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Justin Kendrick is the lead pastor of Vox Church, which he founded in 2011 with a small group of friends on the doorstep of Yale University. Since then, Vox has
grown to multiple locations across New England.
The dream of Vox Church is to
see the least-churched region of the U.S. become the most spiritually vibrant place on earth.
Justin and his wife live outside New Haven, Connecticut with their four children.
Justin Kendrick joins Amber to discuss creating habits for spiritual growth, moving beyond ordinary faith, and loving Jesus more.
“I think the most incredible thing about God is that the more you explore and examine who He is, the more you fall in love with Him.”
“In our culture, we often think, I’m important because I accomplished this or because I make this money or because all these different status symbols we have. But God says, you’re important, because I love you, period.”
“When you receive grace through Christ. You stand blameless before God on the merits of Jesus. Now, if that’s true, it should become the bedrock of my confidence.”
“Why shouldn’t we do an autopsy on our spiritual life? Maybe we’ve oversimplified and been under intentional about spiritual growth.”
“How do we intentionally grow in a process of discipleship? What we found was everything begins with habits, whatever you do consistently, that’s what gets momentum and health and growth and stability in your life.”
“Do you have a plan to grow your soul and your spirit in your faith?”
“The first habit, I call the habit of relationship. The challenge in that habit is to spend the first hour of your day alone with God.”
“The challenge is to reshape your morning time, so that it is inconveniently centered around time with God.”
7 Habits are included in Bury Your Ordinary:
“You have to see Sabbath as a faith act. It’s a decree that I live on God, not on work.”
“Every habit can go two ways. It can become a habit that proves my value, or a habit that develops my dependence upon God.”
“I don’t share my faith to get brownie points with God, I share my faith, because I love people. I don’t try to discern the voice of the Holy Spirit, so that I can look spiritual in front of others…I discern the voice of the Holy Spirit, because I love him and I want to walk with him in a personal dynamic relationship every day. And so each of these habits needs to be rooted in this idea of grace.”
“Legalism either leaves you feeling good, and then self righteousness grows, or feeling like a loser and then self reproach grows, both will destroy your soul. That’s why you’ve got to turn back to grace. Turn back to the gospel and receive the free gift of righteousness.”
It’s not about the habits, it’s about at the end of the day, I love Jesus more and I love others more. That is the essence of what it means to grow spiritually.”
Compelled uses gripping, immersive storytelling to celebrate the powerful ways God is transforming the lives of His people around the world.
It’s full of incredible stories from missionaries, addicts, prisoners, and other believers sharing how God changed their life. And they combine those testimonies with sound effects, music, and narration.
Not only is it one of my favorite podcasts, but Compelled has influenced what I do here at Grace Enough.
© Grace Enough Podcast2024