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A WORD for 2010

Pastor Steve has encouraged each of us to select a word for 2010 that will help us focus on our relationship with God and encourage our spiritual formation. I had the opportunity to teach a couple of classes at the church we attend while in Florida. The subject of the class was sanctification. I had not spent any appreciable time in the study of sanctification before. Although my preparation was limited, I was deeply impressed by what I learned. For that reason I have chosen sanctification as my word for 2010.

One understanding that came to me in the course of my study was that sanctification is not a concept we capture and domesticate. It is a reality that takes us captive and to which we submit.

1 Thessalonians 5:23 (New Living Translation)
23 Now may the God of peace make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again.

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