Jesus is Real Radio with Daniel Fusco

We spend our whole lives preparing...getting ready for a job after finishing school, planning weddings, preparations for having a child...with all that planning, we know that things don't always go as planned. Today, Pastor Daniel takes us through the beginning of Joseph and Mary's life together...and an unexpected child that changed the world.

Many families, friendships, even nations have been divided over petty things...insignificant things. The church should not participate in divisions when they're not backed up by the Word. As we'll find out in this teaching...God's people can do amazing things, but could do even more as a united body of believers in Jesus.

We all have a desire for food. But even the most basic of instincts can become deadly when it becomes a consuming desire...gluttony. It's overwhelming to realize that every desire you have could possibly lead to your destruction. But as we'll hear today, it can all be tempered under the authority of Jesus.

We've all heard people wonder, out of frustration...why can't people just let people live the way they want to? But the truth is, even those who say that have an idea about how people should live...the choices they make. Today Pastor Daniel explains the problem with all of us wanting to be little gods...and who can remedy that.

Justice is getting what you deserve, mercy is not getting what you deserve, and grace is getting what you don't deserve. None of us are owed anything but justice, but with Jesus, instead we get grace. Today's message will explain why God is so concerned with life. We are valuable to Him, we are His creation.

Fast internet, fast commutes, fast food...we are a culture of immediacy. But, that's not always God's way. As Pastor Daniel takes us through Noah's story...we'll hear just how patient Noah was for God's timing. We are impatient, but there is blessing in waiting on Him. We can't anticipate the ending, but we can count on Him to be faithful.

Commitments are easy to make, but not always easy to keep...unless we're talking about God. As we hear about how the flood played out, we'll see, in everything...how totally committed God was to Noah and His promises to him. We can count on God's promises to us, and as a reflection of Him, we must keep our commitments as well.

In our culture, as we age, we're expected to eventually turn on the cruise control...as if everything important we've done is finished. As far as God is concerned, He'll use you mightily if you remain obedient to Him. Noah was an older man, but God was able to accomplish everything because His strength is limitless.

Building an ark from specific instructions, for a flood that seemed impossible...only a person devoted to God would say 'yes' to that. But that's what Noah was, obedient. And as Pastor Daniel will teach today, obedience is the highest form of worship to the Father. As we commit to obedience to Him, He is praised.

Before the flood, people had gone their own way. With hearts so far from God, there was nothing left except judgment. That's where pride takes us, and that's why, as we'll hear in today's message, the best place for any believer is in the dust at the foot of the cross. We are all dependent on the grace of God, all the time.