Firm Foundations

“It’s Complicated - Family as a Means of Grace” - Part 6 Spiritual growth isn’t about building something new, or adding more to our lives. It’s a stripping away of everything in us that’s not of God. The Spirit’s work in us is not to sculpt a masterpiece out of a human shaped pile of garbage and sin. Instead, the Spirt gently restores us to the image of God that we were always made to reflect. We work hard to build protective barriers around our fragile lives and hearts. What if in our striving for self-preservation, we are actually resisting grace? What if the Spirit is simply trying to uncover the firm foundation God has already laid for us? What might God be gently washing away in your life — not to destroy, but to restore? Podcast Intro recorded by Ariana Sefa