The one thing people can do that will empower them beyond anything else is to accept the gift of salvation from our God. It's free and it's His Will. (It is not His will that any should perish.)
Then, as Believers, they should buy and study (again and again) the best self-help book ever written: the Holy Bible.
In these two steps we have found the keys to life. And the best part is that all this free. Doesn't cost a dime. Just some time and a willingness to change.
In exchange for just accpeting the gift and surrendering to the instructions you're given, you get healing, wholeness, and freedom.
What could be better? It is certainly not a fair deal. God gets gipped. We get all the benefit of it. Christ dies. And we get life.
And when you think about it, it's no different than drinking in our culutre's current self-empowerment bent - except that this authority is ... well... a REAL Authority and a true expert. You know He's never gonna mis-lead you or mis-diagnose your issue. HE's not gonna misunderstand or give biased advice, based on His own experience. And what He does in you, what He enables you to do, doesn't depend on your own will power. Only on your obedience. It's HIS Will & Power that makes it all work.
Seriously. You just show up and go along for the ride. He does the rest.
I'll take Jesus & His Daddy anyday.
Everybody else has it all wrong.
Then, as Believers, they should buy and study (again and again) the best self-help book ever written: the Holy Bible.
In these two steps we have found the keys to life. And the best part is that all this free. Doesn't cost a dime. Just some time and a willingness to change.
In exchange for just accpeting the gift and surrendering to the instructions you're given, you get healing, wholeness, and freedom.
What could be better? It is certainly not a fair deal. God gets gipped. We get all the benefit of it. Christ dies. And we get life.
And when you think about it, it's no different than drinking in our culutre's current self-empowerment bent - except that this authority is ... well... a REAL Authority and a true expert. You know He's never gonna mis-lead you or mis-diagnose your issue. HE's not gonna misunderstand or give biased advice, based on His own experience. And what He does in you, what He enables you to do, doesn't depend on your own will power. Only on your obedience. It's HIS Will & Power that makes it all work.
Seriously. You just show up and go along for the ride. He does the rest.
I'll take Jesus & His Daddy anyday.
Everybody else has it all wrong.
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