To call upon the name of the Lord your faith must come from your heart and your mouth.

Perhaps you feel like a prisoner to decisions you have made, sins you committed or the actions of others done to you. You too can have the hope of Christ and transformation in your life.

What are we to make of judging? Jesus tells you and me, do not judge. Jesus tells us that the best way to help someone else out of their sin is to face our own sin first. In warning against judging Jesus is warning against damaging our relationships with one another, the very relationships that should be pointing one another to the redemptive power of Jesus.

Jesus is clear, discipleship is not easy, but you cannot have life any other way.

Today I want to take a few moments and talk about what it means to be a disciple of Jesus.

The Treasure of Heaven is valuable, it changes the course of your life and your behaviors, and it testifies to your worth to God

Psalm 34 invites you to live out verse 8; “Taste and see that the Lord is good, blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.”

In Psalm 51 we read a masterclass on how to get right with God. David is heartfelt, honest, direct, he wholeheartedly confesses his sin and that God alone has the authority to forgive and restore him. There is a road map within the Psalm for each and every one of us to receive redemption. The psalm describes; Facing sin, relying on God’s mercy, and responding to that mercy with testimony.

God is the owner of your world and he is King. The decision is for you to believe and let him into your life.

Resounding through out the Lord’s prayer is a call for us to put our own priorities aside and depend less on ourselves. The Lord’s prayer invites us to make God’s priorities our own and to depend upon him.