Rooted ~ Josh Foliart Part 3

Josh Foliart did visit my church a while back.  To be totally honest I don't remember him at all, I do remember buying his book.  Of which I just spent the last week or so reading.  I normally review my read books on a separate blog, but feel the nature of this one should be here instead.  AND there is a lot of it I want to revisit.  Sooooo, forewarning, MOST of what I'm going to share is word for word from the book.  There are 7 sections in the book, so this will be multi-part posting.  I will be posting here what I took from the book and the stuff I want to revisit, any quotes that are not specified from other sources, are quoted from the book Rooted by Josh Foliart.  

Section 3

Wounds from a sincere friend are better than many kisses from an enemy (Proverbs 27:6)  "God is a sincere friend, Before we can be released into our destiny, we must be wounded in deserts."

"Hi rise (Joseph's) to power in Egypt as Pharaoh's right-hand man is more than a rags-to-riches fairytale.  It is a historic "landmark" to remind us of how the Creator of the Universe specializes in creating something wonderful out of brokenness and failure."

"Early on, when the people of Egypt were dancing in the streets, eating, drinking, and enjoying their lives, Joseph was in one of two places:  in prison or in slavery."

"God calls us to answer the world's spiritual, emotional, and mental hunger.  The brokenness of humanity cannot be overstated at this point: wars are rampant, the economy is trashed, hunger is growing, poverty is afflicting the majority of the planet, the sex trade is at an all-time high, homelessness is increasing, suicide rates are increasing, and abortion has taken over fifty million lives in less than 40 years.  The list goes on and on."

"The Sermon on the Mount has been called the Constitution of the Kingdom."

Section 4

"Before we can run with Jesus into our destiny, we must be exposed to the crisis.  Until we embrace the crisis of our impotence, we cannot embrace the Christ of omnipotence.  He alone can root us and release us into sustainable destiny."

"Where are you?"  "We normally ask this question of God.  Without making light of the real hurts that people face and the real questions they have, I want to challenge the orientation of this question.  It's the right question, but it is aimed in the wrong direction."  

When the cool fo the evening breezes were blowing, the man and his wife heard the Lord God walking about in the garden.  So they hid from the Lord God among the trees.  Then the Lord God called to the man, "Where are you?"  (Genesis 3:7-9)

"Jesus understood and felt deeply the cry of the Father, "Where are you? Why are you hiding from me?""

"Father was abandoned in the Garden of Eden"

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