~~~Press on, Beloved Brothers and Sisters. We're Almost Home!

---STILL IN PROCESS ~~
~~"Over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity."
---(Colossians 3:14) -

~~~Transformation isn't always easy in our lives, especially when it involves our hearts. Relationships, whether with God, our spouse, or anyone else. are a journey---not a destination. Circumstances in life invariably bring stresses or adjustments that require us to submit humbly to God's continued work. God often uses our closest relationships to bring about the transformation that will be the witness of Jesus's love to an unbelieving world. (John 13:35; Colossians 4:5).

From hidden behaviors of the heart to our self-preservationist actions, God calls us to "put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator" (Colossians 3:10). True change, however, requires humility--a relinquishing of our rights that we might embrace His (Psalm 25:9; Proverbs 10:12).

As our worth and purpose become more hidden with Jesus (Colossians 3:3), the less we need to prove we're right, the more we want His Word to come alive in us, and the more we truly love.

Church, we need to keep running to Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith. Only He can fill the desires of our heart.~~

--ODB/RF~
--"I Will Run To You" / Darlene Zschech/ Hillsong // <https://youtu.be/RZGqKqciv8E>
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