Mark Oestreicher

08/12/18 • 42 min

Mark Oestreicher — Journey regular and founder of The Youth Cartel
Aspirational Faith: The Beauty of Knowing Less and Wanting More
Message Summary: There is a story in Mark about a man who asks Jesus to heal his son. In that conversation, the man cries out to Jesus, “I believe, help my unbelief!” In the paradox of having both doubt and belief, we find an invitation to bring our whole selves to Jesus without shame. When we remain open to “aspirational faith”, we also find ourselves less fearful, cynical, and judgmental. Although it seems counter-intuitive, we can set into place practices to help us celebrate where our doubts can lead us, rather than be shamed by them.

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Message Summary: As human persons we experience many temptations. But there are at least three temptations of spirit: the temptations to pretend, despair and to judge our own value and worth by our performance. In 1 John 1 we see that life is all about connection with God who is light. So how do flawed, darkness-infected people experience connection with light? John goes on to tell us that the way to connect is through a practice called confession. Instead of pretending, we confess. Instead of judging ourselves, we trust God as the one who sacrificed Himself for our sin.

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We all have moments of feeling surrounded by heaviness and things that weigh us down. But when we see the reality of the glory of God surrounding us we face our problems with calm confidence. Eye opening seems to happen as we pray and specifically as someone else prays for us. Breakthrough follows with what you needed and more.
Surrounded Series: Most of us have figured out that WE NEED GOD. And if that’s true... we really need to learn to pray. But maybe instead of seeing prayer as our last line of defense, we should also see it as our first line of offense. One pastor asked this question on Twitter: “What would be different in this world if God answered EVERY prayer you prayed last week?” At Journey, several times a year we really focus and dial in to try and step our prayer game UP! On the weekends, we’ll look at two stories about how we battle through life with prayer.