Exploring the Wisdom of P.T. Barnum: Why There’s A Sucker Born Every Minute.

The age-old adage, that there's a sucker born every minute, in reality describes every one of us in our spiritual lives. We so often fail to realize how we're being schemed against, how we're being influenced, and ultimately how we conform to the patterns of this world. We're ignorant to the implicit costs and systems that keep us from flourishing in our spiritual lives - and what we can't see, we can't break through. But once we wake up and begin to shamelessly resist the influences and habits in our lives that hold us back or lead us astray, we grow in spiritual maturity and experience the freedom of becoming more like Jesus and living in the full glory of who God created us to be.

Scripture:

Romans 12:1-3

A Living Sacrifice
12 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Humble Service in the Body of Christ3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.