{"id":689,"date":"2008-06-29T20:00:40","date_gmt":"2008-06-30T01:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.185.166.32\/~davidfoster\/?p=689"},"modified":"2009-10-16T20:02:34","modified_gmt":"2009-10-17T01:02:34","slug":"today-the-gathering-june-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/today-the-gathering-june-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Today @ The Gathering &#8211; June 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today @ <a href=\"http:\/\/thegatheringfranklin.com\/\">The Gathering<\/a> we continued in the series, <em>\u201cYou Got Great Potential,\u201d <\/em>with the message entitled, <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">\u201cYou Gotta Stay Hungry.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Today we dealt with the promise of Jesus that simply says, <em>\u201cBlessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Too many of us go through life with a small cup easily filled, or a cup turned upside down, which simply can\u2019t be filled. God dares us to measure the size of the life we want and to go for it.<\/p>\n<p>We also learned that <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">when we say we are Christians<\/span> there are many things we are not saying, but there are three positive things we are saying.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">1.    We are seekers. <\/span>That we take seriously Jesus\u2019 invitation to seek and knock, and we don\u2019t quit. We continue to do it. It\u2019s not a one-time thing or a quick fix in a desperate situation. It\u2019s a life lived hungry for more of God and more of life.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">2.    When I say I\u2019m a Christian, I\u2019m saying I\u2019m a learner,<\/span> which means I\u2019m constantly reading and studying God\u2019s word and reading other great books and learning from other great people. I have been given a great gift to be a truth-seeker and to have a love of learning. All truth is God\u2019s truth wherever I find it and if I honestly seek truth, wherever it is, whether it\u2019s in the classroom or the factory floor, ultimately that truth will lead me to Jesus.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">3.    When I say I\u2019m a Christian, I\u2019m definitely saying that I\u2019m a work in progress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As a work in progress, by God\u2019s grace and with His help:<br \/>\n1.    I will be <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">confident<\/span> but never <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">arrogant<\/span>.<br \/>\n2.    I will be <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">content<\/span> but never <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">satisfied<\/span>.<br \/>\n3.    I will be <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">full<\/span> but never <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">finished<\/span>.<br \/>\n4.    I will be <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">loved<\/span> but never <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">lazy<\/span>.<br \/>\n5.    I will be <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">at peace<\/span> but never <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">passive<\/span>.<br \/>\n6.    I will <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">suffer<\/span> but never <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">sour<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Join us next week when we continue in this series with a talk entitled, <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">\u201cWhat if You Had Green Teeth?\u201d <\/span><br \/>\nYou can follow along with this series by <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/davidfosteratthegathering\">subscribing to the podcast<\/a> and you can follow Dr. Foster at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/\">twitter.com<\/a> by looking for DavidHFoster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today @ The Gathering we continued in the series, \u201cYou Got Great Potential,\u201d with the message entitled, \u201cYou Gotta Stay Hungry.\u201d Today we dealt with the promise of Jesus that simply says, \u201cBlessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.\u201d Too many of us go through life with a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/today-the-gathering-june-29\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Today @ The Gathering &#8211; June 29&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"series":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}