Mental Renewal: Everything God asks of us, He does so to give something good to us or keep some harm from us.  Therefore, the shortest distance between us and the life we long for is total obedience to Him.  If we believe that, we obey Him in all things.  If we don’t obey, it is because we don’t believe.  In which case we hold back from extreme ownership of the Christian life.  We stand back in the shadows instead of walking fully into the light. The challenge and the opportunity God gives us is to trust Him completely and walk fully into the light.

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