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.
Ultimately, in prayer, God wants us to YIELD our will to His – Give Him our TRUST by laying down our Feelings, Desires, and...
We are in the midst of a battle every day. This battle is not against him, her, or us, but an unseen battle against...
To create a church you love, you must be connected in a healthy and transformational smaller community of people within the church.
