Category Archives: Faith

Faith is a topic which is widely misunderstood. This is largely due to it’s being treated like a religious topic or a “tool” to manipulate circumstances and ultimately God to make our own lives more satisfying.

Any Biblical idea which has been stripped of its relational context is doomed to mislead people in the end.

Faith is nothing more that relational, whole-hearted trust placed in God as a RESULT of Him taking the initiative to reveal Himself to us in any area of our live. The trust we place in Him, initiates from Him. As He reveals Who He is to us, the heart response of trusting Him to be Who He reveals Himself to be is what faith is – nothing less and nothing more.

The Pursuit of God – Chapter 7b

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  Wednesday 05/04/16  Series: The Pursuit of God Message –  Chapter 7 – The Gaze of the Soul II Click here for the Video {The audio is divided into two sections. The 1st is where we read through part of the chapter and divide into groups for discussion. The 2nd is when we come back together as and share from our groups.}     For Discussion Faith is relational and is therefore ongoing. It is constant, faithful, loyal and eternal. As Tozer said, it is not a “once-done” act. God cannot be a source we turn to in order to […]

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The Pursuit of God – Chapter 7a

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  Wednesday 04/27/16  Series: The Pursuit of God Message –  Chapter 7 – The Gaze of the Soul I Click here for the Video {The audio is divided into two sections. The 1st is where we read through part of the chapter and divide into groups for discussion. The 2nd is when we come back together as and share from our groups.}   For Discussion As Tozer said, “High up on the list of the things which the Bible teaches will be the doctrine of faith”. While we know that faith is not the ONLY thing that pleases God, we […]

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Growth Night – The Pursuit of God – Ch. 4

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    Wednesday 01/20/16 Series: The Pursuit of God Message – Chapter 4: Apprehending God Click here for the Video   Tonight we did something different and moved Growth Night to a Wednesday night. We are currently going through A.W. Tozer’s book, “The Pursuit of God” and tonight we read and discussed chapter 4, “Apprehending God”. If you do not have the book you can still follow along by visiting the following page and either scroll down to page 20 in your browser or download the entire book for free and begin on page 20 which is the beginning of chapter […]

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Living in the Kingdom XVI

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Wednesday 01/13/16   Series: Living in the Kingdom XVI Message – Unified in Purpose VII Click here for the Video As we are living in the kingdom, our pursuit of being unified in purpose with God requires faith and patience. As we ended our service on Sunday we illustrated these points with Psalm 37. Today, after having a brief review, we went on to further illustrate these truths in Psalm 25… Review Paul prayed that the dedicated saints of Ephesus & Colossae would be filled with the knowledge of God’s will concerning two predominate things… The knowledge of God’s will of their […]

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Living in the Kingdom XIV

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Wednesday 01/06/16   Series: Living in the Kingdom XIV Message – Unified in Purpose V Click here for the Video As we are living in the kingdom, our pursuit of being unified in purpose with God requires faith and patience. As we ended our service on Sunday we illustrated these points with a chapter out of Jesus’ life found in Matthew 26:36-46 & Luke 22:39-46,   Matthew 26:36-46, “Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, “Sit here while I go and pray over there.” (37) And He took with Him Peter and the two […]

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