God’s grace is sufficient in weakness when it pertains to something that is within our control or influence, and other things that are outside our personal responsibility are mostly distractions. If you can’t put thee, thou and thine in front of that concern, the grace for that concern is going to be minimal. And it’s a good clue that when the anxiety levels are rising, when there is a lack of sleep, when there is carefulness and trouble about many things like Martha experienced, those are the kind of cares that need to be cast on God. Easy to say, hard to do, but we’ll talk about it. Remember that the thing that you focus on, and pay attention to becomes something that your mind will try to solve, care about, and even your subconscious will place it in high importance. Physiologically, if it’s a very important problem, a crisis, or an emergency, then your sympathetic nervous system will be on alert for that thing… say goodbye to a full night’s sleep for a while!

We trust that you'll find the discussion both challenging and encouraging. As always, thank you for listening, and if you have any comments or would like to contact us for any other reason please visit www.avondalecog.org or email us at biblestudy@avondalecog.org. We love to hear from our audience, and would be happy to further any discussion, or pray for a need you may be experiencing. See you next time on the Higher Calling presented by the Avondale Church of God.

Welcome to Episode 37 titled Shards and Patches, a phrase pulled from John 8 where the concept is reinforced by imagery of an old garment being patched up and still attempted to be used, or an old bottle or wineskin that is not fit for service is put to use storing fresh new liquids. You cannot refinish new furniture over the top of chipped and damaged paint. It is necessary to strip and purge away the damage and remove it completely or it will eventually show up through the new finish. This episode explores recovery from destructive behaviors and habits and the necessary humbling down, confession, and spiritual transformation as well as new neural networks. It is necessary to learn how to take pleasure in holiness again. All is possible though through the washing and regeneration offered through true bible salvation.

As always, thank you for listening, and if you have any comments or would like to contact us for any other reason please visit www.avondalecog.org or email us at biblestudy@avondalecog.org. We love to hear from our audience, and would be happy to further any discussion, or pray for a need you may be experiencing. See you next time on the Higher Calling presented by the Avondale Church of God.

In Episode 36 we discuss Romans 5: 1-5 and how experience works hope, which is never disappointed, rather always results in an outcome that helps us stay saved and draw closer to God. We learn that experience means to test, try, prove, and have practical application of experiment. We learn to run a clean experiment without contamination so that we can always have the positive results in our trials that are promised by the scriptures. We use a case study of Daniel and the three other Hebrew children that follow the law of Moses, and live it out in a visible way, and how that relates to our New Testament doctrines and standards that are built on top of those doctrines. By never taking a cheat day we can prove out what is that perfect and acceptable will of God. We trust that this is challenging and encouraging, and of course encourage our audience to reach out to us at biblestudy@avondalecog.org.