The Deceit of Willpower

Sunday, our founding pastor, Randy Pope, will be ministering to us. Each year, many of us set New Year’s resolutions, resolving to make important changes in our lives for the future. These resolutions express our desire to be different, to grow, to develop into what we desire to be. The challenge we all face is the power, the ability to become what we desire to be is not innate within us. Part of our humanity as image-bearers is our dependence upon God. As his creation, we were created to do life with him, not independent from him.   

Randy writes, “Have you ever tried to change something about yourself by sheer willpower? Thinking if you just try harder, you will succeed. And you do for a while but then can’t sustain the change? We, as believers, have a power source available to help us every moment of the day. As we dig into Romans 6:1-13, we’ll discover three simple words that will help us appropriate the power of the God's Holy Spirit.”  

So come Sunday to consider your need for God as you become what he desires you to be for his glory.