Reversing The Order

I'm just getting back into my office after a morning of meetings with the E.A.C.H team.

If you haven't heard yet about E.A.C.H, well, it just may be the BIGGEST thing to hit the Metro Detroit area in decades, and it may possibly be one of the only times in our lifetime that we could see a move of God around us & among us like this.

I am CRAZY EXCITED. We rolled out the idea to a group of our leaders on Sunday after church & they are pretty stoked too. You will be hearing more & more very soon, but check out their website to learn a little more now.

Guerrilla Lovers Daily Assignment

Seems like yesterday's assignment stirred a lot of good things. Well, today's may stir the same but with more difficulty. Today I am asking you to reverse the order of yesterday.
Today, the challenge is to ask for forgiveness from someone you need to.

I think it's usually easier to extend forgiveness than to request it. But according to the the apostle Paul, it was the very embrace of HUMILITY that moved Jesus form heaven to earth...

Second chapter of the book of Philippians
⁵Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
⁶Who, being in very nature^a]">[a] God,
did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
⁷but made himself nothing,
taking the very nature^b]">[b] of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
⁸And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
and became obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
⁹Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
¹⁰that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
¹¹and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.

It takes nothing short of Jesus type humility to request forgiveness, to say those three little words, "I AM SORRY". It's a lot easier to say...

• you were wrong
  
• I hate you
  
• you're at fault
• I hate cats -- this has nothing to do with forgiveness, i just wanted to remind you that I do.
  

I realized over the last few weeks that I had been wrong in some assumptions I was making about someone, and I was then getting an attitude with them because of it. I had to confess that to them, apologize, & ask for their forgiveness. He was very gracious & willing to forgive & dismiss my offense; I think a friendship was birthed.

So, whether it's a co-worker, your spouse, a family member, a neighbor, WHOEVER. Today, get guerrilla by getting humble and asking for forgiveness to something that you know you need to.

Trust me, it will have greater impact for the kingdom that you can imagine. May you find the strength in Jesus to embody the humility of Jesus.

Keep sending in your stories, some really GREAT stories have been coming in, we want to know yours too. Send them to... mystory@paradoxchurch.com