Bible reference:  Acts 20:24; Romans 6:1-23 Do we want to live a life of victory or a life of defeat? Our works will not save us; once we are saved, he wants us to be a masterpiece. Live for what the Lord has given you.  All too often we've been taught that Church comes first.  But first is relationship with God and then family, etc and then we'll see the church grow. Ministry is not singing,  etc.   Ministry is reconciliation with Jesus Christ. We need to live out our mission.   We tell people about the Lord, and the Lord gives the harvest.   The better we prepare the soil, the greater the harvest. The purpose of our life: to be in reconciled relationship with Christ. Galatians 2:20 It's no longer I that lives but Christ who lives in me! We are dead to sin's control.   We need to run our relationships with authority,  not with control.   In Eden, when sin entered,  the authority was given to Satan.   Jesus died on the cross and took back the authority. Who h