it that it saved a wretch like me. How amazing is it that God saved a wretch like me. Um and I was thinking that uh a wretch basically, we were all wretches before we came to Christ and then God saved us. And a wretch was basically on the same plane as the

who gains it that's a interesting paradox in the Christian life so to fear God and to walk in his ways that's the way of to real happiness I've seen a tendency in my past to blame my own unhappiness on other people and I've

usually something that happens that it makes me jump in to more Christlikeness because if I fall into sin it's like it's like Peter I think he was just took that one deep conviction over his of denying Jesus to to jump to have a

walk with jesus the only he's the only real thing worth living for and so i i don't want to run the christian race with weights tied to me so i trust the lord to give me strength um to cast off these hindrances and um and uh and yeah

disappoints to remember God has something more beautiful than I could plan for and hope for and and um so that's encouraging another thing is no matter what our situation to know that there's a a life for us in Christ where it's possible to rejoice in the

he said there can be a Christian brother who's on fire for God and he gives into lust one time and it's like getting a bucket of ice cold water thrown on him just in an instant he can lose all that um all that progress all that Zeal and

asking questions uh I was trying to rush him off of the phone call because uh I I've I had other stuff to do so um I felt conviction that God was speaking to me you need to work on that that's not Christlike Jesus didn't rush people off

it's it's good to have realistic expectations about the Christian Life and about what to expect for it but to realize that why why it's there uh why these things happen and the last couple of weeks have been some of the hardest

better mood but the angel comes and God comes and says get up get up quickly um so thank you for that word Jeremy the uh Christian Life is a call to action um and I've noticed about every Godly saint that I've ever uh heard about that we we

nothing that we provide it's not the armor of the Christian it's the armor of God but it's an armor that we have to put on and so if I mean if we think that we've we're in this situation we're about to faint and we feel like there's

day out and they can't fault her from of their diet has to be about it everything revolves around that one thing this gold medal and so I kind of thought it was the same way when when I think of being devoted to christ it means I've

spiritual every good thing that um is eternally for my good. Um, things like overcoming sin and drawing close to Christ or building up the body for um spiritual things, inward cleansing. I believe God will answer every one of these prayers, but um

that he's given me in Christ the hope that I have in him like Philippians 4:8 says all the good things dwell on those things it means think deeply about them meditate on them for a while but what do we do when we find our mind wandering

wants that he wanted to run this Christian life as it to win it just in other words to be the best what are we running for what is running the Christian life screen at this to what do we want to be the best step is it to be

jesus christ for you all because your faith is being proclaimed throughout the whole world first Corinthians 14 I think my god always concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus Philippians 13 I think my

ask God to be delivered from the selfishness of just revolving around my own problems and I see this is the root this reverse right here is the root of the New Covenant we we call ourselves new covenant christian fellowship for a

me i i re recognize that and probably a lot of i'm sure a lot of christians kind of drudge through life defeated and that i'm sure they'll make it to heaven okay god is very merciful but i think if you're coming to this church you're here

teachable or I'll end up destroying myself I should be happy to sit under good teaching that God has provided for me there's this I believe there's this romantic idea in this modern Christian world that all we need is the Bible and

wants every Christian always looking forward not looking backwards but always looking forward there's a verse in the Bible that says Ecclesiastes 7 10 it says um it's not wise task why is it that the former days were better than these so

other person to listen lord we can't do anything without you we need you for every single thing that we do father lord please unite our hearts with you and your beloved son jesus christ our lord we love you and we just want to honor you with our lives in