Gentle and Lowly

<p>Hearts overwhelmed beholding of God produces fruit of our lips that are sacrifices that God desires from those who have trusted in Christ for salvation.</p>

<p>Only as we walk ever deeper into Jesus’ tender kindness can we live the Christian life as the New Testament calls us to.</p>

<p>Humility brings us ever closer into the heart of Christ in His compassion by which He moves toward us to cleanse our sin and care for us in our suffering.<br></p>

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 1rem;">When we know Jesus’ joy grows because we come to Him in our sin and with our suffering our race of faith becomes a joy and not a burdensome journey.</span><br></p>

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Knowing the heart of Jesus our sympathetic high priest strengthens our hold onto our Faith and confidence in our communion with God.</span><br></p>

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 1rem; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">It is not what life brings to us but to whom we belong that determines Christ’s persevering heart of love for us.</span><br></p>

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 1rem;">God’s grace in Jesus Christ is able to cleanse us, carry us and complete us.</span><br></p>

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 1rem; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">We can only win the battle against sin with Jesus at our side learning from Him the evil of our sin, the forgiveness for our sin, and the freedom from our sin.</span><br></p>

<p>Our love for God the Father is anchored in our affections for Jesus in all His beauty which always leads us to follow Him over all lesser things.<br></p>