This Is the Way - "Be an Overcomer"

Is following Christ supposed to be easy or difficult? Those on the outside looking in tend to look at life with God consisting of a long, long list of rules. Don't do this, avoid that, stop that other stuff. It may be surprising to hear that Jesus didn't intend for us to follow a bunch of rules. In fact, he said that if you based your connection with God on whether or not you followed the rules, you'd fail miserably. Instead, we are told that he came to free us. And with that freedom comes a joyful life. Christians should have joy. If we don't, we are doing it wrong.