The Gospel is for saved people as well as the lost. Sam shares that the main thing the devil is trying to do is to attack the headwaters of the believer's faith. To get believers disconnected from that head (that is Jesus Christ) and all that was accomplished in His work on the cross.
Soldiers don't go to the field and do what they "think" will please their commanding officer. They get their marching orders then go forth. Jonathan shares how this order of command provides focus and direction. Let us go into 2018 as Paul directed Timothy in 2 Timothy 2:3-4.
Jonathan compares the responses of both Mary, the mother of Jesus and Zechariah, father of John the Baptist. It was an act of faith that released Zechariah to speak again - overcoming fear and doubt regarding his circumstances. Bill and Destiny bring practical application and testimonies regarding their personal fears about finances an speak of how God's faithfulness has supplied more that they could have expected.
Sam challenges: use 2018 to find out what God made you for. Let's set our hearts to prayer, to community, and to discerning why you were put here, why you were gifted and what is your purpose.
The Lord provides for Leah, mother of Judah, in her weak and rejected state. He blesses her in the midst of her pain and leads her to a place of praise. Sam explains how this praise in the midst of pain contains a purity that God honors by the gift and rule of His son, Jesus Christ.
Suffering is used to break the outer man such that the Spirit of God in us might live out more fully and completely. Jonathan shares the example of his Aunt Gay who battled cancer over the course of the last several years. Suffering is the fertilizer for roots of character.
Sam discusses how the Holy Spirit is THE most neglected and misunderstood person in the Godhead. We often want His blessing and manifestations on what we do - but not His intimacy and leadership in who we are. Sam feels we are in a generation that will see the restoration of rightful honor for the Holy Spirit’s leadership and fellowship.
Sam discusses the importance of Divine Order in the Kingdom and how the church struggles with the concept of this authoritative order. Four arenas of order touched on are: pattern, process, position and purpose.
Sam discusses the importance of Divine Order in the Kingdom and how the church struggles with the concept of this authoritative order. Four arenas of order touched on are: pattern, process, position and purpose.