After years of defying gravity on the tightrope, Karl Wallenda became obsessed with the idea that he might fall. In 1978 before an audience of thousands, he fell to his death. Fear makes you focus on the terrible what-ifs.
They say since COVID many have "quiet quit" their jobs, returning to work only to do the minimum. At the same time, many have come back to church unwilling to share in the church's work. Have we become "quiet quitters" at church, too?
God always gives everything you need to do everything he wants you to do. If you don't have time or money or energy to serve him, then you must be involved in things he never intended. You've got to choose.
We like to leave our options open. We don't like feeling obligated, so we've learned to avoid personal commitments. But what if real happiness isn't in protecting your freedom but in keeping your promises? What if commitment is what life's all about?
Often we try to get unbelievers to say how terrible their lives are so we can swoop in with Jesus as the answer to it all. But you won't get far pointing out how dissatisfied they are(no matter how dissatisfied they are). Why not point them to Jesus?
It's the biggest Disney song of all time. There's fun in singing about the one nobody talks about. All the family weirdos, outcasts, and losers. We may not care much for them but Jesus does. That's why we are gonna talk about Bruno.