{"id":1397,"date":"2018-07-25T02:30:19","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T02:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cassowary.unitingchurch.org.au\/?p=1397"},"modified":"2018-07-25T02:30:20","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T02:30:20","slug":"since-god-has-chosen-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cassowary.unitingchurch.org.au\/?p=1397","title":{"rendered":"since God has chosen you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>\u201c\u2026.. since God has chosen you, made you holy, and lavished his love upon you. You must be tender-hearted, kind, humble, meek and ready to put up with anything.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Let the king\u2019s peace be the deciding factor in your hearts \u2026.\u201d<\/i> <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibleserver.com\/text\/ESV\/Colossians3%3A12\" class=\"bibleserver extern\" target=\"_blank\">Col 3:12<\/a>,15<\/p>\n<p>NT Wright asks in his commentary on Colossians, \u201cHave you ever seriously tried to forgive someone who has wronged you? Have you ever seriously tried to be compassionate and patient? Have you ever tried to let Christ\u2019s peace, Christ\u2019s word, Christ name be the reality around which you order your life? <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>If you have, you\u2019ll know it\u2019s not easy.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Without doubt it takes serious prayer, real effort and a good dose of the Holy Spirit\u2019s encouragement, and sometimes I have found, sovereign intervention.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless this is the reality that Christ has called us to live \u2018in\u2019 with him.<\/p>\n<p>As we do forgive; as we are compassionate and patient; and as Christ\u2019s peace, word and name are central to our lives \u2013 we become \u201cmore human\u201d (NT Wright).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now days we are given lots of prompts on how to live.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u20185 Steps to a Healthier You\u2019. \u201810 Steps to Managing Your Money\u2019. \u201814 Steps to a Life Without Pain\u2019. However, I think that since we are called to live in the \u2018new reality\u2019 Christ inaugurated then maybe a good starting point would be to run this test over everything we do. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span>\u201c<b>whatever you do or say must be able to stand having these words written above it : \u2018In the name of the Lord Jesus\u2019<\/b>.<br \/>\nSettle that in your hearts and minds and a great deal else will fall into place.\u201d (NT Wright)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c\u2026.. since God has chosen you, made you holy, and lavished his love upon you. 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