"So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, ROOTED and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness." COLOSSIANS 2:6-7
"Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the Lord. That person will be like a bush in the wastelands; they will not see prosperity when it comes. They will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.
But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit." JEREMIAH 17:5-8
focusing on things other than Christ
the deficiency of PHILOSOPHY
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the deficiency of LEGALISM
"Food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do." I CORINTHIANS 8:8
"Satan replaces a love affair with a religious system of do's and don'ts that parch our hearts. Our experience deteriorates from the passion of a grand love affair to an endless series of chores and errands, a busyness that separates us from God, each other, and even from our own thirstiness." CURTIS & ELDGEDGE
"Religious people love to hide behind religion. They love the rules of religion more than they love Jesus." MICHAEL YACONELLI
"Religion pacifies, but never satisfies." MAX LUCADO
the deficiency of MYSTICISM
the deficiency of ASCETICISM
Focusing on the all-sufficient Christ
the sufficiency of Christ for SALVATION
the sufficiency of Christ for SPIRITUAL GROWTH
being ROOTED in the ALL-SUFFICIENT CHRIST produces the FRUIT of SPIRITUAL GROWTH!
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