While Job's suffering is usually the focal point of the first chapter of Job, Dr. Black focuses on the contextualiztion of the church's ministry, the communication of that context, how the church cares for its context and challenges its context.
The church God Blesses is a Generous church, but it is a giving based on God's goodness, grace and His glory. It is a giving that goes beyond the pocket and knocks on one's heart. Pastor Barham shares about this church that God Blesses.
The writer of Psalm 139 (please read it) floored me as I read this morning. Amazingly he spoke to the fact that no matter where he went or what he was doing, God was there.
Have you been trading sustenance for succulence? Is your aim to sacrfice or entice? In this installment in the series, Pastor Reid reveals that the church God Blesses must also be a Bible-centred church, one that centres its message around the Word of God.
There's a roof up above me, I've a good place to sleep, there’s food on my table and shoes on my feet. You gave me Your love Lord, and a fine family
Thank you Lord, for your blessings on me
Jesus said that the church should be known as a house of prayer. Is it really filled with prayer? How about you... are your prayers filling God's house? Do we look at prayer as as a spectator sport or are you living a prayer-full life as God commands?
When we stop along the road side to purchase fruits we look for the good fruits. The trays at the supermarket are carefully scrutinized, searching for the fresher, riper looking fruits. We all want the best fruits. No one picks up the spoiled, rotten, and infested with maggots, fruits. As a matter of fact the seller would have discarded those long before the buyers come along.
In this series Rev. Conrad Reid takes us through a revelation of the true character and nature of the church that God Blesses. He first of all breaks down what is the "church" anyway and then aligns the expectation and response of God to the behaviour of the church. Are you building up a praying church? .. a worshipping church or a Bible-centred church?
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