Ember Church Sunday Sermon

This week we’re having real talk about sin and the incredible gift of God’s forgiveness. We’re heading into the book of Judges as we continue to journey through the Old Testament and discover more about Yahweh’s amazing Love.

God started something a few months ago about us loving him regardless of anything he may or may not do. Then he took us into obedience because there is no way that we can know everything that he has in his mind and heart and so we need to just follow whatever he is saying. This week God brings it all to an amazing culmination in showing us how to live, and be, like Jesus. So easy… So profound!!! Can't wait for you to experience this!

Have you ever thought about whether God has a plan for you, and if so, how do you do it? And what happens when you fail? Are you stuck living God's backup plan for your life, or can you get back to the life he originally had for you? This Sunday we're looking at the Shema, which the most quoted verse in the Old Testament for the Hebrew people, and how it shows us how our view of God's will is different than we think.

When you think of the law, do you think it is a bunch of rules and regs, do’s and don’ts. Experience this and find out how that is not even remotely what they actually are. And feel how when we know what they really are they are fulfilled by us without even trying. And lastly, discover how when we do that, we finally fulfill what God was wanting us to do for the world – something the Israelites failed to do, and so we, until, hopefully, now!

For years we have been discussing Simple Obedience – the kind where we lay aside every other concern, thought, understanding so that we are oriented only to doing what ever he is leading. But it turns out that kind of obedience, while indeed simple, is actually quite radical in what we have to do to get there. Experience a foundational story that God brings to the Israelites to show us how far beyond anything we can think or imagine His ways truly are! It is inspirational!!!

When it was time for the Israelites to move into the land Yahweh had promised them, 10 scouts brought scary news and two brought hopeful news. How could there be two opposing reports? Was this a battle of glass-half-empty and glass-half-full personalities? Are Christians supposed to be positive people who always see the bright side? This week we’re continuing in Numbers and our journey through the Old Testament as Justine Morris asks “What does it mean to truly be God’s people?”

This is just so good. I know I’m not the best person to say this, but I so wish you could be in my shoes and feel how lovingly and powerfully He is leading us! Just wait until you experience this one. (And truly it is one that has be be experienced!)

Do the Old Testament Laws of God have any worth in our lives today? This Sunday Justine Morris is leading us in a look at the law book of Leviticus and the heart of Yahweh.

Sometimes the things God reveals are lighter than air and yet as big and profound as the Universe. To try and capture then communicate this using mere words is nearly impossible – words are too confined to capture His breath. But if He breathes Life into those words… Pray that the words He speaks through me this week enrapture us these transcendent heights because I want you to see this incredible beautiful revelation…

This Sunday we’ll hear from John Battermann as he shares on lessons learned while wandering in the wilderness.