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God is working

 


We closed our series yesterday at The Community Fellowship of “Amazing Grace”.  It has been good to hear the voice of God and how He proclaims and rolls out the flow of His grace in our lives.  


There are several things that are true about our faith.  They are rooted in how God first connected to us, and that connection continues with our lives changing.


We aren’t puppets, yet God has a plan.  It is our choice to follow.  It is our desire to know God, to be changed by God and to have a life that makes much of faith and the character of our good and great God.


Matthew 16:24-26  NLT  

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me. 25 If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it. 26 And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?


Want to know God or follow Him?  Then make this choice.  Give up our will and our plans for His will.  Take up your cross which is not easy, but that cross changes so many things in our lives and the lives of the people around us.


Romans 3:22  NLT  

We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who we are.


We are made right, have been made right and no matter what Jesus connected us to what lasts and what matters most.  God is woking in our lives each day.


Colossians 2:12  NLT  

For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with him you were raised to new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead.


Again, we have been connected to God, and that connection is strong because it was started by God and is held by God.  Praise God for His work in our lives.


I close with this big and important verse.  Our goal is love.  We are to love others the way God loves people.  Speak up.  Share often.  Watch God work more and more in our lives and in the lives of the people around us.


1 Corinthians 14:1  NLT  

Let love be your highest goal! But you should also desire the special abilities the Spirit gives—especially the ability to prophesy.

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