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 end goal of following Jesus is extraordinary faith.
In a world where churches are often known by what they’re against, we want to be known by what we’re FOR. And we are...
Christmas is a reminder that God came to be with us, wants to be with us, and can be with us.
