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Thursday, October 20, 2011

326/365

Met with my POWER group in Anderson tonight and had just the best time! Started the evening off with dinner downtown at JPeters, and ended it with a block party. In the middle was the CREAM of the Oreo! Spent a couple hours at Java City sipping on some DELICIOUS caramel coffee studying Galatians 5... walking in the Spirit.

This week we discussed the law and its purpose for us as believers. The law is such a beautiful picture of the character of Christ- perfect. So thankful that God sent His Son to live the perfect life and fulfill the law for us so we are no longer bound by it. What a gift.

As believers our purpose is glorify God through our lives... and as we grow in our relationship with Christ, the Spirit dwelling in us controls us which allows us to walk in a way that pleases Him. When we're walking in the Spirit,  we'll be living in a way that is compatible with God's Word and our lives will please God. It's our flesh that causes us to stray-- that silly little flesh. But the blessing is that no matter how often or how MUCH we fail, we are covered in the righteousness of Christ, and God is waiting to forgive and pour his love and mercy on us. What a compassionate Father we have.

We're pretty blessed. I'm blessed. Walked away tonight thankful that I'm not bound by the law.... but that I have an amazing Father who has covered me, who loves me, who is there to walk with me and pick me up when I fall.

OH and the most incredibly exciting part of the night was that there was a group of girls having a Bible study about 10 feet from us... and guess what they were studying? Well, you guessed right! The law. What a blessing-- love the reality of Christ and the working of the Spirit. Love the Spirit.

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