The Gritty Gospel with Christy Young

Want To Adopt? Let Me Talk You Out of Fostering...

We have adopted via foster care, and frequently get asked about fostering to adopt through the state! So, I thought I'd do a podcast about it. 

If you would like to adopt, and you are considering adoption through foster care - listen in! I don't recommend it, and I will tell you why!

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Short & Sweet Advice for Fostering-To-Adopt

If you are considering adoption through foster care, listen in!

I share my thoughts on adoption via foster care.

This short video specifically addresses those who would sign-up to become foster parents hoping to adopt.

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Let Us Not Grow Weary in Doing Good: Galatians 6

Paul encourages us to bear each other's burdens, to boast in the Lord and not grow weary in doing good - for in due time, we will reap if we do not give up! 

He also tells us that each of us will have to bear our own loads and that we should not be in the business of comparing our work or our lives to others - because our "lot" and circumstances are each so different. Let it be our aim to faithfully manage the loads the Lord has given us, rely on Him for strength and aim to bring Him glory!

Listen in to be encouraged and challenged by Paul! 

Freedom In Christ: Galatians 5

Galatians Chapter 5 is so rich! Paul encourages the Galatian believers: "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery." (Galatians 5:1)

We do not have to strive to earn our salvation. In fact, that won't even work! Paul makes it clear to the Galatian believers that it is through our FAITH IN CHRIST alone that we are saved.

We, as followers of Christ, are called to be FREE. Yet, we must be faithful not to use our freedom to indulge our flesh, but to glorify God as we serve each other in love. And we must learn to walk by the Spirit, and ask our Heavenly Father to help us to bear the fruit of the Spirit!

Let's dive into Galatians Chapter 5 together and see what we can glean from our good, good Father!

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Adoption Into God's Family: Galatians 4

When we put our faith in Christ, we are ADOPTED as sons and daughters into God's family.

This is such a powerful truth that should cause us to pause and reflect! Paul encourages believers in Galatia that they are co-heirs with Christ and will inherit the kingdom of God!! Have you ever considered what it means to be a co-heir with Christ? To be adopted by our Heavenly Father? Because this is REAL and TRUE for the BELIEVER - and should cause us to live our live here DIFFERENTLY.

Come join me as I walk through Galatians Chapter 4 and aim to glean from Paul about what it means to walk through this life as a co-heir with Christ.

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Justified By Faith: Galatians 3

Paul's overwhelming message in Galatians Chapter 3 is that God's people are justified (or made right) with God through FAITH IN CHRIST ALONE.

There is nothing we can do to earn our salvation. And so we don't have to spend our lives trying to be "good enough" or "righteous enough" to be saved. It is only through God's GRACE that salvation is possible.

Paul encourages Christ-followers that now we have been SET FREE to obey Christ - not out of legalism - but out of our great love for Him. And as we lean into this freedom, we find joy, fulfillment and sufficiency in Christ.

So let us lean in and lead lives on mission and for His glory!

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Freedom From the Law: Galatians 2

Let's jump in to Galatians chapter 2! Paul continues to defend and clarify the gospel! A faction of people have made their way into the Galatian churches who believe that circumcision is required for salvation.

Paul clarifies that it is through FAITH in CHRIST ALONE that causes a person to be saved. It is not by any "works of the law." Let us walk in the FREEDOM of this TRUTH as well. It is by our faith in Christ alone that we are saved and FREE TO LIVE for CHRIST!

Let us be intentional not to once again subject ourselves to a yoke of slavery - whether it be from the culture or our own high expectations for ourselves or our family!

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Paul's Defense of the Gospel: Galatians 1

Paul writes to clarify and defend the "truth of the Gospel" in the face of a false gospel. Paul wrote to address a theological crisis facing the Galatian churches, which were comprised of Jewish and Gentile converts.

A faction of false teachers had come into the Galatian churches teaching that Christian converts should follow the Mosaic law, including circumcision, in order to be saved. Paul desired to confirm that we are made right with God - whether Jew or Gentile - by FAITH IN CHRIST ALONE - not the works of the law of Moses. Come and listen in as we glean from Paul together! #biblestudy #galatians #gospel #grittygospel