3d • General discussion
Church Notes - Stay Blessed
6/28/2026 Prophetic Anthology
False Security
“We’re part of gods in group we’re safe”
Micah 3:11
Amos 9:7
“Imperial alliances”
Hosea 7:11
Hosea 12:1
“Trust in military strength “
Hosea 11:3
Hosea 12:8
Hosea 13:4
——Prosperity is not proof of Gods approval——
If you don’t figure that out he’s going to take that away.
How did we get in this mess?
How do we get out of this mess?
Let’s look back at reasonable expectation that are corruptible
Power - Agency (at best)power to act, authority to name animals - Vulnerable and Fearful and Controlling (at worst)
Pleasure - Delight (at best) senses are given to us for a reason - Indulgence (at worst)
Peace - Stability (at best) having things in order / rest - Escape (at worst) want to forget about everything
Connection - Belonging (at best) feeling like you belong - codependent (at worst) smother everyone that’s around
All of this is called Shalom is a Hebrew word (שָׁלוֹם) most commonly translated as "peace." However, its root meaning implies much more than just the absence of conflict; it signifies wholeness, completeness, harmony, and well-being.
Power Corrupted : control : First time someone took things away against your well the. You realize you’re vulnerable and it makes you afraid and corrupts your desire.
Fear will make a demand for control.
Pleasure corrupted : indulgence : start to do them too much
Peace corrupted : escape : want to get away
Connection corrupted : codependency : smother people
The seduction of empire goes from the at best to being expendable and the opposite of Shalom and becomes transactional.
The only thing we can do to survive is to add as much status or wealth
Read this : The symbolic power of money : reminders of money alter social distress and physical pain by xin
If we fall on hard times and couldn’t get back on feet - no one would care and if that’s what you believe then you would replace relational intimacy with something tangible and trying to spend as much time trying to be respected for what you have and not who you are,
Workaholic - transactional relationships
Love god but persistence of greed or craving for status or always working and the issue is not you and God it’s because you have shallow relationships.
It comes to your survival and allows the world around you to order your life
Materialism is an attempt to cope with uncertainty - something else to read
Trade materialism for relational intimacy
How do we get out of this?
Mathew 25:31-40
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Church Notes - Stay Blessed
