Week 2 of a 3-week series. Starts with “All Things Under His Feet.” As we heard last week from Mark Galli who wrote Jesus Mean and Wild: “This aspect of holiness has two dimensions: the shaping of our character to be set apart in godliness and the shaping of our calling so that our lives will be set apart for God’s purposes. In short, to be holy is to dedicate all that we are and all that we do to God.” Today we’ll be talking about how God shapes our character, and we’ll be reading verses about the fruit of the spirit and harvesting eternal life and righteousness. Next week…

“This aspect of holiness has two dimensions: the shaping of our character to be set apart in godliness and the shaping of our calling so that our lives will be set apart for God’s purposes. In short, to be holy is to dedicate all that we are and all that we do to God.” (Mark Galli, Jesus Mean and Wild) The Foundation In his thought-provoking book, Galli lists the two dimensions of the holy life: character and calling. Always remember at our salvation does not DEPEND on our works. The grace of Jesus Christ saves us. “He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to…

We think that being powerful in God is an emotional thing. We’re flying high, we’re working miracles, we’re on intimate terms with God – or rather, we really don’t feel those things and think that everyone else does! Sure, sometimes the Christian life feels like flying and that is a good thing! It’s a blessing. But do you know what the bigger blessing is? Not feeling like flying – instead we’re trudging, shuffling, even crawling — but these are the most blessed times if we are depending on God. These are times when we are truly powerful because we can’t do anything under our own power. These are blessing times.…