Forty Days Full - An Invitation To Real Life

older nuns was complaining about the modern comforts afforded the younger nuns while she remembered and relished the 'good ole days.' She says, “We didn’t have electricity...cold water...bare feet...those were nuns! It was hell on earth. I love it!“ To her greatness was measured by how much you could suffer. Mark 16:15 instructs us to "...Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature." Somehow, many have forgotten that 'gospel' means 'good news.' A lot of things I hear called gospel isn't good news at all. The good news is that God still loves us and was unwilling to leave us in our unredeemed condition. Christ came to die so that we can be redeemed, restored and filled with God. He sees greatness in us and would not allow it to be wasted. God placed the value upon us by the price He was willing to pay. His own Son was deemed worth sacrificing to gain what had been lost in us. He was willing to give up the most precious One in the universe so that we could become great...again. Yes, we were all born to be great and there is greatness in everyone. God has a purpose for every man. We should be calling forth eternal destinies. We have spiritual insight into the unseen things. Let's not give too much credit to the enemy and sin. We should trust that the power we have is greater than the powers of darkness. Everything that comes from the kingdom of darkness is an imitation of the real thing. We have what is real. We are the real thing through the power of Christ at work in us. I get my hair cut at one of those inexpensive chain salons. It’s like ‘bring a blessing’ roulette. I never know which stylist I’m going to get, but they are my captive audience for 15-20 minutes. There is this one gal who calls herself a backslidden Baptist. Rather than preach at her I've enjoyed talking about my freedom in Christ and encouraging her in her gift. She usually