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\nWhere you live affects what you wear, how you speak, who you are friends with, it even affects\u00a0how you feel about yourself and\u00a0how you think!<\/p>\n
Have you ever dreamed about having a house on the water, a cabin in the mountains or maybe a cottage by a river. Why do you and I desire to live in such places? We know that the place we call home impacts just about every aspect of our life.
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\nWhere you live affects what you wear, how you speak, who you are friends with, it even affects\u00a0how you feel about yourself and\u00a0how you think!<\/p>\n
Let me give you some examples of how your location affects your life.<\/p>\n
If you live in Alaska you’re much more likely to have a closet full of coats, a pair of insulated boots and an assortment of thick gloves than someone who lives in the Florida Keys.<\/p>\n
When I moved to Ukraine in 2007 I immediately started learning<\/a> Russian<\/a><\/span>\u00a0because I knew that in my new location no one would understand me unless I spoke it. \u00a0When I travel back to the US I quickly change back to English; my locations dramatically affects how I speak.<\/p>\n Whether we like it or not we are all affected by the\u00a0predominant\u00a0culture around us. If you live in a\u00a0pessimistic culture it will be hard to keep\u00a0a positive outlook. If your culture values work over family, you’ll probably struggle with that too.<\/p>\n Although we may be more connected by\u00a0technology\u00a0today than ever we still tend to develop and maintain more relationships with the people who live and work with us. \u00a0This usually includes immediate family, neighbors, church members and coworkers.<\/p>\n Are you living in your ideal setting? Are you living in a place that gives you ample opportunities to be successful and live out what God has called you to do?<\/p>\n If you’re a Christian then you don’t have to worry because you are already living in the right place!<\/p>\n When the Apostle Paul wrote to the Ephesian church he told them that they had a new home and a new identity, they now lived “in Christ”. \u00a0Eph 2:13 This new location affects every aspect of the Christian’s life.<\/p>\n Paul is so intense on communicating what life in Christ is about that refers to it over 40 times in Ephesians! Here are a few things which Paul indicates are yours and mine as a result of living in Christ.<\/p>\n Have you ever dreamed about having a house on the water, a cabin in the mountains or maybe a cottage by a river.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[31],"tags":[295],"class_list":["post-2641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-writing","tag-ephesians"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03476.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3izZc-GB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3828,"url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/why-you-should-care-about-whats-going-on-in-ukraine\/","url_meta":{"origin":2641,"position":0},"title":"Why You Should Care About What’s Going on in Ukraine","author":"Caleb Suko","date":"April 16, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"From a distance it's easy to watch the events that are unfolding in Ukraine and think, \"Why should I care? 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Where you live\u00a0affects your relationships<\/h4>\n
Where do you live?<\/h4>\n
Living in Christ<\/h4>\n
What do you have in Christ?<\/h4>\n
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Question: In what ways does “life in Christ” affect how you live today?<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"