"LIFE UNDER, OVER, FROM, and FOR GOD each seeks to use God to achieve some other goal. God is seen as a means to an end. For example, LIFE FROM GOD uses him to supply our material desires. LIFE OVER GOD uses him as the source of principles or laws. LIFE UNDER GOD tries to manipulate God through obedience to secure blessings and avoid calamity. And LIFE FOR GOD uses him and his mission to gain a sense of direction and purpose.”

“But LIFE WITH GOD is different because its goal is not to use God, its goal is God. He ceases to be a device we employ or a commodity we consume. Instead God himself becomes the focus of our desire. But before we can really desire God, we must have a clear understanding of who he is and what he is like. The reason most people gravitate to one of the other four postures is because they’ve never received a clear vision of who God is, and so they settle for something less.”
In this episode Tennison and Ginelle conversation centers around what living a LIFE WITH GOD looks like, presented in the book 'WITH: Reimagining The Way You Relate to God' by Skye Jethani. The LIFE WITH GOD means treasuring him above all else. The goal is not to use God, the goal is God. The other four postures use God as a means to an end. Those with an incomplete or tainted view of God either want to use Him or dismiss Him

• Under - tries to manipulate God through obedience to secure blessing and avoid trouble
• Over - source of principles or laws to solve problems or have a better life.
• From - To supply our material needs.
• For - used God and his mission to gain a sense of direction and purpose

God is not a device we use or a commodity we consume. God, himself is the focus of our desire. But if we don't have a clear understanding of who he is and what he is like we will gravitate to one of the other four postures. Those with a full clear picture of God want nothing less than to be with him. Once we see and understand who and what God truly is, He will cease to be how we acquire our treasure, and become our treasure. Listen in as Tennison & Ginelle begin this compelling discussion.

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Join Tennison and Ginelle as they conclude their conversation with their friend Britton Smith. Britton, his wife Michelle and 3 boys, have been on RVing across the country for the past 5 months connecting with other pastors that are on the same journey he found himself, that he is still on. Moving from Pastor to Pioneer. Britton is the director of Pastors to Pioneer, and there mission is to help pastors move from managing institutions to pioneering movements of disciples and simple churches in their cities.
The Table levels the playing field-it is an equalizer. The Table represents unity and togetherness. The Table brings the feeling and knowing that we are seen and heard! In this episode listen as Britton describes his and his families experiences around many Tables over their five months on the road. Going from hand shakes to hugs, strangers to belonging, friends to family, in a matter of hours.
Britton has been pioneering a simple church and discipleship movement in West Michigan since 2013. Most of that time overlapped with being a senior pastor in a growing traditional church. He now only operates in and shepherds the church that meets in homes. Britton has a passion for helping the church live into all that she is called to be according to the Word. He loves to help pastors in traditional churches see their call from the Word in fresh ways. Britton is married to Michelle, who has a heart for walking with pastors’ spouses. They have three boys who they love watching grow into active participants in the family of God.
For more information about Pastor to Pioneer or to contact Britton Smith, go to: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pastortopioneer
https://www.pastortopioneer.com
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If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#donate
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

"LIFE UNDER, OVER, FROM, and FOR GOD each seeks to use God to achieve some other goal. God is seen as a means to an end. For example, LIFE FROM GOD uses him to supply our material desires. LIFE OVER GOD uses him as the source of principles or laws. LIFE UNDER GOD tries to manipulate God through obedience to secure blessings and avoid calamity. And LIFE FOR GOD uses him and his mission to gain a sense of direction and purpose.”

“But LIFE WITH GOD is different because its goal is not to use God, its goal is God. He ceases to be a device we employ or a commodity we consume. Instead God himself becomes the focus of our desire. But before we can really desire God, we must have a clear understanding of who he is and what he is like. The reason most people gravitate to one of the other four postures is because they’ve never received a clear vision of who God is, and so they settle for something less.”
In this episode Tennison and Ginelle conversation centers around what living a LIFE WITH GOD looks like, presented in the book 'WITH: Reimagining The Way You Relate to God' by Skye Jethani. The LIFE WITH GOD means treasuring him above all else. The goal is not to use God, the goal is God. The other four postures use God as a means to an end. Those with an incomplete or tainted view of God either want to use Him or dismiss Him

• Under - tries to manipulate God through obedience to secure blessing and avoid trouble
• Over - source of principles or laws to solve problems or have a better life.
• From - To supply our material needs.
• For - used God and his mission to gain a sense of direction and purpose

God is not a device we use or a commodity we consume. God, himself is the focus of our desire. But if we don't have a clear understanding of who he is and what he is like we will gravitate to one of the other four postures. Those with a full clear picture of God want nothing less than to be with him. Once we see and understand who and what God truly is, He will cease to be how we acquire our treasure, and become our treasure. Listen in as Tennison & Ginelle begin this compelling discussion.

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#donate
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

You know you are in a household.......if someone moves more quietly when you are asleep, ...If people know things about you that you do not know yourself, and if you did know you would seek to hide, ... If you sometimes dream of running away so you wouldn't be so well known, ...If your return from a long trip sparks a spontaneous celebration. Are you part of a Household?"
Join us as we continue our conversation with Jessica Mullen, listen in as she shares the exact moment in time when she realized what the God's Family should be and how we should act. Also, hear as we discuss a situation that in normal settings could have been very offencive, but because of the safety and maturity the Table creates it was a very beautiful and healing moment for the people involved and those who witnessed it.
What if we could create a space where safety, identity, belonging, and connection resided? What if every time you walked in the room everyone was happy to see you? What if there was a place where your gifts and insight were welcomed or even required by community? What if there was a space where you brought what you had and took what you needed? What if in this place community equaled family? What if I told you this place existed? It is called the Table!

The Life We're Looking For: Reclaiming Relationship in a Technological World

~ Andy Crouch

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#donate
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

Maturity stages build on each other. They have a compounding effect. You cannot fully complete any stage without having completed the one before it, so it's important to go back and check for gaps and work on getting those closed up, so you can more fully be who God created you to be in your current stage of life.
You will know you are at the parent stage when you can sacrificially care for your children or the next generation without resenting the sacrifice with joy or expecting to receive anything for your efforts. You may feel exhausted or overwhelmed at times but you still will be able to appreciate, not begrudge, your sacrifice. The parent stage of maturity starts with the birth of your first child and goes until your youngest child becomes an Adult.
Join Tennison and Ginelle as they conclude their discussion on the parent stage of maturity. People who are operating in this stage but have not fully matured in the 3 previous stages can cause incredible pain to the ones that they are caring for and leading. Most leaders that wound others have not fully matured in this stage as well.
Also, learn what you can do when/if you see or know someone who needs to grow in this stage of maturity. You don't want to miss this episode.
Book Resources:

• Growing a More Human Community Volume I - Growing Me: Becoming a Child. Wilder, Jim. Fast Track Press, 2024.
• Growing a More Human Community Volume II - Growing Us: Becoming an Adult. Wilder, Jim. Fast Track Press, 2024.
• Growing a More Human Community Volume III - Growing We the People.Wilder, Jim. Fast Track Press, 2024.

If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#donate
To learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call
For more information about Table Experiences go to: tableandwell.org/tables
To start on your journey to relational health go to: Connection Cure
To watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co