{"id":3684,"date":"2025-01-12T18:08:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T18:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbfbastrop.org\/blog\/?p=3684"},"modified":"2025-02-07T16:23:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T16:23:31","slug":"core-bgf-value-we-are-a-dependent-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gbfbastrop.org\/blog\/core-bgf-value-we-are-a-dependent-body\/","title":{"rendered":"Core GBF Value: We are a Dependent Body."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What that looks like: We recognize that we are broken, and no amount of effort, knowledge, or improvement can accomplish what the Holy Spirit does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe we are incapable of saving ourselves or accomplishing his will without the Holy Spirit working in and through us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nothing we do can accomplish what God does through His Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God speaks to each of us personally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We rely on God&#8217;s Spirit to give us new life, guide us, connect us, empower us, correct us, and 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