New Life Church - Downtown Little Rock
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Philippians: Dynamics of Church Family - Pastor Marius Mauthe
April 29, 2024 10:05 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBYou will not become who God made you to be by winging it on your own. When you repent of sins and turn towards God you become part of a new family called the Church. God designed the church brilliantly with everything we need to grow and become like Jesus. “I have no one else like him, who will show genuine concern for your welfare. For everyone looks out for their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. But you know that Timothy has proved himself, because as a son with his fath...
Philippians: Our Work – God’s Work - Pastor Bronson Duke
April 22, 2024 10:00 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBIn our faith the intention to obey and the cultivation of a life of obedience is our responsibility but at the same time, God doesn’t just call us to obey, he gives us the ability to obey. This is saying God gives us the desire to obey and has given us the power to do it. In this power we can go from people who are warped and crooked, bent in on ourselves, to shining examples of what humanity can be. Like a child crawls then walks, we are Christians that are maturing progressively t...
Philippians: Becoming Selfless - Pastor Bronson Duke
April 15, 2024 10:01 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBIt requires an incredible amount of humility to set aside our secondary preferences for the greater good of our community. It’s a high goal and often seems impossible to live selflessly as Philippians calls us to because we often have great faith in God’s ability to save our souls but often low faith in His ability to transform our hearts. The truth is - security in Christ is the only cure to a life of selfishness and that security that flows into service of others. “Therefore if ...
Philippians: A Life Architecture of Joy - Pastor Bronson Duke
April 08, 2024 10:00 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBHow can we have a life of overflow of joy in the midst of a world of consumption? We all have systems and we must evaluate what our systems are producing if we want to find the path to flourishing that God has for us. A path of flourishing that sets us apart from the world in that we have a joy that defies our circumstances through our peace and strength in our identity as citizens of heaven who are gifted with holiness. “And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you ...
Easter: Seek Jesus - Pastor Bronson Duke
April 01, 2024 10:05 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBWhat are you searching for? Has what you have been going to to satisfy your searching delivered on what it promised? Jesus is reaching out to you right now. And if you’ll answer this call, if you search for the risen Jesus, he’ll deliver on what he promised. He’ll change you from the inside out. He’ll change your today and he’ll change your future. Answer his call and find rest for your soul, purpose for your life, and a promise for your future. “And he said to them, ‘Do not be ala...
Mark: Run to Jesus - Pastor Bronson Duke
March 25, 2024 10:04 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBYou may have had needs for so long you’ve gone quiet. If you don’t keep your needs accurately and honestly in front of Jesus your faith and hope will drift. Jesus is not focused on the amount of faith you have, he’s focused on the object of your faith. But if you see yourself and your situation properly, you will bring your needs persistently, and you will humbly get the help you need. “Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never ...
Mark: Love God, Love People - Pastor Aaron Burke
March 18, 2024 10:00 - 38 minutes - 70.4 MBIn Mark 12, guest speaker Pastor Aaron Burke challenges us to go after the lost sheep and bring them into the kingdom. Whose life can you you start speaking into? Who has God put on your heart to pursue? If we love our savior, we have to love and pursue the lost around us! One of the teachers of religious law was standing there listening to the debate. He realized that Jesus had answered well, so he asked, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” Jesus replied, “The ...
Mark: What Do You Want to Get Out of Following Jesus? - Pastor Bronson Duke
March 11, 2024 15:34 - 48 minutes - 88.6 MBIf the goal is following Jesus what do you hope to get out of following him? Knowing what you hope to get out of something determines whether or not you’ll be disappointed by what you actually get. In Mark 10, Jesus is clear what he offers us in the gospel - an inner renewal for your present life and a hope for your future that creates within a human-being not just the ability to endure hardship and suffering but to actually be made stronger by it. “When the ten heard about this, t...
Mark: Ruled By Riches - Pastor Marius Mauthe
March 04, 2024 11:05 - 37 minutes - 34 MBJesus doesn't want to be our good teacher, he wants to be our God. Our full surrender unlocks the purpose-filled life of walking with Jesus with blessing and persecution. In Mark 10, Jesus challenges the rich young ruler to move from security in his wealth to security in the kingdom. “You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, you shall not defraud, honor your father and mother.’” “Teache...
Mark: It All Comes Down to the Heart - Pastor Marius Mauthe
February 26, 2024 11:00 - 40 minutes - 74.2 MBJesus walked this earth preaching and healing people, but his main target was always our heart and the forgiveness of sins. In that, he calls us to a higher standard than the law of the old covenant - he wants our hearts so he can liberate it from evil desires and produce in us a new heart, pleasing to him! He is more than just a sin forgiving healer, he is our Lord with a clear expectation on his followers. “Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, an...
Mark: Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired - Pastor Duane Clayton
February 19, 2024 11:00 - 31 minutes - 57.5 MBThrough the story of the woman with the issue of blood, we see how persistence in our faith, overcoming complacency, and getting in his presence touch the heart of God to move on our behalf. His work isn’t dependent on ours - but out faith should drive us to pursue him and when we meet him he loves to bring breakthrough in our life.
Mark: The Parable of the Sower - Pastor Robert Upshaw
February 12, 2024 11:00 - 45 minutes - 83.3 MBIn Mark chapter 4 Jesus challenges us with the parable of the sower and what kind of heart it takes to receive the good news of the gospel. Without humility, being tuned into the Holy Spirit, and his Word inside us we will not be able to keep the soil of our heart ready for deep roots. So be challenged to open up your heart to him and let him work new areas of the soil of your life. “Then Jesus said to them, ‘Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parab...
Mark: The Paralyzed Man - Pastor Marius Mauthe
February 05, 2024 11:00 - 39 minutes - 73 MBOur desperation drives us to Jesus. But when we come to him we find Jesus’ deliverance goes far deeper than we can ever imagine! In Mark 2, we see Jesus’ deliverance in the healing of the paralyzed man with a far greater act of healing by forgiving his sins. This is a challenge for us to recognize our inherent brokenness of sin and absolute need for a savior. When we come to Jesus in that humble desperation, he gives us wholeness beyond what we ask for. “When Jesus saw their faith,...
How To Respond To A Moment With God - Pastor Bronson Duke
January 29, 2024 11:03 - 38 minutes - 70.4 MBThe good news of the kingdom can only be received through repentance and belief. The gospel is the good news, the truth. If we see it and accept it as our reality - instead of just good advice - it should cause us to recognize our need for it and come into repentance as we evaluate our lives against it. Repent is the most gracious word in the English language. It’s simply the opportunity to change your mind (repent), and act accordingly (believe). The beginning of the good news ab...
Rooted in Love - Marius & Jessica Mauthe
January 22, 2024 11:00 - 36 minutes - 66.6 MBWho are you becoming and is God speaking to you to make some changes in that area? We are relationally created to live in committed, covenant relationships with fellow Christians to become more like Jesus, and through the love for another, reach out to those around us. Kingdom focused friendships will make you look in the mirror and drive you to growth, but also they will strengthen the gifts Christ has placed in you to serve others well. “You are my friends if you do what I comman...
Rooted in Covenant - Pastor Rebecca Shatswell
January 15, 2024 11:00 - 40 minutes - 74.2 MBThe defining characteristic that we follow Jesus is not by sermons or miracles or services or songs – but by our love for each other. As we search his relationships we will learn a new way – a new love – covenant love! This week we look at Jesus’ relationships as an example of how to live in covenant with our church community and walk in a love that astounds the world. “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:35 “Greater love has n...
Rooted in Christ - Pastor Bronson Duke
January 08, 2024 11:00 - 44 minutes - 82.3 MBHow do we stay rooted in Christ and built up in him? If something is rooted, it means it is connected to a source that is providing life and growth. If we are going to grow spiritually we must stay connected to Jesus every day. To walk with Jesus as a disciple, or an apprentice. The call of Jesus is to come and follow him, not just believe. “If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you be...
Rooted: Stick Together and Listen to God - Blake Polston
January 01, 2024 11:05 - 36 minutes - 66.3 MBWith today’s rapidly evolving culture it’s easy to feel like we are fighting battles on all sides to hold the standards of our faith for ourselves, our kids, and even our church. We are called fight with love and grace, never giving up, and always holding to the truth. We must fight our battles with a sincere heart of love for those we feel are against us. Only God can solve the division in our country but we have a responsibility to make sure that we his body - the Church - remain ...
Christmas: Christ is Here - Pastor Bronson Duke
December 25, 2023 11:00 - 12 minutes - 23.2 MBAt Christmas we celebrate the birth of Jesus who came as God came to us, not to bring judgment but to bear it. Not to judge the world, but to be judged for the world. Not to condemn us, but to save us. We want this season for you to be filled with Joy for what God has done and hopeful Anticipation for what God will do. Christ is our guiding light in the darkest of days and you cannot ruin the work he has done so rest in his love and be guided by his light! “In the beginning was the...
Advent: Christ is Worthy - Pastor Bronson Duke
December 18, 2023 11:00 - 32 minutes - 59.9 MBWhy should we love God? What does it mean to love God wholeheartedly? Why is he ultimately deserving of our love? We have to see the value of a thing before we will worship it. Revelation is the precursor to worship, and worship is ultimately about love. We must recognize Jesus for who he is, and with childlike innocence, respond with the worship we recognize he is worthy of. “He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive him, to tho...
Advent: Christ is Joy - Pastor Bronson Duke
December 12, 2023 01:12 - 32 minutes - 59.6 MBAs we continue celebrating the Advent season and anticipate the arrival of Christ, this week we want to discuss the coming of his Joy. Christ came to give us fullness of life and wants us to live in the joy of our salvation in him. To plug into our daily bible study, text "DLR" to 501-200-3122 and follow the link to sign up. For more information on how to get connected at New Life Church - Downtown Little Rock, follow us on Instagram @nlcdowntownlittlerock or visit our website at n...
Advent: Christ is Peace - Pastor Bronson Duke
December 04, 2023 11:00 - 43 minutes - 79.3 MBAre you at peace? One of the things we often find in our holiday seasons is that it often exposes just how little peace there is in your life. If Jesus came as the Prince of Peace, how can we access this peace in this world at war? Peace that lasts. Peace that is secure. Today, we are challenged to find peace through true reconciliation - in recognition and repentance of our sin - and accepting the free payment for our sin. If we want peace in our lives, and more widely on earth, i...
Advent: Christ is Hope - Pastor Marius Mauthe
November 27, 2023 11:10 - 37 minutes - 68.2 MBHope according to the bible is “To trust in, wait for, look for, or desire something or someone; or to expect something beneficial in the future.” Hope, as Hebrews shows us, is the foundation of a strong faith as we read in Hebrews 11:1: “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” Christian Hope is not like any other forms of hope our culture has to offer. And it differs from our culture in three ways. Christian hope is real. Christian hope i...
Purpose From Pain - Pastor Blake Polston
November 20, 2023 11:01 - 46 minutes - 85.7 MBWe must familiarize ourselves with the way the enemy is attacking our culture, our families, our church, and each generation. Modern study of adverse childhood experiences document the lifelong trauma that developmental trauma can bring whether by abuse or broken families. We hope this message equips you to recognize and counter the work of the enemy, because the only way for this to get better is through Jesus. “Joseph said to his brothers, ‘I am Joseph! Is my father still living?...
Becoming the Fourth Soil - Pastor Duane Clayton
November 13, 2023 11:00 - 37 minutes - 68.1 MBIn the parable of the sower, Jesus is asking you which of the four soils best describes the condition of your heart right now? Are you seeing the fruit that you desire in your life or is there room for improvement? Certainly, for all of us, there are ways we can grow, and we must let God be the sifter of our seed and fertilizer of our ground. Be challenged to consider where you can let God cultivate your life this week. “Listen! A farmer went out to plant some seeds. As he scattere...
Hide & Seek - Pastor Robert Upshaw
November 06, 2023 11:00 - 37 minutes - 69 MBIt’s impossible to avoid the temptation of hiding our sin - but no matter how much it might make us feel safe for a while - it leaves us no way to really get rid of our shame, guilt, or regret. Our good shepherd, who pursues us in spite of our rebellion, speaks to us through his voice and his word to bring us hope, healing, and restoration and restores our place and calling in him. “Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the coo...
Living on Your Mission - Pastors Marius and Jessica Mauthe
October 30, 2023 10:00 - 51 minutes - 93.8 MBThis week is all about global and local missions. Reaching out to the lost is core to God’s heart and who we are at New Life Church. So this week we get to highlight a lot of different missions in and around our church and meet some of our friends who are making a huge difference in people's lives. As you hear about these opportunities, we challenge you to pray if God is calling you to sow into the Storehouse here at the church as we are supporting a lot of these efforts, give to on...
A Vision of Generosity - Pastor Bronson Duke
October 27, 2023 15:14 - 37 minutes - 68.8 MBGod has chosen to limit the effectiveness of his church by the faithfulness of his people. The effectiveness of God’s church is limited by the faithfulness of his people. It takes time for us to grow and learn how to work how he does and become effective workers alongside him but we believe one thing God wants to develop in you is a heart of generosity. An improper understanding of generosity places a lid on the efficacy of the church and it places a lid on the impact of your life. ...
Next Gen Takeover - Pastor Bronson Duke
October 16, 2023 10:00 - 27 minutes - 50.7 MBThere is a generation that is suffering and walking away from faith in droves. But what if this is largely not because of decisions they have made and are making but because of the decisions and the faith of those who went before them. We are in the midst of a time in History where we need to see a comeback and we must lead from a place of being planted in community and in the word. “The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; planted in t...
There is No Plan B for the Home - Pastor Bronson Duke
October 09, 2023 10:00 - 42 minutes - 77.1 MBWhen it comes to vision in the Home, there are so many areas to start thinking and dreaming about: What could be better in my family? What could be better in my marriage? What goals do we have? What dreams do we have? God can transform your family from where it is today to where he designed it to be but it takes being intentional with leading our families from the word and the Holy Spirit’s direction. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all y...
What are you facing? - Pastor Jessica Mauthe
September 25, 2023 10:00 - 29 minutes - 54.8 MBWhen Jesus speaks to the Samaritan woman at the well, we can only imagine the social and emotional tensions in play. This woman meets a man she assumes will approach her with judgment from her social status or from the shame of her past - just as we all have personal and generational challenges. But instead of meeting judgment she meets the Messiah she has been waiting for and Jesus offers grace and love. The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ)“is coming. When he come...
Jonah: Competing Visions of Good - Pastor Bronson Duke
September 18, 2023 10:00 - 42 minutes - 77.4 MBHave you ever had a competing vision of what is right or wrong with your boss before? What about with God? In Jonah chapter 4 we see Jonah struggling with a different vision of good that is not theological, but ideological. The truth is, Jonah is motivated by what is good for Jonah and God is motivated by what is good for all of his creation. “Then God said to Jonah, ‘Is it right for you to be angry because the plant died?’ ‘Yes,’ Jonah retorted, ‘even angry enough to die!’ Then th...
Jonah: God’s Determination - Pastor Bronson Duke
September 11, 2023 10:00 - 37 minutes - 68.7 MBGod is determined to accomplish his purposes through us so that his Justice and mercy will cover the earth like a flood. Still, despite hearing about the mercy characteristics of God, there are many of us who don’t know this God. We flee wrath but we never worship under mercy. It is his pure and true justice as a loving father that leads us back to him and allows him to bring us fully into his restoration, healing, and new life. “When God saw what they had done and how they had put...
The 5 Ps of a Christian Life - Pastor Robert Upshaw
September 04, 2023 10:05 - 38 minutes - 69.6 MBThe life of a Christian is not all blessings - but it's a call to fight our flesh and follow our heavenly father's call for our life. In this journey we will encounter the 5 Ps of a Christian life: Pull, Pursuit, Pleasure, Pain, and Peace. "One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful, and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, 'She is Bathsheba, the daughter of...
Compelling Missional Disciples
August 28, 2023 10:04 - 45 minutes - 82.8 MBWe need a plan for becoming like Jesus. Though we can’t earn God’s free grace, the process of growth to becoming a truly transformed disciple will cost you. But the gain is so much greater than the cost. Where are you wanting to grow? Marriage? Raising kids? Single, looking for a healthy place to make friends? Prayer life? What do we gain? We get to become like Jesus. We believe God’s plan for us to become compelling missional disciples requires a combination of maturing in his pres...
Jonah: Salvation is the Lord’s - Pastor Marius Mauthe
August 21, 2023 10:05 - 33 minutes - 60.7 MBIn chapter 2 we get to experience Jonah’s physical, emotional, and spiritual low. This is certainly something we can all relate to – living in the brokenness from our choices and the choices of those around us. But at his lowest moment – even as he had been running from God – we see Jonah acknowledge the ultimate grace of his savior as he proclaims, “Salvation comes from the Lord.” “The engulfing waters threatened me, the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head. To t...
Jonah: God Loves Who You Hate - Pastor Bronson Duke
August 14, 2023 10:00 - 48 minutes - 88.4 MBJonah isn’t a story about the big fish, this is the story about a gracious God. God is using two of the most extreme examples in human history of depravity and religiosity to teach us something about his own heart and our very nature. So here is the question the book of Jonah causes us to wrestle with: Do we love God’s mercy? Do we really? “‘Throw me into the sea,’ Jonah said, ‘and it will become calm again. I know that this terrible storm is all my fault.’ Instead, the sailors row...
Colossians: Life in the Home - Pastor Bronson Duke
August 07, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes - 97.3 MBIn our journey through Colossians, Paul takes aim at setting a vision for what Biblical family should look like. Paul is not defining specifics of gender roles, but pointing to our intended design. God has made us as men and women equal and at the same time distinct in the way we function individually and together. God has a distinct vision for the order of the Christian household that is helpful and applicable for all people at all times. “Wives, submit yourselves to your husband...
Colossians: Life in the Church - Pastor Bronson Duke
July 31, 2023 10:02 - 40 minutes - 74.8 MBWhat is our culture's view of a secure identity and how is Jesus seeking to re-form our identity? God has distinct characteristics he wants to develop in the life of each believer and also in his people, The Church. Our purpose is to be an outpost of grace, and community of growth. To be a visual representation of a new way to live, not shackled by guilt and shame, but freed by the love of Jesus. “Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices ...
Colossians: Living in Reality - Pastor Bronson Duke
July 25, 2023 04:21 - 48 minutes - 89 MBWe have been sold a pack of lies about what it means to be human. In this week's reading from Colossians 2, Paul is teaching us: We don’t have to let brokenness set our lens for reality. There is a greater reality than what we’ve seen. And we are to “fix our eyes on the reality of heaven.” In that reality we can put our old life to death and step in to our new nature. "Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits ...
Colossians: Following Jesus, Not Chasing Shadows - Pastor Marius Mauthe
July 17, 2023 10:00 - 35 minutes - 64.6 MBJesus Christ is the ultimate reality. Everything points to him. Our salvation and our freedom is found in him. All other religious philosophies or ascetic practices are merely shadows. They cannot save us or transform us. Only Christ, our reality, can do that. We don’t have time to chase shadows, because the people around us need us to be true followers of Jesus so we can bring light into their dark worlds and tell people about what God can do! “You have died with Christ, and he ha...
Engaging the Far Away God - Pastor James Hensley
July 10, 2023 10:00 - 57 minutes - 106 MBAs we dive into a conversation between God and Jeremiah, God says He is both the God who is near and the God who is far away. God loves to come into our life and bring his blessings, but he also calls us out to find him. It is only in intentional seeking the far away God outside our own wants, needs, and desires that you find him and true abundant life. “Am I only a God nearby,” declares the Lord, “and not a God far away? Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them?” de...
Qualifying for God’s Hall of Faith - Pastor Fitz Hill
July 03, 2023 10:00 - 43 minutes - 79.6 MBGod’s not calling you to a life of ease and comfort, but to become a servant. In our humility in Christ we become great. In becoming a slave to Christ, we become free. From the book of Matthew, Coach Fitz encourages us to empty ourselves, trust God as we leave our comfort zone, and let him fill us up to go out. “But Jesus called them over and said, ‘You know that the rulers of the Gentiles dominate them, and the men of high position exercise power over them. It must not be like tha...
Colossians: This is the Way… Walk in It - Pastor Aaron Kruse
June 26, 2023 10:04 - 44 minutes - 80.8 MBJesus did what we couldn’t do and still can’t do on our own. He came so that we would be complete in him, receive the power to walk in his ways, and live a life of overflowing in thankfulness so we have more than enough as we go out and share his good news with the world. “When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us an...
The Persistent Widow - Pastor Bronson Duke
June 19, 2023 10:05 - 38 minutes - 70.4 MBIn prayer we are actually joining in with God’s redemptive work as we petition him to right the wrongs of the world through passionate persistent pleas for justice. Just like with the persistence of the widow here in Luke and and Moses in Numbers - God is telling us that our persistence can move the heart of God and bring justice in our difficult situations. This week is a reminder that we’re called to come to God with passion, persistence, and faith in the power of a good Father. ...
Colossians: Redemption - Pastor Robert Upshaw
June 12, 2023 10:08 - 40 minutes - 73.8 MBThough our sin alienated us from God, the mystery of God’s plan for our redemption is revealed in Christ only costing us to put our faith and hope in him to save us. Christ has bought back what we lost in sin and he came to redeem our strength, our energy, and to build us into the person he made us to be. “Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present y...
Colossians: Christ the Redeemer - Pastor Bronson Duke
June 04, 2023 10:03 - 28 minutes - 52.8 MBFor the Colossians, teachers had come into the young church and began to teach that Jesus was the beginning of your salvation but he cannot bring it to completion. Paul’s intention in Colossians 1:15-20 is to challenge that directly and to show that Christ is supreme over all creation, over the Church, and he is sufficient to heal all that is broken. "For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with...
Tuned in to God - Pastor Fitz Hill
May 29, 2023 10:05 - 38 minutes - 70.3 MBPastor Fitz shares on the importance of staying tuned in to God by consistency in the word, relationship, and letting God be our source. This is a challenge to lean in to your faith this summer and not to tune out. Stay present with God, let him challenge you, and see the results of your connection with him. "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never parish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand." ...
Colossians: The New Exodus - Pastor Bronson Duke
May 22, 2023 10:02 - 26 minutes - 47.6 MBIt can be difficult at times to be grateful for the gospel. It is easy to lose sight of what God has done for us. Ingratitude comes when we have ignorance of the worth of the gift we’ve been given but thankfulness is an overflow of our understanding of the incredible work of Jesus on our behalf. This week's challenge from Colossians is a call to expand our vision of what God had done and is doing, and let it overflow into thanksgiving. "May you be filled with joy, always thanking t...
Colossians: The Power You Need - Pastor Bronson Duke
May 15, 2023 10:02 - 32 minutes - 59.6 MBGod wants to equip us by his power to live with patience and endurance. We don’t have to rely on our own strength to get through the trails of everyday life. We have been given strength by the power of God through the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit empowers and gives us strength to live and do what God has set out for us because it’s not the independent self who is strong in the kingdom of God but the one who is utterly dependent on the spirit of God. "We also pray that you will b...