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This is a big one… Walk This Way

Acceptance What does it mean to believe? What does believing look like? Admit – Read Romans 3:23 again. We have to admit that God has not been first place in our lives.  We have to admit we have chosen our own way and because of that we are separated from Him. Ask – Read 1 John 1:9 We have to be real with God and ask Him to forgive us. Accept – Read Ephesians 2:8-9 We have to realize that...

Another Step… Walk This Way

Acceptance… we are still talking about it. Read John 3:16 again. The story is told of an Indian chief who was well known for being upright and courageous.  To establish justice, he set up a punishment system for crimes.  Even after the laws were enforced, stealing was still a problem.  Angered by the blatant law breaking, he increased the punishment for theft to a severe beating, which left the criminal hanging onto life and often dead.  Not long after the...

Keep Walking… Walk This Way

Acceptance… we value it. Read Romans 6:23 God is life. Without God is to be without life. Without God is death. In the beginning we were created to live forever.  Adam and Eve were created to never die. In the beginning it was a perfect world. No pain, no hurt and no death. That all changed when sin entered the world.  Sin brought with it pain, destruction, and death. When we sin we earn death.  We earn separation from God....

How can we believe the one we have not known?

This week we laid out a huge challenge… Get to know God. Like Abram… We are learning to believe that God is who He says He is and He will do what He says He will do. But we must know who He says He is.  We must learn what He says He will do.   This is a giant step but simply made up of small steps everyday as you get to know God. My encouragement is this… Daily...