When the Holy Spirit directs us, He also gives us the power to perform what He shows us to do; whereas, the Law leaves us to our own devices.

Until we decide to focus instead on Christ's righteousness given to us instead of on our own sinfulness and weakness, we will struggle with a condemnation-induced power of sin in our lives.

When we put our faith in Christ and his finished work, confess him before men, and receive the Spirit, these three things work together to convince us that we belong to God, have eternal life, and that God will indeed raise us from the dead as he promised.

God ingeniously inextricably linked our salvation to a Person. All we have from God is in His Son. By being in Him and his being in us, we have everything.

In its basic sense, “redemption” means to buy back from slavery with the intent to set free. It is the power of the gospel to liberate us.

Whether our shame was earned through our own sinfulness or improperly thrust upon us by some predator, Jesus has done everything necessary to set us free.

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So instead of asking, "are we doing enough," perhaps we should first thank Jesus for doing enough on our behalf and then ask him to so work in us so that we love him and other people more.

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When love is our foundation and the Holy Spirit is our guide, we will find contentment in whatever God gives us to do because we are content in who he is and who we are as his beloved children.

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When we are intimidated, we give up our position of authority. Consequently, the gift of God to serve and protect lies dormant. We end up unintentionally furthering the cause of the one intimidating us."

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Decentralized organizations rely heavily on everyone buying into the same vision and maintaining open lines of communication. However, unity at the vision level does not guarantee or expect unity at the application level.

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