Who is the king in your life? Mike gives a compelling sermon of Saul's life. His life is one more proof of the fundamental problem of humanity: we have usurped the throne of God and become the captains of our own destiny.

How many times have we failed in things that we consider very important and abandoned the effort because of failure? Let's explore Samuel's life and perhaps we can discover that instead of being afraid of failure, we can learn to embrace and celebrate him as part of something more important ... of something God wants to do.

Feeling like a failure in our faith is not foreign to us. Feeling far from God has happened to all of us at least once in our walk with the Lord. Let us embrace the grace of Christ as we dive into the parable of the prodigal son. Let us learn what it means to be truly forgiven, learning to lead a godly, righteous and sober life to the glory of His name. Grace and peace family.

What makes us spiritual people? We all have a practice that makes us feel spiritual, a way to feel closer to God. Sometimes the problem is when we are not close to God, but we keep doing the thing that makes us feel close to God.

The problem at first glance is rarely the problem. It's in fact the problem behind the problem we must deal with. As we learn more of what the Corinthian church was struggling with, I think it's apparent their "problem" relates more to us than you know.

Being first seems to be an important idea of our culture. Thinking about our best interest and forgetting those around can be an easy practice when it seems like everyone is doing it. As we learn why we do the things we do, let us lean into what Christ calls us as to as a  people. He must ⬆️ and I must ⬇️.

We have a tendency to choose one thing that becomes the external sign of holiness, purity, or salvation. The problem really isn't with ethics, morals, or the pursuit of holiness. It's more like the arbitrary formula with which we sometimes want to measure our ′′ spirituality," but especially that of others. Many times, this ′′ formula ′′ is based on control.

Have you heard the phrase “what doesn't kill you makes you stronger”? That is only true in very few cases. We've all let a little poison kill. A little pride, a little anger, a little greed, a little lust. And at first we may not even realize how it affects, but eventually we will see the sad results.

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We are back! Here on this episode of weekly grace we talk about an array of topics that we pray are edifying for the believer. We hope you all enjoy.  

Grace and peace family!