"Invitation" = A call, summons, offer, permission. A written or verbal request inviting someone to go somewhere or to do something. A situation or action that tempts someone to do something or makes a particular outcome likely. An invitation from God is a powerful thing; with every invitation from him comes the right, privilege, and power to fulfill what is being offered to you.
"Invitation" = A call, summons, offer, permission. A written or verbal request inviting someone to go somewhere or to do something. A situation or action that tempts someone to do something or makes a particular outcome likely. An invitation from God is a powerful thing; with every invitation from him comes the right, privilege, and power to fulfill what is being offered to you.
The historical story of the resurrection of Jesus Christ is one of the most documented events in the history of the world being shared by the eyewitnesses who saw him and the many infallible proofs being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God (Acts 1:3). The spiritual story of the resurrection is the foundation by which all of our preaching and belief hinges upon. The experiential story is still being written by those who having not seen, believe.
When Jesus declared from the cross "It is finished", it was an absolute term. His work was complete, accomplished, discharged, paid, performed, and fully executed! This revelation changes everything in how we live, how we rest, and the expectation of this life and the one to come.
As Jesus was teaching to a large crowd, 4 men came carrying a man who was paralyzed on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he spoke grace and healing to the man. People left saying that they had seen things that were contrary to what was expected. A crowd got instruction, one man got saved and healed, and 4 were active participants in the manifest glory of God.
Youth Sunday message about using what you have to impact the next generation.
It is true that God loves us like we are, but like we are should include Humility, Reverence, Cleanliness, Vulnerability, and Expectation.
As believers, we should be way more concerned with God's favor than we are his blessings; for everyone that receives blessings may not have his favor, but everyone that has his favor receives all blessings. It is a matter of our position, diligence, and humility.
As Christians, it is easy to struggle in discerning what is the will of God. How will we know it, and what is our responsibility in finding it. Ruth teaches us that it is not something you find, it is something that finds you.
In every life, until you die, there is a next chapter. To make it to the next chapter in the natural, all you have to do is survive. To make it to the next chapter in the spiritual, there is much required of you. But most importantly to believe that it exists, and set your face like flint to get there.
This message deals with the common and destructive nature of bitterness. Naomi's loss was so great and her pain so intense that she let bitterness creep in and eventually it took over. But one choice changed it al for her, she turned toward the revealed will of God. That direction eventually landed her in the place where God could and would heal her.
This message deals with the journey back home to God. Naomi has lost much, but she knows with God there is still mercy. Wounded, confused, and bitter, she turns away from Moab never realizing all that God has in store for her.
This message is the first in a comprehensive series on the book of Ruth and the primary characters displayed. There are so many beautiful types and life lessons found here. This first message explains why it is imperative that we remain in the will of God, regardless of how hungry we might be to leave.
As we enter the new year, these are things that I believe await us. Things we can plan on, prepare for, endure, and anticipate. In the end, we know that Christ will have his way on the earth and in our lives, so instead of fear there is a deep confidence and abiding home on whatever is to come.
Heading into the new year, God desires for us to move in His direction: forward.
Miracles are more about who God is than they are what is done. God is all powerful, and it is impossible to walk with him and not witness his power in and for us. This message deals with the subject of what you can expect from God when a miracle is on the way.
The bible plainly declares that we did not choose God, it was he who chose us. In the account of the angel appearing to Mary, it is the secret to living out God's plan for our life.
With the rise of social media, many people use it as a platform to discourage others from celebrating the birth of Christ. This message addresses their uninvited and incomplete ideas and reveals the why of those who choose to celebrate His birth.
As christians, we are not only expected to be thankful unto God, but abound in thanksgiving. In all things give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
The scripture draws a parallel between our life and that of a tree, with many pertinent and remarkable applications that if we ignore, we do so to our own peril.
Many people today, including Christians, have settled into managing something. Managing their pain, their problems, their situation, their dilemma. But Jesus asked this lame man a question that cuts through the way it has been and opens the door to the way life could be. Do you want to be made whole? This message looks at the circumstances that create the problem and the way that God provides the solution.
As Christians, the idea of hearing God's voice, knowing for sure it is him, and following his leading can be something mystical or daunting. But God is clear in the fact that the surrender is up to us, the leading is up to him. And the responsibility of getting us to our destination is on his shoulders.
While the message of the cross may be offensive at times, there is a power available to us through it.
In Mark 5, a man named Jairus's little girl was dying, so he went in search of Jesus to bring him home to heal her. Many of us have something at home that is sick. Some of us have something at home that is dying. A few of us have something at home that is dead. This message deals with the importance, the necessity, and the power that results when a believer brings "The Resurrection and the Life" to their home.
Before the great and terrible day of the Lord the scripture is clear that there will first be a great falling away and then the son of perdition (Anti-Christ) will be revealed. We are seeing the firstfruits of it today. This message looks at what falling away is, how it happens, and how we can make sure that we are never a part of it.
When Jesus told his disciples how he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things and be crucified, Simon Peter rebuked him, "Let it never be so Lord!" To which Jesus replied, get behind me satan, you savourest not the things of God, but only the things of man. This still happens today, in our pulpits and among others who name the name of Christ. And the satanic message is still the same, Jesus did not have to die, and neither do we. But Christ answered immediately, clearly, and definitively: If ...
In the beginning of life on earth, there was man, there was satan, there was sin, and there was God. And what followed after man's sin is still the most amazing thing ever recorded, an opportunity to be forgiven. But we cannot cover our shame, our covering must come from God.
