Higher Aim with Dr. Curt Dodd

The fullness of Christ covers every area of life - not just our faith, but our relationships, our jobs, our government, our history, and many other things. The Lord is so big and so great that His power and His love impacts anything and everything we will ever deal with on this earth. In this week's message, Dr. Dodd is going to talk about how to be completely full of the Lord so that so that He touches each area of your life in a way that gives you fulfillment, peace, and purpose as you continue to follow Him.

Most people today don’t go to church to show off their wardrobe. Nor do people come because they sense an obligation or an expectation that needs to be fulfilled. Rather, I people come to church or watch church on television because they’re looking for hope, they’re looking for help, and they’re looking for God to do something in their life. Once we realize that God is the source of this hope and this help, the best thing we can do is to point others to Him so that they can find what they’re looking for as well. The best legacy we could ever leave to those coming up behind is one that points other people to Jesus. And the only way we’re going to be able to do that is to understand that Jesus is greater than anything and everything we face in this life.

In this week's message, Dr. Dodd gives us the encouraging reminder that Jesus is greater than anything we will ever deal with or go through. He is greater than all of your sin. He is greater than your doubts, and He is greater than your insecurities. You are never too far out of His reach. You can never make a mistake He can't forgive. He is bigger than anything you'll encounter on this earth, and He will never leave you to fend for yourself.

When it comes to living a balanced life in the context of our relationship with Jesus, we must learn how to balance grace and truth. On one side of the equation, you have truth, which is the Word of God and His commandments for us to live by. And on the other side you have grace, which is what we experience when we receive something we don't deserve, like the love of Christ. It is important for us to know the value of both grace and truth. So in this message, Dr. Dodd will walk us through these two pillars of our faith and help us learn to balance them so we can live a balanced life.

Have you ever grown tired of waiting on God to provide, so you take matters into your own hands? God's timing isn't always the same as our timing, but that doesn't mean He fails to provide for us. In this week's message, Dr. Dodd shares a story about his own mother, as well as the biblically famous mother Sarai and her journey to motherhood. Using both of these stories, Dr. Dodd teaches us that trusting God is always a better option than worrying or trying to work things out on our own.

John 1:14 says, “We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” The phrase we’re going to look at in this week’s message is “one and only.” This statement is extremely important because it is a description of the deity of Jesus. If you believe Jesus is less than divine, and if you don’t believe He is the only and only way to a relationship with the Father, then you can’t go to heaven. You must believe that Jesus is your Savior, but also that He is good. To spend eternity with Him, you have to believe He is the one and only. So as we walk through this passage and this principle this week, we’ll take a look at a deeper explanation of the text, and then we’ll break down the application of how this applies directly to you and your walk with Christ.

John’s prologue, the first 18 verses, is the most powerful, poignant, theological treatise that’s ever been written to explain who God is. Because there is so much in this text, we cannot do it right unless we go slowly enough to digest and consume every nuance of these words. So, in this week’s message, we are going to talk about the Word made flesh. The difference between preaching and teaching is not volume. Teaching provides a lot of explanation to say what something means. Preaching moves toward application, asking the question, “so what now?” Therefore, you need to stay tuned for the entire message because not only are you going to learn about the Word, but you’re going to glean some insight and application that could change your life and give you hope like never before.

Do you feel like God is leading you to do something big, but you can't seem to get up the courage to pursue your calling? Be encouraged today as Dr. Dodd reminds us of when David slew Goliath, doing something that seemed impossible, but that became possible because of God.