Letting Go

Our journey is “our” journey because we are taking it together. We don’t travel alone. An old African proverb says, “If you want to go fast, go alone. But if you want to go far, go together.” And it is our journey “with Jesus” because our goal is not just to travel, our goal is to grow to be more and more like Jesus.

Key Scripture: Philippians 2:5-8

• Our journey with Jesus requires us to
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  ourselves of anything that might
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  our travel with him.
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  is an important principle of the spiritual life. We tend to want to
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  more, but God is much more interested in
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Reasons why we are hesitant to let go:

• Our false sense of
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• A fear of
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• Spiritual transformation is not accomplished by our own
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”God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.” - St. Augustine