Beating at the same time

Our Daily Bread
I was listening to a song by Toby Mac on the way to work today.  He was inviting God to talk over his show and speak to us.  At one point in the song, he said something like "when God attends the show, our beats beat at the same time, beating at the same time."

I thought of this when reading the devotional about our spiritual hearts, the part of us that seeks and longs for God.  The part of us that we often keep hidden (or try to).  The part of us that we can't or won't always share with others even though we long to deep within.  Finding the right people to share these things with is important for our spiritual growth.  Just like the growth of a garden is dependent on the cross-pollination of plants, our spiritual growth is dependent on our "cross-pollination" with other seekers!

Lord, please help us point our hearts to you, all beating at the same time to your glory!

Teaching Tuesday
1, 2 and 3 John
For the sake of time this morning, I borrowed this summary from the Powell book:
"Some of the themes addressed in these letters probably reflect matters of controversy related to the schism. The letters insist on confession of Jesus as one who came in the flesh, that is, as one who was fully human. They insist on the reality of Jesus’ death as necessary for human atonement, and they offer somewhat ambiguous teaching regarding persistence in sin: Christians are described as people who no longer sin, but also as people who must confess their sin and not deny their sinfulness. The letters present “love for one another” as the prime commandment for Christian communities. In contemporary religious circles, they are often studied for what they reveal about power struggles and the dynamics of church conflict."

from Introducing the New Testament: A Historical, Literary, and Theological Survey
by: Mark Allan Powell

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“Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen” (Eph. 3:20-21 niv).