Christian friend, Christian fraud or Christian follower? Choose good christian role models to imitate.
Tim reminds us how we all have a choice; between the earthly and the heavenly Kingdom. The earthly one traps us, the heavenly one frees us.
The people judge Jesus by their culture, intellect, experience. Grace has no ending, where Jesus was rejected. He went back there. Grace never gave up. Don’t give up on God because He will never give up on you.
Using the examples of Jairus daughter and the woman healed from long term illness, Tim encourages us to trust in God whatever our weaknesses, whatever our fears and whatever our circumstances
What are our expectations of our faith? An easy life? Tim illustrates from watery examples how we should expect and be prepared for challenges but that Jesus is with us.
We need to plant the seeds of God’s love in people’s lives. God takes charge from there.
We have all experienced rejection, but turn to the Lord and pray. God had a better plan for the Israelite’s but they said no.
God calls Samuel even though he does not know God’s voice. God calls those he chooses, not just believers. Do we respect that. Worship must be pure towards God. Eli did not discipline his children and it led to God’s punishment. We must discipline to ensure our children are enabled to follow God.
