In the midst of this mayhem we are facing in the world today- in the midst of the bad stuff, the negative stuff going on at your school, at your office, around your neighborhood, in your context, in your social media feed - in the midst of all that can you hear the voice of God? I mean, people say sometimes, “Oh yeah, God talked to me.” But what do you mean by that? “God showed me. God is communicating with me.” What are you talking about when you say that? You mean the God of the universe wants to communicate and call and talk with us? Yes. The answer is yes. Listening to God is something that we shouldn't run away from; instead, it’s something that we should lean into. I’m going to unpack that a little bit today, how can we – I’m talking about you, I’m talking about me – how can we hear the voice of God?
Have you ever put God in a box? I hate to confess it, but I have. I've put God in a box. A lot of times, we don’t even realize we’re putting God in a box, but that’s exactly what we’re doing. We think, “I have this neat little box and, and I'll just carry God around in it, and I'll sort of use Go...
In this message, we’re going to take a look at Saul and how he became king. The Israelites were begging for God to give them a king like all the other nations. In other words, God as their King wasn’t good enough. So even though God’s perfect will would have been for Him to remain as their King, ...
All of us deal with authority issues. We don’t like to talk about it, but it’s something we all struggle with in one way or another. Not to mention, authority issues are everywhere; they’re in your marriage and mine, they’re in your family, your family of origin, they’re at your job, they’re on t...
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