This morning, we continue on our journey learning about prayer, which is simply communicating with God. Last week, we learned that because of the unchanging character and nature of God, He will essentially change His mind in response to our prayers. Our prayers affect God. This week, we’ll see how our prayers affect the heavenly realm! Acts 1:14 14 They all (about 120 v. 15) joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus,…
This morning, we’re going to begin a journey learning more about prayer. Prayer is really quite simple. Prayer is simply speaking with God. It’s how we communicate with Him. It is an incredible privilege and an awe-invoking honor to think that the God who spoke and created the vastness of the universe desires to not only personally hear us, but that He also desires to personally respond to us. Just as communication is one of the foundations of our earthly…
Happy Mother’s Day! From what I’ve observed in my last 18 years of being a dad, I’ve noticed that being a mother is no easy task. Something always amazes me about our children. Our kids were born just about as close to one another as they can be. They were raised together going through all of the same seasons of life together from learning how to crawl, walk, talk, potty-train, elementary, high school, and now moving into adulthood. They had…
Before we continue into today’s message, I’d like to clarify something from last week’s message. I had taught that like Jesus, we have a soma (physical body) and psyche (soul consisting of our mind, will, emotions, personality, intellect, and conscience). I mentioned that I was still studying it, but hadn’t found any evidence yet that Jesus was born with a sarx (flesh, which I defined as our sinful nature), but only with the pneuma (spirit). Well, I’m not sure if…
