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 You do not have to go anywhere or do anything out of the ordinary to serve God. In fact, you are right where you need to be.

 How do you measure success in your life? Do you look at your bank account? The size of your house? The degree you earned? The places you visited? The relationships you have? While each of those things is good in its own way, Jesus' measurement of success is completely different. When we get to the end, his measurement is the only one that will matter.  

                 In Mark 4, Jesus says, “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain.   Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times” (verses 3-8).                In this story, ultimately, the sower is God himself.   The thing to note about him is tha...

 When it comes to salvation, there is one variable that determines what happens and that variable is you!  

                 You know you have an unbalanced tire on your car because you can feel it.   The car shakes, the steering wheel wobbles and you know that something is wrong.                The same is true in our lives.   We know when something is out of balance because we can feel it.   For example, if you constantly feel like you have too much to do and too little time to do it, there is an issue.   If you are easily offended, reactive, touchy and take everything the wrong way, it is likely that you are emotionally worn out.   If you are distracted and constantly watching TV or scrolling through Facebook instead of focusing on what is important and needful, something is not right.   If the ...

 Sometimes the message that the church preaches sounds like anything but Good News. While "Be different! Stop doing that! Start doing this! Repent!" are biblical messages, they are discouraging on their own. We need one other part to make it Good News again. Jesus brought that part with him!