Before our first breath of life, we were created in God’s image, with an eternal heart, soul, mind, and spirit, transcending all we could ever become according to the pattern of this world. Because of our unique makeup, we were imprinted with certain spiritual hopes and desires, love, joy, and peace, meant to be fulfilled by our Heavenly Father alone. He created us in His image so that one day we might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us. To s

Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! • We rejoice, giving thanks to God for His indescribable gift. And yet, at the same time, we find it difficult to fully express with words what God has done for us. We experience a joy welling up from deep within, our only true response to what He has created, this new spiritual life we now have in Christ. It is not as the world rejoices, over circumstances that shift, but rejoicing in the unchanging and u

In our walk with Christ, what is our spiritual focus in regard to sin? Is it merely telling ourselves that we should not sin and then trying with all our might not to sin, or is it far more than that? Could it be about our minds so transcending this world, by seeing ourselves as we truly are, saints and priests of the Most High, that our hearts realign with God? Is it not about who He has made us to be and the joy set before us, our true future, a righteousness that comes thr