{"id":15693,"date":"2017-06-21T09:48:46","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T13:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=15693"},"modified":"2017-06-22T02:07:36","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T06:07:36","slug":"the-ministry-of-the-inner-life-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=15693","title":{"rendered":"The Ministry of the Inner Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>You are\u2026a royal priesthood\u2026 \u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?version=31&amp;search=1+Peter+2%3A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1 Peter 2:9<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\">\n<p><!--\n\n\n<div class=\"mobile-sharing-button\"><\/div>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n<div class=\"top-sharing\">\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\">\n<div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\">\n<div class=\"sd-content\">\n<ul><!--\n \t\n\n<li class=\"odb-share-whatsapp\"><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/#print');\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-whatsapp sd-button\" href=\"whatsapp:\/\/send?text=: \" title=\"\"><span><i class=\"fa fa-whatsapp\"><\/i> <span class=\"share-label\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n--><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"post-content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WYfguehIjlM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nBy what right have we become \u201ca royal priesthood\u201d? It is by the right of the atonement by the Cross of Christ that this has been accomplished. Are we prepared to purposely disregard ourselves and to launch out into the priestly work of prayer? The continual inner-searching we do in an effort to see if we are what we ought to be generates a self-centered, sickly type of Christianity, not the vigorous and simple life of a child of God. Until we get into this right and proper relationship with God, it is simply a case of our \u201changing on by the skin of our teeth,\u201d although we say,<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">&#8220;What a wonderful victory I have!\u201d Yet there is nothing at all in that which indicates the miracle of redemption. Launch out in reckless, unrestrained belief that the redemption is complete. Then don\u2019t worry anymore about yourself, but begin to do as Jesus Christ has said, in essence, \u201cPray for the friend who comes to you at midnight, pray for the saints of God, and pray for all men.\u201d Pray with the realization that you are perfect only in Christ Jesus, not on the basis of this argument: \u201cOh, Lord, I have done my best; please hear me now.\u201dHow long is it going to take God to free us from the unhealthy habit of thinking only about ourselves?<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">We must get to the point of being sick to death of ourselves, until there is no longer any surprise at anything God might tell us about ourselves. We cannot reach and understand the depths of our own meagerness. There is only one place where we are right with God, and that is in Christ Jesus. Once we are there, we have to pour out our lives for all we are worth in this ministry of the inner life<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">___________________________________________________<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cac.org\/the-path-of-descent-2017-06-21\/\"><strong>The Path of Descent<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Wednesday, June 21, 2017<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Jesus himself taught and exemplified the path of descent, which Christians have often called \u201cthe way of the cross.\u201d The path downward is much more trustworthy than any path upward, which tends to feed the ego. Like few other Christians, it was Francis of Assisi who profoundly understood that.<\/p>\n<p>Authentic spirituality is always on some level or in some way about <em>letting go<\/em>. Jesus said, \u201cthe truth will set you free\u201d (John 8:32). Once we see truly what traps us and keeps us from freedom we should see the need to let it go. But in a consumer society most of us have had no training in that direction. Rather, <em>more <\/em>is usually considered better.<\/p>\n<p>True liberation is letting go of our small self, letting go of our cultural biases, and letting go of our fear of loss and death.\u00a0 (<em>read more)&#8230;..https:\/\/cac.org\/the-path-of-descent-2017-06-21\/<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Journal DJR<br \/>\nGood morning Lord,<br \/>\nToday both or our writers mention &#8220;letting go&#8221; rather than holding on as the way to freedom and peace.   You have taught us to be suspect of what we&#8217;ve called the Big Four&#8230; the need to Look good, Feel good, Be right, and Be in control.  Rohr adds a view thru a slightly different lens&#8230; letting go of our need for power and control, safety and security, and affection and esteem.   In meditation about letting go of all of this stuff, I&#8217;m seeing that none of those items are bad in themselves,  being right, having safety or affection, etc.  Rather it is the &#8220;need&#8221; for those thing and the striving for them to the extent that we become blind and deaf to the needs around us and what you are saying to us.    So the challenge seems to be the de-coupling of the need and striving from those things.   Being right, Feeling Good, Being in control and having security and esteem are not bad if they come to us, rather than being things that we strive after.   How can that de-coupling happen?  How do we work together with you to walk in those blessings without getting tangled up in chasing after them?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are\u2026a royal priesthood\u2026 \u20141 Peter 2:9 By what right have we become \u201ca royal priesthood\u201d? It is by the right of the atonement by the Cross of Christ that this has been accomplished. 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