Tonight I have the honor being able to preach for a group of college students at the University of New Mexico. I'll be talking about the huge role of remembrance in the Christian life. I thought this post from Doug Wolter, "
Building Community by Sharing Our Stories" was a great tie into what I'll be teaching tonight. He writes:
Last night I asked one simple question that opened the doorway to closer community with a few people in our church. All I asked was, “What’s your faith story?” and the Holy Spirit led us into joyful humility and awe at the redeeming work of Christ on our behalf. It was a sweet time remembering the grace of God in each of our lives.
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One reason we don’t grow in ordinary, grateful obedience as we should is that we’ve got amnesia; we’ve forgotten that we are cleansed from our sins. In other words, ongoing failure in our growth is the direct result of failing to remember God’s love for us in the gospel. If we fail to remember our justification, redemption, and reconciliation, we’ll struggle in our sanctification. In other words, remembering, revisiting, and rediscovering the reality of our justification every day is the hard work we’re called to do if we’re going to grow.
