Obedience is what a person who trusts Christ does. We do not work at obedience as though we need a list to please God. Obedience flows out of the ontological realities of the regenerated heart. It is the consistent and expected life of a person born again (James 2:17).
James taught that if we are Christians, the fruit of obedience will grow from our lives. Faith without works is dead. Obedience is an assumption. It's an expected response for every believer. It's the "if, then" continuum: if you are a Christian, then you will obey. https://lifeovercoffee.com/the-danger-of-trying-to-please-god/
The shocking and inspiring story of Sophie Ottaway.
Watch the full interview here: https://lifeovercoffee.com/podcast/ep-490-sophie-ottaway-engineered-at-birth-to-be-a-girl/
Focus on the Cause, not the Effect, so you can remove the cause and not be affected by the effect.
A local church’s worship value is not primarily about the music but the lifestyle because you never ask, “Are you worshiping?” The reason is that we worship all the time. God made us for worship—wired us for worship, you could say.
Worship is part of what it means to be image-bearers. Who could do otherwise? The better question is, “What or whom do we worship?” https://lifeovercoffee.com/three-characteristics-of-a-fantastic-local-church/
Whenever a person chooses sinful anger, he is, in effect, giving the other person control over him. It’s counterintuitive. In his anger, he is like a marionette, a puppet on a string.
Anger toward someone is the total submission of their thoughts, attitudes, emotions, and behaviors to the other person. It is not self-control, as governed by the Spirit of God, but someone out of control or under the control of another spirit. https://lifeovercoffee.com/podcast/ep-110-help-for-the-angry-person/
