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Growing in Consistency

“If only my ways were committed to keeping your statutes…” We can relate to the writer of Psalm 119 in that there are certain commands that God has given that you find are easy enough to do, maybe you’re good at those things or strong in those areas. But when you think about ALL God’s commands you realise that there areas that are not great at all. If only we were more consistent in all areas of our spiritual lives, if only we were more consistent in following all of God’s Word.

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Entitlement

When we live in a way that we believe we deserve certain privileges or standards of living we actually knock God out of the center of our lives and rather place ourselves there. Entitlement means being self-centered and when we don’t get what we believe we deserve this can lead us to questioning the goodness of God.

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“In Essentials, Unity; In Non-Essentials, Liberty; In All Things, Charity.”

The Church is filled with people who come from various levels of faith. Some have been Christians for many years. Some are in a state of exploring. Some have just recently accepted Christ and still have a lot to learn. For the most part, and with regard to the essential issues there is agreement, it’s in the disputable matters that we find the tempest in the teapot. Sadly many Christians can be very critical, negative, and condemning. That is, if you don’t believe exactly as they believe then you won’t make it to heaven. And that’s not what Christianity is all about!

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Take Up Your Cross

To take up your cross, to carry your cross, is to be willing to die in order to follow Jesus. While there were those who gave their literal lives for Jesus, as many of the disciples were said to have done. Carrying your cross meant more than that, it meant dying to self, surrendering all aspects of your life to Jesus. Many of us understand that we need die to self in terms of sinful behaviour but there is another way in which we need to die to self...

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