By Design: Living life by the Design of Scripture Part 10

Listen to pastor Matt Ford preach about how Revival comes to God's People (the church).

Listen to Christian Wall preach about how Solomon and us should pray for the Temple/Church from II Chronicles 6 Begin with who God is and His Character and Promises Wonder at the Glory of God. Pray He heals and keeps reconciling us Pray-"When we Wander, Bind our Heart to Thee" Pray-Church would reach the world We are the temple that Solomon prayed over

Listen to pastor Matt Ford preach about the love of God and how that will ultimately change the world around us. Nothing will change your life like knowing and receiving the love of God. You can’t give what you don’t have. Spiritual growth is really just God’s love, growing in you as you receive it and give it away. Love brings people to Jesus. Nothing will change the world like God’s people, giving God’s love. Becoming a church that really experiences God’s love is a family effort.

Listen to pastor Matt Ford preach about the love of God and how that will ultimately change the world around us. Nothing will change your life like knowing and receiving the love of God. God’s love isn’t just an idea or a feeling--he’s brought it into reality God’s love is guaranteed by him being who he is, not by you being what you ought to be God’s love isn’t for good-enough people, but for failures and the failing God’s love starts with him and nothing you screw up can make it end God’s love can and will change the course of your future forever God’s love has a face: Jesus Christ God’s love now has millions upon millions of faces: you, his children--his church

Listen to pastor Matt Ford preach about the love of God and how that will ultimately change the world around us. Nothing will change your life like knowing and receiving the love of God. Orthodoxy: right belief Orthopraxy: right practice (right living, corresponding with right belief) Know God’s love and receive God’s love. The gospel is how God shows his love for us.

Listen to pastor Matt Ford preach about how violent people take the Kingdom of God by force.

Listen to Christian Wall preach about Advent and how that brings peace, hope, joy, and faith to the followers of Jesus-Immanuel (God with us) 1. God will never give up on us, His plan is not ruined by our mistakes. 2. The thing that will reconcile us to God is the Knowledge and Fear of the Lord. 3. If we want to be reconciled today, we must be made new and begin to walk like Jesus. Constantly submitting his will to God Learning and Meditating on God and his ways, and then Doing the will of God the Father 

Listen to Pastor Matt Ford preach about Advent and how that brings peace, hope, joy, and faith to the followers of Jesus-Immanuel (God with us) The story of Jesus’ advent–Christmas–brings light to those in darkness and hope to the utterly hopeless.

Listen to Pastor Matt Ford preach about Advent and how that brings peace, hope, joy, and faith to the followers of Jesus-Immanuel (God with us) The story of Jesus’ advent–Christmas–brings light to those in darkness and hope to the utterly hopeless. 1) Prophecy is given to God’s people so we can prepare. 2) The prophetic promise isn’t about a what’s going to happen, but the person we can trust to make it happen.

Listen to Pastor Matt Ford preach about the how Christians are designed to live their lives in accordance with the Bible and what the Bible speaks about different aspects of our lives. God’s maximal design for his Church:  We are to see him, know him, love him, enjoy him, and trust him with our lives. We are to see, know, and joyfully embrace the identity he gives us. We are to say the words of Jesus to one another and the world. We are to do the works of Jesus for one another and the world. We do all of these as the good works which God predestined us to do. We do all of these things as ambassadors of Jesus and his guaranteed-to-come Kingdom.