Where Is Your Heart? Aligning Our Lives with the Teaching of Jesus
Where Is Your Heart? Aligning Our Lives with the Teaching of Jesus We often hear that the primary purpose of our lives is to bring glory to God. But have you ever stopped to ask: Does my daily life actually reflect that purpose? Jesus was very specific about the actions and attitudes we should possess as His adopted children. It isn’t just about what we do within the four walls of a church; it’s about how our speech, our motives, and our priorities shift when we encounter the grace of Christ. The Power of a Changed Life Research shows that 70% to 80% of people who visit a church do so because they were invited by someone they know. But here is the tough question: If going to church hasn’t changed our attitude or our actions, why would the person we invite want to come? If our lives look exactly like the world’s—filled with the same anxieties, the same speech patterns, and the same focus on temporary things—our "invitation" loses its power. Our lives are meant to ...