Good morning, readers!  Today is Sunday -- a day on which Christians all around the world gather together at their local churches to worship God, spend time with one another and receive thoughtful teaching.  It's our hope here at Revelife that you will be able to participate in a service at your local church this Sunday.

But we also know that, for many of you, attending your regular church or any church at all will be out of the question for you today.  Regardless of your life circumstances, we don't think you should go without engaging worship and powerful teaching this Sunday.

Today at North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Georgia, Andy Stanley is kicking off a new series, Age of Kings.  We've all heard that with great power comes great responsibility, and for the Kings of the Bible, that's certainly true.  But that doesn't mean they made all the right decisions, either.  Join Andy as he shares lessons learned from the sometimes irresponsible Kings of the Bible.

North Point's services are streamed online live at 9:00am and 11:00am with rebroadcasts at 2:00pm, 6:00pm and 10:00pm.  We hope you'll be able to join us at one of these services today!

If you enjoy the services at North Point, you should know that there are North Point Strategic Partner churches all over North America.  Click here to see if there is one in your area.

When we do what our flesh wants we lose what our soul wants.

Eating worldly food does not make our spiritual stomach satisfied. Just like spiritual food does not satisfy that hunger for that nice juicy steak. Your worldly hunger does not always have to be food. It may be money, power, sex, positional items, glory, comfort, 'friends' (popularity), or even looking attractive.

Spiritual hunger is always intertwined with god and the Holy Spirit. If you don’t have those two things your spiritual body will die. When you feed your worldly body with worldly things and don’t worry about your spiritual well being, the Holy Spirit will wither away and become faint, and God’s voice will eventually seem very small and insignificant.

That is when the crap will happen. More Here...

This is not 'my' life. I've been bought with a price; I don't own myself. (1 Corinthians 6:19-20) Likewise, you as a Christian are not your own. To be perfectly honest, no one is their own person; we are all either slaves to God or slaves to sin, the carnal body. (Romans 6:1-23) We were born into sin, (Romans 7:14) and cannot escape from it except by accepting salvation in Jesus Christ and allowing Him to pay the price for us, the wages of our sin, which is death. (Romans 6:23) Everyone chooses one or the other, there is no other option. Door A or Door B, that's it. And when we choose salvation, Jesus pays our debt with His shed blood. But we don't become free. We are still slaves, but are no longer slaves to sin. Instead, we have a new master. (Romans 6:17-19)

We tend to think of our lives as just that - ours. We have 'our' goals and 'our' dreams, and probably even 'our' plans to reach a few of those goals and dreams. But it isn't our task to decide at all what happens with this life, because we aren't free to live our own lives. That's actually a good thing. More Here...

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By Sam at Creative Theology

One of the main concepts in my book is that of ekphrasis art. I believe the artistic concept of ekphrasis can be readily applied to our lives. We can live ekphrasis lives, responding to God’s good work all around us, and in so doing, deepen our relationship with the one who is setting all things rights and making all things new.

Over the past couple years or so, I have followed the work of Mandy Thompson (you can get to know her here) and we have shared many thoughts and words by way of blog, email, and social network conversations. Mandy read an advance copy of the book, and was inspired to create in response. Ekphrasis!

I asked Mandy if she would be willing to create a piece specific to the book, and she agreed. What resulted was a beautiful mixed media art piece. More Here...