Experience Church

There are many little-known or unnamed people and many well-known characters in the bible - but God presented himself to every one of them. And he wants to touch us, too - to reaffirm, empower and renew us today!

Us lying? Never! But what about raising our reputation at the expense of others, speaking in grey terms or repeating something we hear about someone we don't like?

Even if we aren't abusing God's name to curse something or someone, we as Christians can still misuse his name in four different ways.

At Jesus' birth the angel proclaimed "good will toward men" - so what exatly is good will?

When facing sticky situations and confronted with challenging decisions, it's human nature to go for the easy option, the quick fix option, or the comfortable option. We often try option a, b, c, d, e and f before we try option G - the God option. But how can we address our everyday temptations and fears which all too often make Him our last resort instead of our first resort?

The Goliaths in our life are trying through intimidation to get us into a fight as individuals - but we are meant to win victories together. And when we are sticking together, confidence is going to rise up.

David asked God for one thing - that he might dwell in his house forever. What is the one thing in your relationship with God that you have to focus on? And what can we learn about that from Jesus and Paul?

Christianity isn't about behavior modification. A person can be made to conform their behavior to anything by outside forces - but behavior modification doesn't make you love God. It's a heart conversion.

We have an integrity problem based on a misconception: that we can add Christ to our lives but not subtract sin. We need to get away from false to true repentance: God doesn't just want us to be sorry, we need to have faith for our future.

How do we react to times of famine? Do we see God differently? Do we act differently? Do we compromise or settle? We need to put famine-breaking faith and prayer into action.