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.
We all want to be a part of a church we love, but that won’t happen by accident. Over the next four weeks, we...
To defeat pride, you must decide it’s not about me, and it’s all about God and His glory.
Salvation is free; it costs us nothing. Following Jesus will eventually cost us something.
