I’m no longer a Slave to Sin. I am a Child of God. We pursue holiness in this life, knowing that although we still fall short, yet in life, we can take heart, because in death, there will be no sting of judgement. We will be made perfect, and complete, lacking in nothing. Our faith in the here and now, in Jesus death and resurrection, taking on our own sin makes us whole both now and for all of eternity.

I’m no Longer a Slave to Sin. I am a Child of God.

In spite of our difficulties, we can do these things. Not perfectly, but because of the one who perfects us! Can I please get an Amen?

In spite of our difficulties, we can do these things. Not perfectly, but because of the one who perfects us! Can I please get an Amen?

In spite of our difficulties, we can do these things. Not perfectly, but because of the one who perfects us! Can I please get an Amen?

For ALL people, emphasis added. Lord, help us to see clearly, through Jesus’s eyes.

For ALL people, emphasis added. Lord, help us to see clearly, through Jesus’s eyes.

Oh Lord, Our God, how majestic is your Name in All the Earth. Let us Give Thanks to the Lord above, for He Alone is Good!

We have ALL fallen short, both before and after becoming a Christian. Our failures and/or, our circumstances, do not dictate who we are in Christ. Our identity with Christ, and our continuing Faith, that he alone can change us, and renew us, and forgive us, make us a child of God. Jesus paid our debts, that we, not might, but may LIVE. Let us never think we are something, in and of ourselves, but that we are everything, in Christ Jesus.

Being labeled a cheater was especially difficult for someone who was known for being one of Major League Baseball’s most outspoken Christian athletes. One of Pettitte’s favorite scriptures at the time, in fact, was one that spoke to his desire to live above reproach and with the utmost integrity as a representative of Jesus:

”Whoever speaks, is to do so as one who is speaking the utterances of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.“

1 Peter 4:11 NASB1995

If your faith is determined by your circumstances, it’s never going to work.”  Michael McDowell – Professional Race Car Driver

We will never grow in our Faith, if we run away from the Tests and Trials of this World.

Who Spiritual Beings are, and what they are like.