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Almost all they’ve ever heard are the Do’s-and-Don’ts:

“DO attend church, read your Bible, pray, have quiet time, serve in

some way, attend small group, and give lots and lots of money.”
“DON’T lie, cuss, cheat, steal, commit adultery, yell at your spouse,
kick the cat, or be a brat.”

They’ve never been told the gospel is what produces good things from
us. It is the power of God in us that establishes us and helps us to

establish others.

The Old Testament demanded what it could not produce.
It was so hard to live no one could do it.

But the New Testament produces in us what it does not demand.
It is so hard to believe, many find it unbelievable.

Too often we tend to be ruled by circumstances we face in life. We are
often so controlled by circumstances that we have trouble connecting

with others.

So we have a difficult time being able to OFFER

what we should to others.

“Life rains on the just and on the unjust.”

It’s true that life rains on all of us at times. Our wood gets wet and we
don’t want to OFFER wet wood to others.

But when we know God’s security, we reign in life in Jesus, as Paul says

in Romans. We reign in life more than life rains on us.

When we believe and live in Jesus, we know his words first-hand:

“I will never leave you.”

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