In the final two chapters, Paul focuses on the practical side of what trusting Jesus looks like: what does it look like to be molded into God’s image as His children? Focusing on the guiding principles in the lists Paul gives, chs.5 & 6 reveal that trusting Jesus leads us to look for ways to love others & to grow into God’s nature.

// Closing Prayer: "Valley of Vision, Seventh-Day Morning: God’s Good Pleasure”

We can clearly see there’s a difference between being a slave and being a child, right? Which one better describes your relationship to God. We may say we’re God’s children, but we may function more like disgruntled servants. Paul shows us how Jesus makes us God’s children being molded into His image by His Spirit.

// Closing Prayer: "Valley of Vision - Fourth Day Morning: True Christianity"

How do you relate to God? It's common for many Christians to have the experience of "trying to please/glorify our God so He'll give us His blessings on earth" and finding worry/anxiety when it doesn't go to plan. But do we really know the promise of Jesus that has been given to us? Minister John Marshal shows us this week how Jesus has freed us from the burden of bearing God's image on our own

Have you ever felt like, “I asked Jesus to be my Lord/Savior: now what?” You’re not alone; that’s exactly what the church in Galatia struggled with. Paul discusses our trusting faith vs. the law’s works to help us see how trusting Jesus is what enables us to live out God’s life & bring us/others closer to Him.

// Closing Prayer: "Valley of Vision - Second Day Evening: Bounty"

What brought you to Jesus? What made Him appealing to you? Hardship shows the difference between being attracted to something and trusting it as the foundation of your life. Paul highlights this in Galatians by showing what we have in Jesus, starting with how Jesus alone saves us & transforms us into God’s image.

As Ecclesiastes draws to a close, Solomon takes one final shot at reminding us what the “Christian” life is all about. If we’re supposed to pursue God by investing His life through humility/work to bear His image in ch.11, how do we do this? God calls us to evaluate our heart by His by trusting His life is all we need.

So, as God is at work fixing our hearts, what do we do? What has He called us to do physically on earth while we’re walking with Him in our spiritual reconciliation? Solomon shows what pursuing God looks like in ch.11: we’re called to invest the life God gives us through humility & work to bear His image in everything.

In ch.10, Solomon brings his plea for us to go to God in a new light: proverbs! As we interpret these generally-true-sayings-revealing-a-deeper-reality, a pattern emerges: if the

Even as sin has corrupted our ability to trust God, Solomon goes a step further to show how sin breaks us from God by tainting how we see ourselves (which screws everything else up like it did in the Garden). He’ll remind us in ch.9 God sees us & knows us: & we experience this when we choose to be with Him in everything.

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