“Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord.”

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“Some people THINK THEY ARE FOLLOWING Jesus, but the truth is they have invited Jesus to follow them. It’s an INVERTED gospel that is no gospel at all. The REAL gospel has submission and sacrifice.”

– Mark Batterson (link)

All In: You Are One Decision Away From a Totally Different Life – August 24, 2013
by Mark Batterson

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Who-Goes-To-Heaven Scriptures — Narrow is the Way | Who are the Children of God? — “There is therefore now *no condemnation* to those who are IN CHRIST Jesus, who don’t WALK according to the flesh, but ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT”