We are set free to love and serve.

And Paul in Gal. 5:15 gives us a very specific way to love and serve, by not biting and devouring one another.

Rather than bite and devour one another with our words, we are called to build each other up.

Freedom in Christ is Freedom from Legalism.  At the same time it is not license to do whatever we choose.  It is freedom to live for Christ, which is ultimately freedom to serve and love God and others.

Psalm 39 is a s Psalm about the brevity of life; but before David prays about the brevity of life, he teaches us the value of guarding our mouth!

Psalm 38 is a Psalm of Confession.

Psalm 38 also speaks of times of difficulty; and those are times we lean upon the mercy of God!

Guest speaker Andy Koesters shares from 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8.  He reminds us that we are to be driven by the Gospel!

The goal of every believer is for Christ to be formed in us!

Keep looking up and looking ahead.

In the midst of difficulties, trust that the Lord has a long range plan in which the righteous flourish.

Look Up and Look Ahead!

Look up: Trust in the Lord, delight in the Lord, commit to the Lord, be still before the Lord.

Look Ahead:  Those who wait for the Lord have a great inheritance!