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We have been rescued.

And if we realize what we were rescued from, we will live with joy and we will live with worship

and we'll set the bar really low for anything else God asked you.

God doesn't have to prove himself anymore. He's more than proven himself. That's Gary Thomas, and he joins

us again today on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly, sharing how he believes Christians can be

set free from spiritual lies that hinder our relationship with God. I'm John Fuller, and we're so

glad you've joined us today. John, we had a fascinating conversation with Gary last time about the things that rob our intimacy

with God. Let me put on pause. What robs you of that intimacy? Something popping up, like maybe

you don't have peace or you're over-controlling, or maybe you're putting your family in that first

position that needs to be the Lord.

Those are all things we covered last time. So if you missed it, you can go to the website or better

yet, get the app and download the folks on the family broadcast app. And you'll have everything

there, podcast, broadcast, and access to the full library. Yeah, it's free. it's great. Get that app and start listening today.

Gary Thomas is a prolific writer. He's got numerous books about marriage and walking with God,

and they've sold millions of copies. He's a recurring guest here at Focus, always popular,

and is on the pastoral teaching team at Cherry Hills Community Church

in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. We're talking today, a continuation, as Jim said, of what started

last time, talking about the book, The Life You Were Reborn to Live, dismantling 12 lies that

rob your intimacy with God. Get a copy of the book from us here at our website, Focus on thefamily.com slash broadcast. Gary, welcome back to Focus on the Family. Great to have you, as always. And now it's just a close drive from Denver to Colorado Springs. And a beautiful drive at that. It is, isn't it? Now you know our little secret. Hey, let's start

with scripture. Romans 12 tells us, do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the

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