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If you are being honest you have some sort of slavery/bondage in your life. It might be money, sexual addictions, substance addictions, pride, demonic oppression, or the laundry list of tactics and distractions that our flesh worship more than we worship God.
God is doing something across the globe right now. He is awakening young people who aren’t entrenched with doctrines and dogmas, to repentance and worship.
Literally all I want in my life right now is to be more like Jesus, and help others become more like Him too. Being pruned is necessary but dangerous. You see if you prune the wrong branches, or you prune too much you could kill the plant. Yet if you don’t prune the dead branches off, you hinder the growth of the plant.
I had failed my church, my wife, my children, and most importantly the test God had placed before me. This started a whirlwind of changes in my life.
The apprentices of Jesus constantly argued over who was greater. This was no different than the hierarchy we constantly live in within our families, jobs, church and life. Who is better? Who is wiser? It is a constant struggle for personal worth and influence. This is the context of these passages.
Jesus commanded us to repent. It wasn’t optional, it wasn’t conditional, it was required as followers of His. Most likely everyone who is reading this article believes in Messiah and His gospel. The same gospel that was preached through Abraham in Genesis. Yet how many of us walk in daily repentance? Messiah talked many times about repentance.
We have to stop thinking of churches as brick and stone and see them the way God sees them, made of flesh and bone.
One of the hardest things for people to do is to clean out their closet. Face, address, war, and talk about hurts, fears, experiences good and bad. It allows us to be vulnerable, although our world continues to tell us not to be. It allows us to search the deepest darkest portions of our very being and attempt to understand, heal, and move forward.
You need to find a community and fully engage!