The story of the feeding of the 5000 shows us that God can take the little that we have to give and He can multiply it to bless many. He is the multiplying factor.
Jacob wrestled with God and would not let Him go until He blessed him. To get our personal breakthrough we need to wrestle in prayer with God. Breakthrough will come if we do not give up.
Do we really trust God? I'm sure that the answer is 'Yes' to some degree, but we need to trust Him more and more. This message encourages us to do that using some of the teaching of Jesus found in Luke.
God is concerned about the poor and says so repeatedly through the Old and New Testaments. We also need to care for the poor where we are able, which means that we need to have our eyes open to the needs around us, and deliberate about helping where we can
The Bible shows that God wants us to be able to praise him in an uninhibited, joyful way, through dancing, clapping, shouting, and singing. A religious spirit will try to suppress this, calling suppressed emotions dignity, reverence and proper decorum. It is not biblical and we should not tolerate it! Don't suppress, express!
This sermon talks about the meaning behind the miracle when Jesus turned water into wine. There are many aspects to this, but one points to us being Spirit-filled, joyful vessels, rather than empty, dry religious vessels.
This sermon looks at how a religious spirit will prevent people from seeing what Jesus is really like. We need to beware of and get rid of religiousness to show the authentic character of Jesus.
We are called to be the light of the world, and so people need to see Jesus through the way that we live our lives. Things of the sinful nature, like anger, obscure Jesus. This sermon looks at how we can deal with anger.
Jesus said that we are the light of the world. Therefore, we have to live carefully, and try to be the best example of what Jesus is like as we possibly can.
Christ dwells within us! It is an astonishing fact, and as he dwells in us he is a powerful motivation for us to change to be like him. He is our hope for glory, and a hope that will not disappoint.
