The natural tendency of every Christian is to divide their lives into multiple pieces.  We have our personal, family, career, church, friends and civic roles.

With this mindset comes the danger of segmentation between the secular and the sacred parts of our lives.  We go to church on Sunday and check off that faith box for the week and then we move on to the rest of our lives.

 I am convinced that the scriptures teach that in God’s mind this artificial division was never intended.  The Holy Spirit wants to give leadership to everything we do so that we live sacred lives in a secular world.  Our work becomes a part of our worship, our families a ministry, our neighbors a mission field and all of life a divine calling.

Our Heavenly Father is just as concerned about how you respond to your family at home and how you react to other people at work as He is about two hours on one day of the week.   The Christian life is intended to be a relationship and a partnership with God as He impacts other people through every aspect of our lives.

The calling that God has placed on all of us as believers is not primarily about going to church but being the church.  When we reach this point of spiritual integration it all becomes about Him and them and no longer about me.

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