The Well Church OKC

I have often found myself drawn into the discussion, debates and battles around what our society has determined, at least at this moment in time, to call right and good. It is hard to keep up with, to be honest. What we declared right and good just a few years ago is now out of fashion. It is dizzying to even try to keep up with the pace at which the world defiles itself. What was literally inconceivable a short time ago is lauded as right and evidence of the evolution of the human mind and heart. Past sensibilities are scoffed at, with society perpetually pushing at whatever boundaries still remain. If secular man has anything to say, the assault will never end until no restrictions exist. Until each man can truly, and freely, live according to their own truth.

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The Well Church & Western Hills Church Evening Cabin Devotional

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The Well Church & Western Hills Church Evening Cabin Devotional

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Pastor Chris, The Praise Team, and members of The Well Church OKC joined with Dale Baptist Church in a community wide night of praise for the community of Dale Oklahoma. The Praise Team begins singing about 1:05.

Have you ever had the experience of playing a familiar game, one you have played for many years, and found that once you reference the rules, you find that you have been playing incorrectly, or that there are different rules than you were aware of?

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Dr. Chan teaches of the unexpected effects of a prideful heart.

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As followers of God, and as people saved by Christ, we are tasked with living our lives on this earth, in the time, in particular ways, for particular ends. We are not living in a random, unpredictable, chaotic manner. We are not without the hope that comes through direction. We are able to thrive, not in spite of, but because of, the guidance of the Scripture and with the impulse of the Spirit in our lives.

We are free do as we like. But we should never use this freedom to return to the chains of sin.

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Those seeking God, post-salvation, would have wanted, and needed the practical guidance and encouragement Paul offers here. He delivers the marching orders to us in a clear way that is always something we need to hear.

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We spent the month of July considering freedom and I have enjoyed this a great deal. We have considered the great cost of freedom that many have fought for in our country. We have faced the fact that many still do not have freedom in our society due to circumstances and treatment that have diminished their humanity. We have continued to remind ourselves that we are made free to remain free, not to return to bondage in sin, but to act in the freedom we now have.

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Real freedom is about the ability for the individual to choose. This is what we crave and it is essential to human thriving. It is even more than making right choices. It is the opportunity to do so.

In fact, the highest form of self-actualization would be a human who has the freedom to choose to do the right thing, and does so.

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