While we may not care for a life of obedience, Jesus demonstrates the reward that comes when surrender is part of our lifestyle. For further reading see Mark 1:11, Matthew 17:5, Luke 23:34,46, Matthew 26:39, John 17, and John 15

When we feel it easier to hide the Father comes out of His compassion to renew us and make us whole.

This is the beginning of a look at compassion. First, we define it. In later episodes, we will explore compassion as demonstrated by the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Love thy neighbor. Love God. Love be another as I have loved you. The Bible is full of these simple commands to love but what if our time and culture has used this word”love” so much we really have no idea what love truly means.

Initiated by the Gospel of Luke, we enter into the leveled field of care and compassion that Jesus reveals to us as our God-given image. Through prayer, Jesus learns, understands, and gives action to the will of the Father. Through prayer, we too can learn to yield our own ways for the ways of Jesus.

Are we spending our time telling God in one way or another we just don't want to hang around Him? In this episode, God teaches me the special nature of my relationship with Him through the relationship I have with my children.

In this craze of finding purpose and meaning in the things we do, we are called out of activity to simply "be." This is a statement to me, as much as others, that I need to stop and breathe, being present with the God who is present in me. This requires of me a slowing down that our world resists regularly but that is vital to all aspects of life.

It's 2021 and that means looking at all things new... but this is hardly new. A return to the image we were originally created is the best way to ward off all the trends out there vying for our attention, but what is this original image and how do we embrace it, possibly for the first time?

The last in this short series - this is a call to continue your gifts discovery with more in-depth resources for the sake of the Kingdom. God desires to work with us in ushering in the new Kingdom and has thus empowered us. Listeners are encouraged to visit www.fivefoldsurvey.com to take a free APEST assessment.