When we live our lives close to sin, we risk being swept into the suffering that comes with it, and then dependent on God’s mercy and the prayers of others for our deliverance.

We have the opportunity to come to God in prayer, and to plead for His mercy - on us and others - but in doing so, we’re learning how to align ourselves with his plans, rather than attempting to re-direct them.

We have the opportunity to come to God in prayer, and to plead for His mercy - on us and others - but in doing so, we’re learning how to align ourselves with his plans, rather than attempting to re-direct them.

If we respond to God’s call and become his disciples, then we have the opportunity to walk with Him into a future that He’s designed for us, but we have to listen and keep walking.

If we respond to God’s call and become his disciples, then we have the opportunity to walk with Him into a future that He’s designed for us, but we have to listen and keep walking.

If God is sovereign over our pain and suffering, then how we respond to it will display what we really believe about Him being worthy of worship

If God is sovereign over our pain and suffering, then how we respond to it will display what we really believe about Him being worthy of worship

It should push us to share our faith without reservation when we remember that God has a limit to His patience, but not to His grace, and that He will keep His Word because He is powerfully able to.

It should push us to share our faith without reservation when we remember that God has a limit to His patience, but not to His grace, and that He will keep His Word because He is powerfully able to.

We need to keep our heart seeking God, because sin is anxious for us to give in; and if we do, it’s always worse than we thought it would be, for ourselves and others.