The Bible and Our Culture

Healthy boasting is important to mental health.
2 Corinthians 4: 7-18
What separates a joyful believer versus a sour one?
We can have a positive mental attitude and so much more because we are in Christ.
Boast in the Hope we have through Jesus.

Acts 1:8 is key to fulfilling the Great Commission.
Don't doubt the power of your testimony!
Wining back the Culture 1 testimony at a time!
A witness doesn't have the burden to win the case, but simply to share the truth.
Don't concern yourself with witnessing "wrong" but concern yourself with witnessing as best you can leaning as you go.

Different personality types might engage the culture war differently.
Joshua and Caleb were God's remnant in this situation.
The American Church no longer needs to scout out the land.  We already know their is wickedness and corruption everywhere.  
America cannot afford to miss this window of opportunity.

We ask for mercy: "God please allow the people we love to repent."
Praying for God's enemies to repent.
Moses changed God's mind, by the will of God?
How to pray for our enemies?  First and foremost, that they repent.
Implore the wicked to repent as we pray for them to repent.  
Praying for people to repent is merciful.  

Diminishing God's judgment, diminishes His grace also.  Minimizing God's wrath, minimizes what Jesus did in His great mercy and love for us.  
Christ's sacrifice on the cross didn't change the Father's view of sin; it changed His view of sinners.  
God values our faith and trust on a personal level; in other words, God doesn't see a lack of faith as merely a short-coming to try to work on, but a personal account of how we see Him and His goodness towards us. 
Intercession in the face of God's judgment, the Church's sacred role.  God wants us to play the role of "good cop" as we stand in the gap for others.  
We are God's hose to get the Living Water to our dry and dying culture.  
God's wrath and God's mercy come together at the cross!

"Give us this day our daily giants."
We all have giants especially if you are taking ground for the purposes of God. 
When they threaten you, realize, like Caleb, they are your bread! 
Defeating giants are our Daily Bread!
What we believe affects us even if it's not true: "If we see ourselves as insignificant, even though that is a lie, others will see as insignificant".