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Feeling aimless in your walk with God, maybe listless.

Pastor Greg Lawry points out how God's spirit empowers us and directs us to live God's way.

This isn't about trying harder. This is about realizing that there is power there to help us

to live this Christian life.

A car can't go anywhere without an engine. A car better not go anywhere without a steering wheel.

A car needs propulsion and direction. And you know so to believers.

And today on the new beginning, Pastor Greg Lawry points out how it's the spirit of God who provides

both. He leads us in the path we should go and he gives us the spiritual strength to make the journey.

You've joined us for an encouraging series today called Refresh, what every Christian needs to know.

Her destroyer of an old farmer, his wife and their son, who drove into the big city for the first time in the

world beat up, pick up truck. So the father and son decided to go into this towering skyscraper

and check out the magnificent lobby, the wife stayed in the truck. As the son and the father walk in,

they see these massive doors suddenly open up and an elderly woman walks inside and then the door is

shut. A few moments pass, the doors open again and out comes a beautiful young girl. The old farmer says

to a son, quick, go get mama. That's an elevator by the way. Kichu, miss the joke, but when it be

great if we could just change that quickly. You know, watch one service online and your whole life

has changed and the trajectory of your life has changed. Well, that's not going to happen. Listen,

when you put your faith in Christ, your eternal destination changes from hell to heaven. Your

citizenship is now in heaven, but then becoming more Christ-like, well, that takes a lifetime. But

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