{"id":725,"date":"2021-05-25T23:17:52","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T23:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theawakenedchristianman.org\/?page_id=725"},"modified":"2023-07-30T14:55:09","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T14:55:09","slug":"my-christian-life-is-boring","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.theawakenedchristianman.org\/?page_id=725","title":{"rendered":"MY CHRISTIAN LIFE IS BORING!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#074205&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">MY CHRISTIAN LIFE IS BORING!<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-872 alignleft size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theawakenedchristianman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bored-man-2-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theawakenedchristianman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bored-man-2-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theawakenedchristianman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bored-man-2.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Christian life isn\u2019t boring, religious church life is. If you are caught in \u201cthe Matrix\u201d of the world and religion, you need to hear and understand nine simple words, \u201cRepent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!\u201d The Mission of the Reconnections Ministry is to reawaken the sleeping sons of Adam across America by \u201creconnecting\u201d them with the literal, real, and exciting kingdom of heaven on earth Jesus brought, and that can now live in them through the same Spirit who lived in all those inspired saints we read about in our Bibles.<\/p>\n<p>Did you know over 90% of professing, churchgoing Christians don\u2019t really understand the kingdom or follow Jesus, and this according to their own polls? It\u2019s true. But there\u2019s good news, for Jesus ran into the same problem when He came to earth that we experience today with Adam\u2019s sleeping sons. He made it His mission to reawaken those He called \u201cthe lost sheep of the House of Israel.\u201d Sons asleep in their own house, both then and now! Those nine words comprised the message that got the job done then, and we believe they are the most critical to get it done today.<\/p>\n<p>We seek the reawakening of Christian men, because if \u201cGod\u2019s House\u201d is to again be brought out of the world and into the kingdom, He will use mighty men to do it. This is a battle for our minds, gentlemen and we need to, as Paul said, \u201cBe transformed by their renewing\u201d if we want to \u201cno longer be conformed to [the kingdom of] this world\u201d (Rom. 12). My book, \u201cThe Kingdom Election,\u201d can help you do that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Imagine!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Imagine you are a beloved king who has been away on crusades for many years. During that time unscrupulous men have taken the throne, leaving your people crying out for your return. What would that homecoming speech look like? Wouldn\u2019t it be rather lengthy, explaining the extended absence and what was now going to happen to restore the kingdom? Isn\u2019t it fascinating, after 400 years of silence Israel\u2019s King returned with a speech that was comprised of just nine words? Just nine. Let that sink in for a moment. Think they were important?<\/p>\n<p>After 400 years of silence, these nine words were proclaimed through John the Baptist to herald Jesus\u2019 coming, and later were the basis His first sermons. We believe they are the most important words Christian men can embrace to awaken them from the religious malaise. In \u201cRepent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand\u201d we find the most important message of Jesus. \u201cChange your mind, turn to Me, and open your eyes to an entirely new kingdom and reality I have literally brought from heaven to join to earth!\u201d Not only was it Jesus\u2019 announcement message:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It introduced an entirely new concept, the kingdom of God, never before made available to men.<\/li>\n<li>It was the first request in the Lord\u2019s Prayer: \u201cThy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>It opened the majority of His parables: \u201cThe kingdom of heaven can be likened to\u2026\u201d<\/li>\n<li>It was what Jesus told us to seek above all else: \u201cBut seek first His kingdom\u2026\u201d (Matt. 6).<\/li>\n<li>It was Jesus\u2019 gift to His church, \u201cAnd upon this rock I will build My church\u2026I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven\u201d (Matt. 16).<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe gospel of the kingdom\u201d was the only gospel Jesus was specifically recorded as preaching, and the one which will be the last one preached to the whole world before His return (Matt. 24).<\/li>\n<li>It is God\u2019s great reward only given to true disciples and no one else. Jesus said to His, \u201cTo you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them [even others who followed Him] it has not been granted\u201d (Matthew 13).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If we seek to live by the message of these nine words first, and the One who embodied it, \u201ceverything else will be added unto us\u201d (Matt. 6). What Paul said of Jesus has <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-876 alignright size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theawakenedchristianman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Filfilled-man.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"247\" height=\"274\" \/>become the mission of Reconnections, and the hope is that someday it will become yours as well, \u201cFor He rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son\u201d (Col. 1)! We exist to encourage men to make the critical leap from the kingdom of man and religion [\u201cdomain of darkness\u201d] into the kingdom of God\u2019s beloved Son [the kingdom of heaven on earth], for while life there is not easy, it is always challenging and never, ever boring!<\/p>\n<p>Once men\u2019s eyes are opened to the kingdom, we want to help them learn the language of the kingdom [hearing His voice through personal revelation] and to find shepherds like Jesus in the marketplaces of America to follow and emulate. We desire to return them to Jesus\u2019 model of shepherds and sheep, mentors and apprentices, disciplers and disciples and help them find communities of other kingdom men that follow Paul\u2019s prescription for the church found in 1<sup>st<\/sup> Corinthians 14 where all contribute, all learn, and all are encouraged.<\/p>\n<p>As men\u2019s eyes are opened to the kingdom and they reengage with the Biblical model of God\u2019s church and discipleship, the Ecclesia, they will naturally reengage the communities around them in the marketplaces of everyday life [for more information go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Marketplacesaints.net\">www.Marketplacesaints.net<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_5,3_5,1_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Call to Action!<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">God doesn\u2019t expect us to accomplish what only He can, but He does expect us to accomplish whatever we can.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">Read all the pages of this website, sign up for the blogs and get my book, The Kingdom Election [when it becomes available summer of 2021], find a small group who will do likewise and gather to understand and engage the kingdom.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">Meditate on the nine words and ask God to reveal the Matrix and His kingdom to you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#074205&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;] MY CHRISTIAN LIFE IS BORING! 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