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Who Is Your Master?
In Matthew 6:24, we read Jesus’s challenge to us regarding
the influences in our lives: we cannot serve two masters. Jesus was referring to wealth as a competing
master, but in truth, there are limitless masters that would draw us away from
God. We often find ourselves making God
a secondary master, following feelings of obligation and guilt to serve human masters at God’s expense.
If we do in fact want to follow Christ as our sole Master,
then we need to put would-be masters in their place. This is where boundaries come in. The concept of boundaries is a powerful tool
that enables us to say, “No” to “shoulds,” “musts,” and the tyranny of the
urgent so that we can fully and freely say, “Yes!” to Christ.
Perisseia, our women’s growth group, is returning to the
important topic of boundaries in its Fall series. This workshop will be loosely based on the
work of Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend and their book, Boundaries.
All women are invited to join us Thursday evenings, in the
Chapel House, 7:00-8:30, September 19 through November 7. No commitment or preparation is necessary or
expected. Copies of Boundaries and the Boundaries
workbook will be available for optional purchase: $6.00 for the book; $8.00 for the workbook.
For more information or to reserve a copy of either or both
books, please contact Cindy Bills (clbills@verizon.net;
609-275-8557).
