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More Than Sunday

"And what does the LORD require of you?  To act justly and to love mercy    and to walk humbly with your God." - Micah 6:8 All God wants is to have a relationship with us. He died for that! And this is all He requires from us in that relationship. It's pretty simple. Nothing big. It doesn't matter what we call ourselves. It's not about having a name or title. What matters is our walk with God and our relationship with Him. Our faith is our own. So value it. Take God seriously. Because it's the most important relationship in our lives. It's not something we live out at church, Bible study, around a certain crowd, or when we feel like it. It's more than Sunday. It's a lifestyle. Act justly. Just because we are saved by grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8) does not mean we can do whatever we want. If we choose to follow God, He calls us to live in righteousness (1 Peter 1:16) . He didn't save us so that we would live in sin. God is in the l...
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The Present is a Gift

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Godliness

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