particularly in how he serves God and his people. In this post, Alvaro shares what God showed him last year at Mission Focus and how his heart’s desire is to see the Lord’s kingdom advanced.
