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Our Identity: His Voice

Posted by Sean Hanzelik on Monday, January 24, 2011
Topics: Identity, Service    Tags: Identity
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I had an experience this weekend that was a true blessing, and I want to share it with you because it revealed to me another piece of what our true identities are in Christ.

My grandmother is battling cancer and is currently undergoing chemotherapy.  She lives with my mother, who is a nurse and works 3rd shift on most Saturdays and Sundays.  I have the amazing privilege of getting to share time with my grandmother when my mother works, spending the night at my mother’s house.  My role is basically to help my grandmother if she needs it, which usually amounts to just getting her food and drink at the appropriate times.

I spend most of my time just watching television, sometimes by myself but often with my grandmother.  I also often surf the internet, messing around on FaceBook, and on rare occasions, I do actual work.  What I have found though is that the most cherished times I have are those when my grandmother and I just sit and talk.  Not surprisingly, our conversations often turn to faith.

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Our Identity: Covered By Grace

Posted by Sean Hanzelik on Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Topics: Grace, Identity    Tags: Grace, Identity
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I was reminded earlier this week about the sufficiency of God’s grace for any and all situations in a believer’s life.  It doesn’t matter what you are talking about…His grace covers it all.

From the mouth of Christ…

My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. (2 Corinthians 12:9)

So, here is how that shows up in life…

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Our Identity: To Serve Or Be Served

Posted by Sean Hanzelik on Monday, January 10, 2011
Topics: Identity, Service    Tags: Identity, Servant
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NEWSFLASH!

I want what I want, when I want it, and how I want it, and not surprisingly, this applies pretty much across-the-board in my life.  It’s not reserved to just my wife or kids or family or friends.

I want the stoplight to change when I want it to change.  I want people in the car in front of me to drive the way I want them to drive.  I want the cashier to be quick and efficient and pleasant and nice.  I want the bank to waive my maintenance fees without hesitation.  I want the store to honor last weekend’s sale two days past the window of extension.  I want everybody to laugh when I tell a joke.  I want my team to always win.  I want to hit the perfect shot every time I step up to the ball out on the golf course.  I want gas to cost less.  I want people to not post such ridiculous stuff on FaceBook.  The list is actually probably endless, and you know, when these things don’t occur, people better watch out.

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Our Identity: Powerful and Empowered

Posted by Sean Hanzelik on Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Topics: Identity, Power    Tags: Identity, Power
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I began reading a new book the other night, one a friend of mine recommended.  It’s called Sun Stand Still: What Happens When You Dare to Ask God for the Impossible, written by Steven Furtick, and after getting past my own personal hang-up with the current fascination writers seem to have with “audacious faith,” I began to think about the fact that Jacob once prayed for God to make the sun stand still and how crazy that really is.

Now, regardless of what I think about what audacious faith really means and should look like (remember in my last blog that I confessed to a grand amount of judgment), Jacob’s prayer is, in fact, quite bold and very revealing in the area of the power given us in the Spirit and by God, and I mentally pursued what it meant in terms of my true identity in Christ.

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The Case of Mistaken Identity

Posted by Sean Hanzelik on Monday, January 3, 2011
Topics: Identity, New    Tags: Identity
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I’m judgmental, a poor steward of money, selfish, consumed by lust and pride, judgmental, a poor husband, greedy, ashamed, judgmental, covered in guilt, a failure, fearful, irreverent, often just go through the motions, quite often wish I could sleep in on Sundays, wish everybody wore shorts to church, a very poor sport when losing, not very loving, and oh, did I mention, judgmental?

This is how I see myself…not always, but way more often than I should.

I was thinking about this recently when I was out of town at the in-laws the week after Christmas.  I always go walking on this makeshift walking track about a mile up the road from where my family and I stay, and it is so secluded and peaceful that I often spend the majority of my walks praying.

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A Savior Is Born

Posted by Sean Hanzelik on Friday, December 24, 2010
Topics: Video    Tags: Video
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The Value Principle

Posted by Sean Hanzelik on Monday, December 13, 2010
Topics: Truth    Tags: Value
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I’ve been away for a few weeks.  Busy, distracted, lazy, and after you read this, I suppose you’ll figure I’m finding value in my life elsewhere.  Sadly, this is true, although I know it shouldn’t be.

How often we find value in things outside of what we KNOW we are supposed to be doing!  I know I should be writing every day and posting on this blog every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.  I know I should be diving into the Word every morning, but I often don’t.  I know I need to spend time in prayer, meditation, and listening to God, but I often don’t.  I know I should be serving others in many, many ways, and I often don’t.  I know I should exercise, but I rarely do.  I know I should go to bed earlier, but I often stay up late.  I know I should not snack in the evenings or at night, but I often find myself doing just that.  I know I should respond differently to my children at times, and I often fail them.  The list goes on and on and on and on, and here is what I have come to realize…

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Some of What I’m Thankful For

Posted by Sean Hanzelik on Saturday, November 27, 2010
Topics: Thanksgiving    Tags: Pictures
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Here, in pictures, are some of the things I’m thankful for:

 

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Leaning Not On Our Own Understanding

Posted by Sean Hanzelik on Monday, November 22, 2010
Topics: Trust, Truth    Tags: Truth
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I often ponder Proverbs 3:5, where God tells us to trust in Him with all of our hearts and to not lean on our own understanding, and I often marvel at just how easy it is to get those two seemingly simple commands so horribly wrong.

Lean not on your own understanding.

Wow, don’t we all do this most of the time?

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What Is Going On?

Posted by Sean Hanzelik on Friday, November 12, 2010
Topics: Selflessness    Tags: Sacrifice
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Everywhere I turn these days, I’m hearing about some married couple I know who is going through a divorce, and it doesn’t seem to matter how long they’ve been together, how “happy” or “perfect” they appeared to be, how many children they have, whether they go to church or not, or anything really.  The story always seems to be the same.

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