It feels so good that the start of football is in sight. What an exciting time of year. The days of August are about conditioning, learning, training, and practicing. Why do they do that? So they can play the game and play it well. Now, think of coming to church as conditioning, learning, training, practicing. When we leave practice, when we break from the huddle, where is our line of scrimmage? The answer is people. People, relationships are where we live for Christ.

When I say stress we think of things like: bills, a conflict in a relationship, work, schedule, or fear over something looming on the horizon. Stress is a real feeling. I wonder if the things that cause us stress are really not the cause, but symptoms themselves. What could bills, a hectic schedule and conflicts possibly be symptoms of? Perhaps the cause, the bigger problem is Me Management. If *me* is not being managed well it is going to make bad financial, relational, and personal decisions.

When I say stress we think of things like: bills, a conflict in a relationship, work, schedule, or fear over something looming on the horizon. Stress is a real feeling. I wonder if the things that cause us stress are really not the cause, but symptoms themselves. What could bills, a hectic schedule and conflicts possibly be symptoms of? Perhaps the cause, the bigger problem is Me Management. If *me* is not being managed well it is going to make bad financial, relational, and personal decisions.

Do you ever look in the mirror and think, *I have to do better than this*, but it is not your body that you are talking about? It's your life. You want more. You want better. Maybe you would even say, *I want God’s best for my life*. If you were going to get God's best for you right now, what do you think you would have to do? Listen, God wants you to have His best.

Do you ever look in the mirror and think, *I have to do better than this*, but it is not your body that you are talking about? It's your life. You want more. You want better. Maybe you would even say, *I want God’s best for my life*. If you were going to get God's best for you right now, what do you think you would have to do? Listen, God wants you to have His best.

Does it seem like being a Christian in America really does not necessitate much change? How are we so different from people who don’t know, don't care about Jesus? If there was a change from dark to light, from child of the devil to child of God, from an eternity in hell to an eternity in heaven, from following self and the world to following Christ; should there not be a clear difference between us who follow Him and those who do not?

Does it seem like being a Christian in America really does not necessitate much change? How are we so different from people who don’t know, don't care about Jesus? If there was a change from dark to light, from child of the devil to child of God, from an eternity in hell to an eternity in heaven, from following self and the world to following Christ; should there not be a clear difference between us who follow Him and those who do not?

Rev. Osborne concludes his series on Change.

Rev. Osborne concludes his series on Change.

Rev. Osborne begins a two week study on Change.