There are many examples of those who were legalistic in the Bible. Let me give you a scene from the Old Testament that exemplifies someone entering into joy and someone who is being held back. This... This is the weekly messages of Wellspring Counseling, a Christian agency whose mission is to help those seek the extraordinary in themselves. You can find us @ wellspring-counseling.org

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Let?s look at the reverse though. From what we?ve learned about joy, someone who is joyless would be: Someone who sees the glass as half-full. Someone who has little passion (inward and... This is the weekly messages of Wellspring Counseling, a Christian agency whose mission is to help those seek the extraordinary in themselves. You can find us @ wellspring-counseling.org

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The first place where this is most evident is that disciples do not experience joy in a consistent manner. This aspect is the hallmark or underpinning in what it means to be ?just? a disciple?there... This is the weekly messages of Wellspring Counseling, a Christian agency whose mission is to help those seek the extraordinary in themselves. You can find us @ wellspring-counseling.org

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A.W. Tozer, one of the most gifted Christian writers, entitled his most famous work Following Hard After God. It?s a great title. It says it all. It is one of my favorite books and I can remember... This is the weekly messages of Wellspring Counseling, a Christian agency whose mission is to help those seek the extraordinary in themselves. You can find us @ wellspring-counseling.org

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A short fictional piece to preface our discussion of what is "just" a disciple? This is the weekly messages of Wellspring Counseling, a Christian agency whose mission is to help those seek the extraordinary in themselves. You can find us @ wellspring-counseling.org

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I had my own experience in which I had lived a believer too long. I was a junior in college and I was definitely living two lives. On the one hand, I had started a Bible study with a very good friend... This is the weekly messages of Wellspring Counseling, a Christian agency whose mission is to help those seek the extraordinary in themselves. You can find us @ wellspring-counseling.org

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Another tale-tale sign that a person is a believer is when one looks at their friendships. Many moons ago, I heard Tony Campolo say that if you didn't have intimate and accountable relationships in... This is the weekly messages of Wellspring Counseling, a Christian agency whose mission is to help those seek the extraordinary in themselves. You can find us @ wellspring-counseling.org

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C.S. Lewis illustrates this ?loss of self? beautifully in one of his early books. Many of us know it because it comes from his classics The Chronicles of Narnia. In the third book, The Voyage of the... This is the weekly messages of Wellspring Counseling, a Christian agency whose mission is to help those seek the extraordinary in themselves. You can find us @ wellspring-counseling.org

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Another aspect tied to this idea that believers live in two kingdoms is the truth that believers typically are self-centered, rather than God-centered in the way they live their life. This was my... This is the weekly messages of Wellspring Counseling, a Christian agency whose mission is to help those seek the extraordinary in themselves. You can find us @ wellspring-counseling.org

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Many passages in the Bible talk about a person who does not have any convictions and therefore, is tossed about by the wind going wherever it takes them. One states soundly ?that we may no longer be... This is the weekly messages of Wellspring Counseling, a Christian agency whose mission is to help those seek the extraordinary in themselves. You can find us @ wellspring-counseling.org

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This message was given at Resurrection Life Church in March, 2005. It was devoted to discussing the dangers of pornography, in particular for young men and boys. Toward the end of the discussion, we... This is the weekly messages of Wellspring Counseling, a Christian agency whose mission is to help those seek the extraordinary in themselves. You can find us @ wellspring-counseling.org

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This takes us to our next point about who believers are. There?s some good news and some bad news. The good news is that believers like to live in the kingdom of God; the bad news is that they also... This is the weekly messages of Wellspring Counseling, a Christian agency whose mission is to help those seek the extraordinary in themselves. You can find us @ wellspring-counseling.org

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Judas liked to hide. Remember, in Luke, it tells us that he liked to take money and conceal that from the disciples and Jesus. You can picture him taking a few extra coins out of a pouch and secretly... This is the weekly messages of Wellspring Counseling, a Christian agency whose mission is to help those seek the extraordinary in themselves. You can find us @ wellspring-counseling.org

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In the Old Testament it says that David was one of God?s favorites. Even though he committed adultery, had someone killed and did a pretty awful job at raising his children, God had a special place... This is the weekly messages of Wellspring Counseling, a Christian agency whose mission is to help those seek the extraordinary in themselves. You can find us @ wellspring-counseling.org

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I can often spot the believer, because I myself was one. I remember that period in my life well and I can see myself in the people I meet who really are only going through the motions with Jesus. Our... This is the weekly messages of Wellspring Counseling, a Christian agency whose mission is to help those seek the extraordinary in themselves. You can find us @ wellspring-counseling.org

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So what exactly are the characteristics of a believer? We will go over some tale-tale signs of the believer. The day that a person comes to believe in Jesus is a beautiful yet dangerous moment. It?s... This is the weekly messages of Wellspring Counseling, a Christian agency whose mission is to help those seek the extraordinary in themselves. You can find us @ wellspring-counseling.org

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You have your own story, different from anyone else and that again furthers the point of how imaginative God is in his approach to reaching us with his grace and forgiveness. My own story is unique.... This is the weekly messages of Wellspring Counseling, a Christian agency whose mission is to help those seek the extraordinary in themselves. You can find us @ wellspring-counseling.org

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In any journey, you have to start somewhere. Believing in Jesus also has a beginning. Whatever you want to call it -- giving your life to God, becoming born-again, following Jesus, being saved?the... This is the weekly messages of Wellspring Counseling, a Christian agency whose mission is to help those seek the extraordinary in themselves. You can find us @ wellspring-counseling.org

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A short fictional piece to preface our discussion of what is a believer? This is the weekly messages of Wellspring Counseling, a Christian agency whose mission is to help those seek the extraordinary in themselves. You can find us @ wellspring-counseling.org

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This is what we are after, isn?t it? We want change. However, we want the real thing. Be entirely honest with yourself, are you the same person you were a year ago? Five years ago? Forty years... This is the weekly messages of Wellspring Counseling, a Christian agency whose mission is to help those seek the extraordinary in themselves. You can find us @ wellspring-counseling.org

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If anything, you have to be honest with yourself and be where you are. Whenever, someone pursues counseling in their life, and they have come because of a certain problem, I always tell them that... This is the weekly messages of Wellspring Counseling, a Christian agency whose mission is to help those seek the extraordinary in themselves. You can find us @ wellspring-counseling.org

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This act of change is important because it is innate to being a follower of Jesus. Naturally, we are continually being renewed, growing and emerging and becoming more. With this, our journey of faith... This is the weekly messages of Wellspring Counseling, a Christian agency whose mission is to help those seek the extraordinary in themselves. You can find us @ wellspring-counseling.org

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We need to go way back; back to the beginning. Our story starts in a garden. If we reframe this understanding of the hierarchy of God?s creation, it begins to paint with broad strokes where Satan... This is the weekly messages of Wellspring Counseling, a Christian agency whose mission is to help those seek the extraordinary in themselves. You can find us @ wellspring-counseling.org

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Here is the really big question; the one that has to be answered?how does one come into a relationship with the Creator of the universe, the One who is beyond beyond? What are the steps we need to... This is the weekly messages of Wellspring Counseling, a Christian agency whose mission is to help those seek the extraordinary in themselves. You can find us @ wellspring-counseling.org

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Today, we are just asking a bunch of questions. For example, let's look at the question, "What is a good Christian?" Here, we attempt to search out what might be a possible answer. Is a good... This is the weekly messages of Wellspring Counseling, a Christian agency whose mission is to help those seek the extraordinary in themselves. You can find us @ wellspring-counseling.org

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Let's look at the painting Supper at Emmaus by the painter Caravaggio and also see if Martin Buber, another semi-famous guy (i.e., Jewish theologian) had anything good to say about what it might... This is the weekly messages of Wellspring Counseling, a Christian agency whose mission is to help those seek the extraordinary in themselves. You can find us @ wellspring-counseling.org

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