Would we give it all up so that we can have what we want? Or can we trust in God and ask God, "what do you want?"

Where and what are the burning bushes in our own lives in which God is calling us and saying "I need you."

Mphatso joins us from Malawi to share stories about how God is at work and calling us to continue to be in partnership with one another.

God promises Abraham that he will be blessed to be a blessing to God's people.

God made the world and said, "IT WAS GOOD." He wiped the slate clean – started over – and still says, "IT IS GOOD" and with his last words “I will remember my covenant”…life is radically changed for all of God’s creatures.

There are generations looking for Jesus. They are saying to us, "show us Jesus!" What are we going to look like to them. We are in a reformation, are you ready?

God says "My way isn’t the way that avoids suffereing but goes head on into the cross and transforms it into an empty tomb." God takes a mess and makes a miracle. God takes our mess and makes something beautiful. What God does with suffering he makes beauty. This is the whole point in why Jesus is who Jesus is. God enters into this life, experiences all that the life can bring and then does something new…shows us a way out…I am with you in suffering and will bring you new life. If this isn’t good news then there isn’t good news.

This is what we are about. We are not talking about each of us individual but as a community. That is what Pentecost is about. That is what the spirit is about. That is what we are about. To live…to love…and to be there for one another.

Faith is made whole in community.

This is about who we are; growing in the faith TOGETHER by serving one another with love.

We love because God first loved. As we gain a right understanding of how much worth and value each person has, as we come to see each other the way God sees us, then we will gain an appreciation for one another that will strengthen love and build community.