Ministrey Podcast W/ Trey Van Camp

4 goals that deaden souls: 1. Holiness 2. Service 3. Wholeness 4. Enlightenment Our Primary Goal is Love (Matthew 22:34-40) “Love is the essence of our relationship with God and its goal. From a biblical perspective, a loving relationship with God produces the fruits of holiness, service, and wholeness.” Ashbrook First Half of the Christian Life: We pursue a life of love by leaning into our longings. Stage One – Awakening [Eph. 2:1-10; 1 Cor. 3:1-3] Redeemed from a pointless life to a purpose in life. “God, I believe in you!” Stage Two – Purgation [Gal. 5:16-25; Eph. 6:10-18] Releasing disordered desires to feast on deeper desires. “God, I belong to you!” “God doesn’t hate sin because he’s anti-pleasure. He invented pleasure. He hates sin because it promises so much and offers so little.” John Ortberg “We often blame God or ourselves, when much of the turmoil in our heads is caused by the devil’s harassment.” Ashbrook Second Half of the Christian Life: We pursue a life of love by leaning into our