Chapter 3: Living from Above
THE MAGNIFICENT JOURNEY by James Bryan Smith Chapter 3—Living from Above 1. Opening Prayer, from a position of full pardon, full acceptance To be born “from above”, in New Testament language, means to be interactively joined with a dynamic, unseen system of divine reality in the midst of which all of humanity moves about—whether it knows it or not. Dallas Willard 2. We live in a Sacred World Where God Is Near · God always hears us. He is closer to us than we are to ourselves. · Listening “from above” · John 3:3; John 8:23; Colossians 3:1-2 · What are some other ways to express “above” and “below”? (p. 43) 3. Awakening Our Spiritual Senses · What are the differences between physical senses and spiritual senses? · ...