Guest speaker Pastor Steve Rand (LifeSource Church, Griffith) shares from the life of King David how God enables us to overcome "lions", "bears", "giants" and even our own "skeletons" with the help and power of God through Christ.
What the Father says of Jesus, He says also of you. Through Jesus, we may become the beloved daughter or son of God. This is what it means to be "born of God" (John 1:12-13).
We are deeply loved by the Father because we are accepted in the the beautiful, precious, beloved Son of God - Jesus.
This week I share a vivid dream experience that God gave me in November 2019 and look into the Bible for insight into what it means for us as His people.
The Heavenly Father has the same love and passion for you as he has for his son, Jesus! Do you truly believe that the Father loves you as His son just as much and with the same degree that He loves His Son Jesus? This is the extraordinary revelation that Paul wrote about in God declaring us to be His children, His adopted sons as heirs in Jesus Christ.
God changes lives…Including yours! Do we know it? Are we open to it? Telling the stories of God's work y in our lives is key to sharing our faith.
Romans 8 tells us that Holy Spirit testifies to our spirit that we are children of God; He confirms in us the things that the Father sees and says about us. But do we listen to what He says or discredit the witness because of the blockages in our soul? How often do we harden our heart against the things that our God is saying to us? Let's explore John 12 to see what this looked like at a 'candle lit dinner' with Jesus.
There are some aspects of Jesus' encounter with a Phoenician woman which may seem confronting, and yet it is clear that God rewards real faith and those who earnestly seek him, no matter where they come from!
In the book of Acts, there is an account of Peter healing a lame man with a startling amount of directness and clarity. He says to the man, “...what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk” (Acts 3:6).
God may allow us to be uncomfortable as we pursue a life of faith in Him, but being uncomfortable is not the same as being unsafe. Maybe it's time to step out!