Luke 5:27-28 says,"After that He went out and noticed a tax collector named Levi (Matthew) sitting in the tax booth, and He said to him, "Follow Me." And he left EVERYTHING behind and got up and began to follow Him." Notice how the Bible defines following Jesus as to leave everything behind. Matthew leaves his job, his family, his life as he knew it  to go into the unknown with Jesus. What if Jesus came to you right now and asked you to leave your job, your city, your car, your home, and even...
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    Have you ever had something you worked hard for taken from you? Has someone taken credit for an idea or job that you did? If so, you are in good company.
    In Genesis 26, Issac digs a well only to have herdsman of Gerar claim that the well was theirs. Issac names the well "contention", because it made others jealous. Issac moved on and dug another well and once again, the herdsman argued over the well. Issac named this well "opposition" for much the same reason. Issac built a third well,...
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I was thinking about the church moving next month and how we can have self doubt about what God whats from us and for us. It is hard to do something new, to change to the unknown, sometimes the known, even when it is hard or distructive is more desireable than the darkness of the unknown. This got me thinking about the working of sin in our lives. Sin is inflexibility and hating to change human plans, even when it is obvious God whats us too. Sin is the hesitation that holds us back from jump...
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