We live in a world that rewards performance. It’s ingrained in us from an early age. Tests, sports, education, manners; almost everything. And this performance-based mindset affects our view of and relationship to God. We can believe we must perform to certain standards to be in right relationship with God. We feel that when we do the right thing, God turns his chair toward us. We feel that when we do the wrong thing, He turns His is back on us. As such, we begin creating religious performance-based rules for ourselves and then live by them, in bondage. But Jesus didn’t come to start a religion. He came to restore a relationship.
The first way Jesus was tempted was to meet a legitimate need in a way that was disobedient to his Father. The second way...
The best way to protect your marriage is to practice the promises you made when you said “I do”.
Giving generously proves our trust in God, grows our trust in God, and transfers our trust from our riches to the One who richly...
