Praying.
Reading your Bible.
Serving at church.
Trying to make better choices.
Those are good things!
But what happens when we begin doing them because we believe we have to earn God's favor?
For Savannah Carlson, two words in Hebrews 9 changed the way she understood her relationship with Jesus: Dead works.
As she read that passage, Savannah began to recognize how much of her life had been shaped by the belief that her actions could earn God's approval.
And that realization changed everything.
Because there's a difference between doing something out of love for Jesus and doing it because we're afraid we haven't done enough to deserve His love.
The same outward action can come from a very different place in our hearts.
And the beautiful thing about grace?
We don't have to spend our lives trying to earn what Jesus has already made possible. 💛
So here's a question worth asking:
Are you serving God from a place of love and gratitude—or from the pressure to prove you're good enough?
🎧 Hear Savannah Carlson share the discovery that transformed her understanding of righteousness in Part One of the Everyday Faith Podcast!
Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, or watch on YouTube. Link in bio!
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