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I remember being a kid and growing up in the church. We would sing this song about Obedience that went like this “Obedience is the very best way to show that you believe:  Doing exactly what the Lord commands, doing it happily.  Action is the key–do it immediately, the joy you will receive! Obedience is the very best way to show that you believe.  O-B-E-D-I-E-N-C-E (Yes, sir!) Obedience is the very best way to show that you believe.” I was looking for a YouTube video of this song, but they were all to cheesy and lame to put on the site, so I will just let you imagine how the tune went and link a Keith Green song instead.

This challenge of obedience has come up in my life lately in a major way. Obedience and sacrifice seems all good and romantic in theory, but when God calls you to do something outside of the ordinary or contradictory to what culture would say, all those romanticized ideas and fuzzy feelings quickly go away and we are left with a choice. When we are left with that choice to obey or not then the Obedience song in all it’s cheer and innocence becomes a curse. Because of  our stubborn and fearful nature, obedience is sometimes the last thing we want to do.

Obedience to God is easy when its our voice we are listening to, but when it is God’s voice it becomes hard for some reason. I think this is mostly because our voice tells us what we want, but Gods voice tells us what He wants. God clearly says in his Word that He requires obedience before sacrifice. Those in the Bible who sacrificed outside of obedience had kingdoms torn out of their hands and stepped out of the blessing of God.

How does this look in your life? What are the things God is calling you to that you are  ignoring or running from? My challenge to you, STOP RUNNING AND OBEY. When we walk in obedience there is freedom, yes it is scary and unknown, but it is freeing. Seriously, STOP RUNNING, turn around and obey. When God is calling us to something our obedience always leads to freedom and life, never to captivity and death.

Can I hear an AMEN?

 

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KONY 2012 is a film and campaign by Invisible Children that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice.

Pledge your support by donating here: bit.ly/konydonate and continue to share this story. GOAL: 500,000 shares at

 

 

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Today we gathered together as a Steps of Justice crew at our place. We were getting together to pray for the upcoming Spring tour, or more like the lack of Spring tour. This fall we went to 22 locations in 2 months and shared God’s deep heart for Justice

“Do you think you are a king because you compete in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him. He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Is not this to know me? declares the Lord.” Jeremiah 22: 15-16

We are supposed to head out in March for a spring tour, but things are looking a bit different. Instead of 22 events, we only have a few. This has not been for a lack of trying, that is for sure. We have emailed 100′s of churches, pastors and communities and have only heard back from a hand full and of those most of the dates didn’t line up. Many of these emails went to friends and people who believe in this call, but even then we didn’t hear back (no bitterness I promise). This has been super frustrating and confusing, so today we gathered together to ask God what He thinks.

I have to be honest, we have only done this a few times, but each time I see God showing up and communicating clearly to us. We believe He has called us to do the tour, but we are not sure why events are not panning out. So, we sat down to pray and almost immediately a section of scripture came into my mind. The scripture was from Genesis 12, where God called Abram to leave everything he knew and head to a place God would show him.

I immediately knew that I had heard something, I heard God say “go.” So, we talked about it as a group and we all agreed that we need to step out in faith and go. So, on Monday, March 4 we will leave S. California and head east. Our first scheduled event is in April so we will spend March doing justice by connecting with ministries, churches, non-profits, etc. We will be taking each day to serve and ask Jesus what His next step is for us.

OK, I understand that this is FREAKING CRAZY. We are leaving a place that we know for a place that we don’t. Since we only have a few events we only have a small amount of the tour budgeted. We also have 3 kids and the Wilsons have one on the way. Yep, I am beginning to see that when God called Abraham it probably didn’t seem that romantic to him either, I mean he packed up the place that he and generations before him had been living and headed out.

Ya know the main reason we are doing this though? It’s because God spoke and we walk in obedience. Also, I want people to write books about this stuff, I expect to see miracles, divine meetings and blessings beyond reason for us and for others though our obedience. So there you go, that is what the Cunningham’s are up to as we continue to pioneer Steps of Justice.  We are a year and a half in and we see this as one of the most significant steps that we have taken yet.

How can you be involved? Well it is simple, here are 4 ways.

1. Pray for us

2. Write us with your prayers, encouragement, ideas, thoughts, and friendship

3. Come with (serious, wanna come)? We leave in a week

4. Give. OK, trying to be practical, we need cash to do this so you can give here. We estimate he tour will cost approx. $6000 for gas and housing. (all gifts are tax deductible).

That is it, we will for sure be writing lots, so stay tuned.

Peace

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When someone hurts you or cuts you down to your face or in front of others how do you deal with it? I see there being 3 options:

Option 1 is to ignore it and move on.

Option 2 is to deal with it and talk directly to the person who hurt you.

Option 3 is to rip that person a new one by talking about him/her to others so that you can vent your hurts and feelings out loud, but not really deal with the situation.

Sadly, have seen more people take option 3 than option 1 or 2. It is hard to take option 1, so I don’t see many people taking that, including myself. Option 2 is also hard as it is vulnerable and faces the situation head on so I don’t see many people taking that option either. Sadly option 3, although it is the cowardly way to go many people take it cause it makes them feel better and gives them room to vent.

I see option 3 as being cowardly, sinful, wimpy and in no way loving to anyone. If you have a problem with someone (and I am speaking to myself here too) talk to them about it. I get so furious when I see someone being nice to a persons face and then cutting them down as soon as they leave the room. Who has the problem here? I believe it is the coward who doesn’t have the courage or integrity to tell the person they have problems with exactly how they feel.

If you have a problem with someone just tell them, and if you are to scared to tell them then just forgive them, walk away from the situation and love them. I am a follower of Jesus. All throughout Jesus life I see him directly dealing with the people who he had problems with. Do you know why? Because He loved them and because it was the loving thing to do. He wasn’t into gossip, He was into redemption. When we talk about people behind their backs it doesn’t lead to redemption, it leads to pride and bitterness. There is no healing or love that comes out of pride and bitterness, just ugliness and hate.

My challenge to you and to me is to seek healing and redemption in your relationships by talking. Not by talking about the person who hurt you, but by talking to the person who hurt you. I can almost guarantee you that healing will happen, and if not then I will give you a dollar.

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A picture of my big/little sister and I when we were kids back in Ireland. Hey sis, I love ya mucho and am praying for you lots and lots, as are many other people. Thanks for all the love for my sister everyone. Check out her story here and show some Facebook love here.

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