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Looking out the Window: Award-winning Author Kathleen Neely Talks About Her Journey with Jesus and Her New Book, Arms of Freedom

   A Warm Welcome to Kathleen Neely Is Jesus real? Does the Bible change lives? I went to Sunday School as a child because it was the culturally correct thing to do. Mine was not a faith-based home. Somehow little nuggets of truth took root and began to grow. It was a slow journey. Let me rephrase that. It is a slow journey. Still ongoing. I once thought of the Bible as a book of doā€™s and donā€™ts. If I wanted to follow Jesus, I must do list #1 and must never do list #2. But thatā€™s not what the Bible is. Godā€™s word is life-changing. When I truly began to spend time with Jesus and study His word, I found my thought processes shifting.  My heart desired Him more than earthly treasures. ā€˜Doingā€™ became an overflow of ā€˜knowing.ā€™ Before He changed my heart, I never thought of myself as a sinner. I didnā€™t do really bad things, so I viewed myself as ā€˜good.ā€™ I remember the day that I recognized my sin. Pride. Selfishness. It sent me to my knees in tears. Iā€™d like to tell you that th...