At the End is a New Beginning

So it took a while to get those last chapters up. They’ve been chillin’ in the MoleSkin for several weeks now. Wild Goose Chase was another “get fired up” book by Mark Batterson and I love it. Honestly, I don’t know if I’ll ever get tired of books like that. I could always use a kick in the teeth to get me jacked up about stepping up and taking my next step in my Christian walk.

The way I handle my money is one of my many, many next steps. NewSpring gave away The Blessed Life a couple weeks ago to the entire church. I am a tither but sometimes I’m not joyfully giving like the Bible commands. Sometimes I give just to be given back to. It’s time to get my mind right. I hope this book will point me in that direction clearly and intensely.

Wild Goose Chase: Chapter 7

• You should not be more afraid of missing opportunities than making mistakes.
• If we are trying to fulfill our ancient commission, we need to get out of our comfortable confines of our Christian ghetto and invade some hellholes with the light and love of Christ.
• Selfish goals always result in shallow victories.
• Vision is the cure for sin.

Wild Goose Chase: Chapter 6

• Failure handled improperly can be devastating, but failure handled properly is the best thing that can happen to us.
• Sometimes a closed door is the very thing that gets us where God wants us to go.
• Disorientation is natural and healthy. It is a normal part of chasing the Wild Goose. We won’t know exactly where we are going much of the time, but that disorientation develops our dependence upon God. And it is out dependence upon God, not our best-laid plans, that will get us where God wants us to go.
• Getting where God wants me to go isn’t nearly as important as becoming who God wants me to be in the process. And God seems to be far less concerned with where I am going than who I am becoming.
• You have two options when you don’t like your circumstances: complain about them, or make the most of them.

Wild Goose Chase: Chapter 5,

• A part of spiritual growth is recognizing how we have been conditioned and allowing God to recondition the reflexes that need to change.
• You won’t be able to chase the Wild Goose until you get past your guilty feelings.
• You can’t appreciate the full extent of God’s grace until we realize the full extent of our sin.
• Nothing reconditions our spiritual reflexes like prayer.
• Love people when they least expect it and least deserve it.
• There is no greater moment and no greater feeling than all of our guilt meeting all of God’s grace.
• Nothing is as freeing as confessed sin. Nothing is as isolating as a guilty secret. If you keep your sin a secret, you will be in a cage of guilt the rest of your life.

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