Going to Luke 1 Pastor John looks at the miraculous births of John and Jesus and contrasts Zechariah's and Mary's responses. Ultimately, we need to adopt Mary's attitude and state “I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to [His] word.” Let us embrace the living words God speaks over and to us and do what He says.

Guest Speaker Les Lawrence joins us today and starts by reading a short drama on the prophecy fulfilled almost two thousand years ago.

Pastor Les then goes on to speak about Simeon, the man who spoke the prophecy, what he shared, and how even the most anonymous people to bring about the kingdom of God. If we will just allow ourselves to be used.

Concerned over how easy it is to misapply and misquote scripture, Pastor John starts with Matthew 6:33 and how it pertains to God meeting our needs. We often focus on how “these things will be added to us” and miss what the Father says - to seek the kingdom and to seek His righteousness. As an alternative to being motivated but what we think is key, Pastor John encourages us to be motivated by the question of ”Father, what do you want for me?”

Pastor John reminds us we need to pay attention to the words spoken to us. Not the words of other men, thinkers, or saints but the words God speaks to us, His promises. The Word activates our faith and our faith activates the Word. It is the Word united with our faith that empowers and enables us to succeed in our trials.

We know that it's impossible to please God without faith. Therefore, Pastor John begins by helping us understand what faith isn’t. It’s not our good feelings or positive thinking. Instead, Pastor John wants us to begin by defining faith with a Biblical understanding.

Today Pastor John looks to the life of Abraham to help us understand how to grow in our faith. We know faith comes by hearing and hearing from the Word but do we know how to strengthen our faith?

It starts by  realizing and truly accepting that He is above all things - even when things are unpleasant. But as Pastor John points out, our faith flourishes when we, like Abraham, give glory to God.

Today Pastor John reminds us of how critical, important, and foundational the Word is to our lives. If we go to the Word and it seems dead, the problem must be us. Therefore he reminds us we must approach it with an open mind and the expectation that the Lord wants to speak to us. And don't pull back when we are chastised by it. He does that out of His Love for us.

Michael Masambu joins this service and finishes teaching on three things that will help each of us:

Thanksgiving

Praise

Worship.

He finishes today with worship because it is through our worship that we acknowledge the holiness of God.

Michael Masambu joins this special service and continues to share three things that will help each of us:

Thanksgiving 

Praise

Worship.

Tonight he focuses on praise because through our praise we acknowledge the greatness of God.

Today Pastor John talks about what the Lord wants for Grace Assembly, for each and everyone of us. He wants a deeper relationship with us. But the heart of the matter is the matters with our hearts. The transformation of our head needs to change us to the core of our beings - our hearts.