November 22, 2015 · Proverbs 4:23

Guard Your Heart

Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

“The gospel of Jesus Christ is this good news that tells you that, even though you feel like you're just a piece of crap, even though you feel like no one loves you, that you're not worthy of anything — that God loves you. That God died for you. He sent his son there to die for you. You are forgiven. It doesn't matter, the lies of your self-hatred. The truth of the gospel is something, as you start to allow it to penetrate those things. And you know what? Sometimes we have to hold on to our self-hatred even. It's, like, our last-ditch of selfishness. I'm going to hate myself even though I know I'm not supposed to. And so we hear — it's selfishness that we can hold on to. And the gospel tells you, no. Christ loves you. Hold on to that truth of the word of God. Because the word is written on your heart. And Christ died for all that crap in your life. And you are clean and you are free. You can't let it hold you back any longer. This is the gospel, of the good news of the word of God. And we can put the word in our heart. And as I started — I was walking through some things with a ministry counsellor, who's kind of counselling me on what it is that God is forming next. And I'll let you know when I know. But one of the things I learned in all of this is this idea that — what is my holy discontent? What is the thing that upsets you about the world and about the church and everything? And my holy discontent is that the church is losing its trust in the word of God.”