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We are starting a new series in the book of Micah. The prophets are a mouthpiece for God and they are mostly concerned with Israel staying true to their covenantal partnership with God: to love God and to love others. Except we often want to create gods in our own image, and this causes a rift in our relationship with God. He is calling us back to Himself, to place God back on the throne of our lives.

God is a generous host, that is pleased to give us his Kingdom, and yet most of the time our lived experience may tell us otherwise. Therefore Jesus invites us into his worldview, where through relationship with Him, His Church, and ourselves brings us closer to his Kingdom of generosity.

As we continue our series following in the footsteps of Jesus through the spiritual practices, Taylor helps guide us through the tough questions of why we pray and how we go about doing it. Sometimes we don't get the answer we are hoping for when we go to Jesus with prayer, but he still asks us to go to him with everything.

We were created to do life in the context of relationship, and yet building community is a difficult thing because it requires work, intentionality, and commitment.

However, if we look at the effect that the Holy Spirit has on us, then we begin to see how God is calling us into a community of fellowship with one another. To live life walked out in the context of sharing common ground with one another.

As we continue our series in looking to the person of Jesus as a model of walking this life out, we see how Jesus had the utmost power and authority, and yet the way he exercised that is through service. When we go to the cross of Jesus, at the foot of it we see the towel, and when we receive his grace poured out we become transformed from within, and we get to live out the life he intended for us. A life of serving Jesus and serving others through his Spirit.

As we continue in our series following in the footsteps of the resurrected Jesus, we come to the practice of perseverance.

We often want immediacy - instant results, but the life of following Jesus means a life of slow, persistent relationship over the long-haul. And when we come to the narrative of Thomas, we see that throughout his time spent with Jesus, he was willing to boldly come to Jesus with his vulnerabilities, questions, and doubts.