Immanuel Fellowship

In this message we continue to talk about humility. But we see that to truly walk in humility, we must have a Biblical understanding of the sinfulness of man. This truth, or doctrine, is not something that should be depressing. Actually, this truth brings freedom. We no longer have to keep up the deception of being who we are not..... which leads to pride. When we understand our sinfulness, we set ourselves up for receiving God’s grace.

During these confusing and turbulent times we must be listening to what God is wanting to teach us. One thing He is wanting to do within the Church is to take us to a deeper level of humility. In this message we see the high value God places on humility, and how He is opposed to all forms of pride. In fact, we can count on God to expose pride in us.

One thing in life is certain. We will have storms on this lifetime. We will look at a couple of times when Jesus and His disciples encountered storms. What did Jesus want to teach them about storms? We will see that among other things that God is wanting to take us to a new level of trust.

As we look ahead to the year 2021, and really for the foreseeable future, the one thing we can probably count on is uncertainty. Uncertainty is forcing us to learn to trust the Lord at a new level. That is good. God does not want us to be floundering or fighting uncertainty but He is wanting us to learn to live and thrive with uncertainty. We also talk about the need to focus on God’s purposes and goals, rather than our own. That’s because His purposes will be established in spite of the uncertainty of today’s world.

We often talk about all the Old Testament prophecies concerning the birth, life, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. But there are also many Old Testament prophecies concerning the people of God... some amazing things spoken to us who are living after the time of Jesus. In this message we look at just a few of these prophetic words given to us in the book of Isaiah. These will encourage and motivate us for the destiny God has for us.

We continue to look at the wonder of the Incarnation. It is truly amazing how God planned the sending of His Son to earth in great detail. The focus in this message is how He planned for Jesus to born in Bethlehem. We talk about how He did this, and what is the prophetic significance of being born in Bethlehem.

The Incarnation is one of the most amazing, miraculous, and powerful truths in the Scripture. In today’s message we look at how God planned the Great Arrival of His Son for centuries ahead....really since the beginning of time. This week we focus on the miraculous way God lead the magi to Bethlehem. May we all grow in our understanding and wonder of the Incarnation!

We continue to talk about the need for integrity in this message. We look at some other passages in the book of Proverbs, and we talk about what it means practically to walk in integrity. Three areas in particular that we must exercise integrity are in our speech, with our money, and in our relationships . Another way to describe this is for us to do our best to maintain always a clean and clear conscience.

We continue to talk about areas of hypocrisy that can destroy the testimony of the Church. One area is the lack of integrity. It is true that in today’s world integrity is largely ignored, or even mocked. But we cannot allow this to happen in our lives. As we see in this message, God greatly values integrity among His people. In fact, He promises that those who walk in integrity will be the ones who will abide in His presence, who will be blessed, and who will never be shaken. This is Part 1 in which we talk about what is integrity and how can we truly walk in it.