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My feelings are important for many things. But they tell me next to nothing about God, or my relation to God. My security comes from who God is, not from how I feel. Discipleship is a decision to live by what I know about God, not, but what I feel about him or myself or my neighbors.

God is steadfastly with us, in Mercy and judgment, insistently, gracious. We get a feeling that everything is done in the shirt, certain environment of the God, who redeems his people. And as we learned that, we learned to live not by our feelings about God, but by the facts of God. I refuse to believe my depression; I choose to believe in God.

The proper work for the Christian is witness, not apology.

Why do we worship? Why is there so much voluntary and faithful worship by Christians? It gives us a workable structure for life; it nurtures our need to be in relation with God; it centers our attention on the decisions of God.