Spend more time thinking about godliness. Take time to pray and to listen. Give thanks to

God. Not because you feel like it, not because your circumstances seem to dictate it.

Because he is worthy.

He is your provider, he is your protection, he's your sustainer.

We've been idolatrous for too long.

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help others find out about them as well. Now it's on to Pastor Allen. Be

blessed. I want to continue the study we've been doing on my friend Jesus.

Sometimes I think those of us in church world, especially those of us who are professional Christians,

overcomplicate this.

And there's some time and place for technical things

and I don't want to diminish that.

I'm grateful for that and enjoy it on many levels. But the fundamentals of our faith are not complicated.

It is really not so much about the particular congregation where we gather or the denomination that we would give a nod towards

or even the translation we prefer to read.

Fundamentally our faith is founded on a person and his name is Jesus.

Jesus of Nazareth, to be specific, the incarnate son of God, What you believe about Jesus, how you interact

with Jesus, how you relate to Jesus, the position of authority you give to Jesus will

determine your eternity. It will be a tremendous determiner on how you make your journey through time, but I assure you it will determine your eternity

Far more than any of those previously stated things, churches or denominations or worship styles,

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