PRACTICING KINGDOM CITIZENSHIP (9 OF 10)
Scripture: Philippians 4:2-9
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Practicing Kingdom Citizenship (9 of 10)
Series: Philippians
Patrick Edwards
Philippians 4:2-9
Introduction
I find myself quite torn as a parent often. You see, on the one hand I love my kids and I want them to be happy and to enjoy healthy friendships and so when they ask to have friends come over and play I want to say yes. I want them to share their toys and their things and have a great time with other kids. On the other hand, however, the thermonuclear destruction, wasteland, and mess that such playdates leave my house in causes me to break out in hives just at the thought. Right, I don't know what it is, but it seems that whenever kids get together to play their number one first priority is to immediately pull out every single toy, every single puzzle, every single game, every single crayon and piece of paper. Let's get everything out, scatter it everywhere, and then in a little later make it our singular mission to break as much as we possibly can before we're caught.
You see, I love my kids; I love your kids; I love our kids playing together. But I hate the warzone that it leaves my house in.
Now, fortunately, I do actually enjoy cleaning. Once I get started I enjoy seeing chaos come back into order. My problem is the getting started part. Like it's that first moment when I walk into the kids' rooms or into the basement and survey the damage, my breath is taken away, my heart starts to flutter, I am overwhelmed by anxiety because I just don't know where to begin. Once I get started I'm good, and in reality, it never takes that much time to clean up; it's just the getting started part which can be so difficult. I'll sit there and I'll try to analyze where to begin, as if there must be some starting place, when in reality you just have to start somewhere, doesn't really matter often. Just start somewhere.
I bring this up because as we've been considering our identity and our calling as Kingdom citizens over the past couple of months, it'd ...
Series: Philippians
Patrick Edwards
Philippians 4:2-9
Introduction
I find myself quite torn as a parent often. You see, on the one hand I love my kids and I want them to be happy and to enjoy healthy friendships and so when they ask to have friends come over and play I want to say yes. I want them to share their toys and their things and have a great time with other kids. On the other hand, however, the thermonuclear destruction, wasteland, and mess that such playdates leave my house in causes me to break out in hives just at the thought. Right, I don't know what it is, but it seems that whenever kids get together to play their number one first priority is to immediately pull out every single toy, every single puzzle, every single game, every single crayon and piece of paper. Let's get everything out, scatter it everywhere, and then in a little later make it our singular mission to break as much as we possibly can before we're caught.
You see, I love my kids; I love your kids; I love our kids playing together. But I hate the warzone that it leaves my house in.
Now, fortunately, I do actually enjoy cleaning. Once I get started I enjoy seeing chaos come back into order. My problem is the getting started part. Like it's that first moment when I walk into the kids' rooms or into the basement and survey the damage, my breath is taken away, my heart starts to flutter, I am overwhelmed by anxiety because I just don't know where to begin. Once I get started I'm good, and in reality, it never takes that much time to clean up; it's just the getting started part which can be so difficult. I'll sit there and I'll try to analyze where to begin, as if there must be some starting place, when in reality you just have to start somewhere, doesn't really matter often. Just start somewhere.
I bring this up because as we've been considering our identity and our calling as Kingdom citizens over the past couple of months, it'd ...
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