To go where Christ and His Spirit is leading, you’ve got to focus yourself on Him and into a rhythm with Him.

Before anyone goes forward in an adventure, a competition, a mission, a passion, etc., they have to be ready and set to go. Throughout this series we will be encouraged to think about where we are and how prepared we are to go where God is calling and where His Holy Spirit is leading us to go. In week 1 Pastor Javin encourages us that while It's natural to always want to return to the familiar instead of the unknown, as followers of Christ we always have to have the mindset and be prepared to move in the direction that God is leading us instead of moving back to where we use to be. We need to get our selves into a position where we are ready and set to go.

On this Sunday, Pastor Javin was officially installed as the new Lead Pastor for Bethel Worship Center. Hear from the heart of Pastor Casey as he passes the baton, and from Pastor Javin as he shares briefly the vision for Bethel going forward.

What is your reaction in the face of difficult situations, chaos, challenges, fear? If you pray, what do you typically pray for? What the apostles and early church prayed for is what often got them into the situations they were in, but it's what they kept praying because it's what allowed them to advance the gospel. It's also the prayer we should be praying more as believers.

When you do something for someone’s sake it’s by definition supposed to be for the purpose of benefiting them. If we are honest, most of what we do in our life is for our own sake. We do what we do to benefit ourselves. To an extent, that is ok, but we are also called to consider others and to live for more than just ourselves. We have a purpose as a church and it's not just for our own sake.

As believers we have been called to set a certain example for others around us.

In Pastor Casey’s final message with us here at Bethel as Lead Pastor he concludes this thought as he concludes his final series, Dream Again - Scripture teaches us that it's not just about how we start, or even how the journey goes, but how we finish the journey. We should dream and then strive to finish well.

Scripture teaches us that it's not just about how we start, or even how the journey goes, but how do we finish the journey. We should dream and then strive to finish well.

Love is the dream and desire of our hearts that is embedded in us because we have been created in love by our Father in heaven.

The actions and thoughts we sow every day will determine what we reap. What type of harvest are you dreaming for and are your actions today leading towards that harvest?