<![CDATA[Godcentered Christianity: Sermons and Audios]]>https://godcenteredchristianity.substack.com/s/sermons-audioshttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wMG0!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F52972fba-751c-46eb-98c0-f5f482cb3994_1280x1280.pngGodcentered Christianity: Sermons and Audioshttps://godcenteredchristianity.substack.com/s/sermons-audiosSubstackThu, 30 Jul 2026 02:45:14 GMT<![CDATA[Understanding the Will of God: Divine Guidance for Every Day Decisions]]>https://godcenteredchristianity.substack.com/p/understanding-the-will-of-god-divinehttps://godcenteredchristianity.substack.com/p/understanding-the-will-of-god-divineSun, 12 Apr 2026 12:02:02 GMT

“How do I know what God wants me to do?”—about a career, a marriage, a decision, a season of suffering. We reduce the will of God to a cosmic GPS—a private map of our future that God is withholding until we pray hard enough or feel a strong enough impression.

Paul in Romans 12:1–2 gives us something far more reliable than a feeling. But before we can find God’s will, we must first understand what the will of God actually means—because the Bible uses the phrase in two very different ways.

O. O. Living answered the call to follow Jesus Christ at the age of fourteen after hearing the teachings of a Christian lady. He is the founder and teacher of Godcentered Christianity. Living is the author of more than 6 books, including Joy to the World and, most recently, Deep Reading.

]]><![CDATA[Shining Your Light in a World of Darkness]]>https://godcenteredchristianity.substack.com/p/shining-your-light-in-a-world-ofhttps://godcenteredchristianity.substack.com/p/shining-your-light-in-a-world-ofSun, 21 Jan 2024 12:00:28 GMT

In a world full of darkness, it is the duty of the Christian to shine as light. In this study, O. O. Living shows us how we can shine our lights.

O. O. Living (@oo_living) answered the call to follow Jesus Christ at the age of fourteen after hearing the teachings of a Christian lady. He is founder and teacher of Godcentered Christianity. Living is author of God’s Passion for His Glory and most recently, Joy to the World.

]]><![CDATA[How to Have a More Spiritual Christian Experience]]>https://godcenteredchristianity.substack.com/p/how-to-have-a-more-spiritual-christianhttps://godcenteredchristianity.substack.com/p/how-to-have-a-more-spiritual-christianSun, 14 Jan 2024 18:19:24 GMT

To be born again is to be born into the experience of God. In short study, O. O. Living outlines seven steps any Christian anywhere can experience God more and have a deeper Christian life.

O. O. Living (@oo_living) answered the call to follow Jesus Christ at the age of fourteen after hearing the teachings of a Christian lady. He is founder and teacher of Godcentered Christianity. Living is author of God’s Passion for His Glory and most recently, Joy to the World.

]]><![CDATA[When the Sky Turns Gray]]>https://godcenteredchristianity.substack.com/p/when-the-sky-turns-gray-ae7https://godcenteredchristianity.substack.com/p/when-the-sky-turns-gray-ae7Sun, 24 Apr 2022 04:00:28 GMTDespite the horror the cross seems to display, it is the greatest way God displayed His wisdom and love for us.

]]><![CDATA[Defining Your Relationship with Christ, Part 2]]>https://godcenteredchristianity.substack.com/p/defining-your-relationship-with-christ-f46https://godcenteredchristianity.substack.com/p/defining-your-relationship-with-christ-f46Fri, 15 Apr 2022 04:00:24 GMTThe Gospel shows Jesus to be a lot of things for us. But are the things we see Jesus to be in our relationship with Him really what He is?

]]><![CDATA[Defining your Relationship with Christ, Part 1]]>https://godcenteredchristianity.substack.com/p/defining-your-relationship-with-christ-eb7https://godcenteredchristianity.substack.com/p/defining-your-relationship-with-christ-eb7Wed, 06 Apr 2022 04:40:14 GMTHow would you define your relationship with Christ? How do you view your role in the relationship respective to His? In this new series of short talks, O. O. Living shows us how we can develop a true relationship with Christ that glories Christ.

]]><![CDATA[Positioning Your Heart for Faithful Service]]>https://godcenteredchristianity.substack.com/p/positioning-your-heart-for-faithful-09fhttps://godcenteredchristianity.substack.com/p/positioning-your-heart-for-faithful-09fSun, 13 Feb 2022 09:41:16 GMTThe character of our service to God is owing to the disposition and temperature of our heart.

]]><![CDATA[Becoming by Beholding: How Sanctification Magnifies God]]>https://godcenteredchristianity.substack.com/p/becoming-by-beholding-how-sanctification-3e6https://godcenteredchristianity.substack.com/p/becoming-by-beholding-how-sanctification-3e6Sun, 28 Nov 2021 04:10:19 GMTHoliness in us happens only as the Spirit enables us to behold the glory of Christ as supremely beautiful and valuable. Beholding glory leads to becoming glorious—and even deeper than that, beholding Christ as glorious is the very essence of our glory.

]]><![CDATA[Justification and the Glory of God]]>https://godcenteredchristianity.substack.com/p/justification-and-the-glory-of-god-9a1https://godcenteredchristianity.substack.com/p/justification-and-the-glory-of-god-9a1Sun, 07 Nov 2021 05:22:52 GMTWhat makes justification such a glorious reality is because the goal of justification is the glory of God.

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