The great weakness of the Christian Church today is a lack of understanding about who God is

and how God acts.

They do not understand the majesty of His wonderful attributes, and that is why we have such

wholesale instability because we do not know God, we do not trust God to act consistently.

Psalm 1 compares a stable person to a firmly planted tree.

The roots go deep, the tree has plentiful water, it can't be blown over.

The question is how can that picture of strength and stability be a reality in your life?

What does it take to be an unwavering, spiritually stable Christian in every circumstance?

John MacArthur will spend this half hour getting to the heart of the question as he continues

his series, Seven Steps to Spiritual Stability, Ungrace to you.

Now before we look to God's word for direction, I want to give you the opportunity John to share

a word for those who, in a sense, gave us direction during the past few crucial weeks.

John MacArthur Of course Phil, it's a joy to be able to say your outpouring of support

was generous.

In fact, it was sacrificial, we know that.

Year in giving is a very significant portion of our annual budget, it's about a quarter

of our annual budget, and it allows us to do everything we do, radio books, television,

CDs, the internet, everything.

We can't do any of it without the support of folks like you.

We just teach the Bible and you make it possible for us to spread it around the world.

What an incredible partnership.

Your generosity has frankly been staggering, an amazing outpouring of love and trust from

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