choose God over all

These are crazy times. Yet our God is the same God who took us in, saved our souls and has given promise after promise that we can claim. That is why today’s core value is so important for you and for me. It is for the church.

John 14:6 NLT

Jesus told them, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.

That is relevant. But how so? Everywhere there are people or things offering us answers or ideas of how to keep going. Look for them. Most of those offering answers and the answers couldn’t be further from the truth. The truth is Jesus. Truth is not a concept or an ideology. It is a relationship and not religion either.

Let me take that to another level. We often lie to ourselves or believe things that are not true. We all have to have a foundation of truth or an understanding of what is truth. Go with me. Grow with me in 1 John.

1 John 1:8-10 NLT

If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourself and not living in the truth. But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleans us from all wickedness. If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that his word has no place in our hearts.

That is big. Are we lying to ourselves? Are we allowing our hearts to be deluded with lies or even with half truths? Stop fooling yourself or allowing yourself to be fooled. Find truth and hold on to it.

Why we need to be relevant is because we are looking for truth. People all around us are long for truth that lasts. Not everyone is going to hold on to what we believe is truth, but let’s give them a possibility.

The crucial part of our relationship with God has very little to do with having religion as part of our routine. It has everything to do with knowing God and getting close to Him. Don’t miss the basics.

May we realize how awesome the future is because God has a plan. he is working in our lives. We simply have to choose freedom over bondage, forgiveness over bitterness. Choose faith over fear. Choose God over all!

Jeremiah 29:11 NASB

For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.

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