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Identity and Purpose: Becoming Who We Were Made to Be in Christ There is a kind of freedom in Christ that goes much deeper than simply feeling better, getting through a difficult season, or receiving help from God when life becomes seemingly unbearable. God does care about our needs. He comforts, provides, heals, restores, and rescues. However, the gospel was never meant to be solely about what God can do for us. The deeper invitation of the gospel is that we would become lik

Because when I judge the outcome, I stop hearing. I stop listening for further instruction.

You know that feeling. You're sitting in church, the Word is going out, and something inside you comes alive. Faith rises. You lean forward. You think, This is it. I'm ready. I'm going to go out and do something that matters. Then Monday shows up.

The uncomfortable truth is that many of us ask God for rest while still holding tightly to control. (And although I hate to admit it, that includes Gwen and I at times.) We really just want peace, but we also want all the answers. We want God to lead us, but we would prefer to see the entire path before taking the next step. We want to surrender the situation, but we keep our hands close by just in case we need to take it back. You know, especially if God doesn't move with