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Faith can feel like something we “worked up” over time, but what if the Bible is pointing to something far more unsettling and hopeful: God gives faith, God sustains it, and God gets the glory. We lean into that claim and follow its consequences all the way down, from humility and assurance to how we talk to people who disagree with us. If salvation is truly of the Lord, then boasting is gone and gratitude becomes the only sane response. 

Along the way, we hear real voices with real stories. Sister Day reflects on the difference between worldly belief and saving faith, tracing the moment the Holy Spirit made the gospel real to her. Brother Kyle shares a raw testimony of walking away from Jesus, addiction and repeated arrests, and then being backed into a corner by mercy. The details are messy, honest, and powerful, and they raise a question many of us avoid: what does it actually look like when Christ “keeps” someone by his power? 

We also sharpen the theology. Brother Pat and Sister Meg press into justification by Christ alone, why “earning heaven” implies Jesus didn’t do enough, and how new works fit without becoming a new form of self-salvation. Sister Mariah connects it to imputed righteousness, the resurrection, and Christ being before all things including our salvation. We close in prayer with a simple aim for the week: carry this love outward as salt and light. 

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