Matthew 5:28-41

The Christian life after the promise of God -- the gospel and the Holy Spirit -- enters into our lives never looks like what we expect. There are incredible graces and realizations, but, at the same time, there are profound struggles God makes us wrestle through in order to change us. God does not make us his own to leave us alone; he makes us his own to love us and to transform us. Genesis 28:10-22, Genesis 32:22-32

We don't like getting messy and dirty. But sometimes we need to dig through the dirt of our lives in order to get to the living water that cleans, sustains us and let us ultimately enjoy and float on the rivers of God's grace. John 4:4-26

[This is a two-part series. I will do the second half of the series on 8/23.] The Christian life after the promise of God -- the gospel and the Holy Spirit -- enters into our lives never looks like what we expect. There are incredible graces and realizations, but, at the same time, there are profound struggles God makes us wrestle through in order to change us. God does not make us his own to leave us alone; he makes us his own to love us and to transform us.

There are many moments in our life when a major decision needs to made. Do we go left or right? Do we go up or down? In such decisive moments in our life, it is imperative that we strive to listen to God and make a wise choice. In today's passage, we see two men approach a fork in the road. How Lot and Abram make decisions may teach us about what is at God's heart. Genesis 13:1-18