Jesus Life Together

When you search for “Jesus” in the App Store, this app ought to come in at the top of the list. There is no other app that is so centrally focused on the ways of Jesus for his Church today. This is for people who hunger to see Jesus return. Jesus is a person, not a self help religion or a rule book. The Truth presented and applied in the teachings, music, and video in this app are some of the only resources in the world that really provide a way to unlock “the unsearchable riches of Christ.” Eph 3:8. I open this app most days of the week and multiple times a day, to calibrate my own heart to the things of Jesus. The “today” page always has something encouraging and now features a built-in daily bible reading for reading the whole bible in a year.

When I read and listen on this app, my heart is changed and drawn towards God. “He who has ears, let him hear”. Thank you for making it and for the deep teachings and letters. It is a welcome relief from today’s instant gratification culture.

This app is for real. It's totally Biblical but different than anything I had heard before because it focuses on actually believing the bible and doing something about it not just talking about history and facts and what stuff is supposed to be like when we all know it's not and we're sitting sound acting like it is and we start some new program for like the 3rd time in the last 4 years to try to get things going and crank up the plastic happy-clappy stuff to hide how dead we are. Don't act like you don't know what I'm talking about ;-) Jesus never used gimmicks or ran around with some traveling circus with a bearded lady and some monkey who could guess your weight for people to want to listen to Him ever think about that? So how come we need donuts and an awesome band or nobody wants to come hear what we're saying? And it's all about grace no condemnation or legalism or works it just makes you think like, hey, I understand why the fisher dudes threw their nets down when He walked by and ran after Him ;-) I have had to think again about everything I thought about being a Christian and it's changing my life for the better and I want to help others now not just worry about how I am doing.

The 4JLT app has been so encouraging to me ever since it's been on the App Store. The Today page is one of the first things i look at every morning when i wake up, and it has always proven to be encouraging and challenging! Causing me to talk to Jesus about how it can specifically apply to me and bring practical change to my day. I've also especially appreciated the With You Now section, looking at what others around the world are reading/watching/listening to, and knowing of specific Seeds to be praying for for others. And in times I'm looking for some Fresh Seed to plant throughout the day, i often go to With You Now to see what others have been spending their time on. I also find it very easy to navigate around, and especially appreciate being able to see all of the tracks of a particular album all at once on my iPad. Forwarding a text message or letter to others over iMessage or email is easy from a technical standpoint, and a nice way to encourage friends through the day.

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I'll have to agree with another previous reviewer. There's a lot of great stuff here and I love the intention (I agree with a non-denominational approach to Faith). But there seems to be too much of a sense of personal influence/preference/theology here, which leads me to question the validity of some of the resources. Looking at something like their opposition of churches today. There is an inherent danger at reading the Bible and not knowing if it is being prescriptive of descriptive of the time and culture at the time. Maybe the Bible doesn't mention if people should or shouldn't gather at a certain place at a certain time, but it also doesn't mention that you should create an app, so is that wrong? He also didn't tell us to write books explaining the Bible or Biblical principles, so is that wrong also? Of course not. Jesus commands us to get the word out, according to how the Spirit leads us and as long as it doesn't contradict the teachings of the Bible. I personally believe community is vital to Spiritual growth both at a church and in church homes and we ought to spend time with God as a community, with our families and also alone. So I absolutely commend their efforts ( and using their gifts to bring honor to God) and would love to see them pray and revisit their content because it is a useful tool.