This is a message from Dr. Michael Youssef, Bible teacher, on leading the way.

Our prayer is that it will encourage you in your walk of faith.

And if you'd like to learn more about Dr. Youssef and the ministry of leading the way,

the place to start is l.tw.org.

The most important aspect of life generally is perspective.

It's perspective.

If your perspective of God is that he is gracious and compassionate and loving and merciful and caring

and that he, his love abounds forever, then you're going to live

your life in obedience to his will in your life.

Out of deep gratitude and thanksgiving for his graciousness toward you, you want to please

him in every way.

If your perspective of God is that he is capricious and judging and vengeful and angry,

then you're going to live your life in constant state of disobedience, in constant state of inward rebellion, even though you

may not manifest it in your life, you may not, but nobody will see it, but inside of you,

there is a resentment toward God.

If your perspective on life is determined only about what you see with your physical eyes

and your surrounding circumstances.

I can tell you with certainty that you will be controlled by these circumstances.

If your circumstances are good, you're happy.

If they're not just, you're miserable and you're living your life up and down and up and down.

But if your perspective is that you are a child of the living God, that you are child of El Ched

I, the Almighty God, that you are redeemed by the precious blood of Christ, that you have been bought with a hefty

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