When you think of Jesus, do you think of something that someone else has told you? When you picture God, are you recalling stories that happened to other people? The Apostle Paul tells the Ephesians that their experience directly with Christ is different from what the world around them would tell them. How have you, personally, learned Christ?

Can knowing and declaring your calling negate humility? True lowliness and humility is having confidence in our identity and calling. Are you walking in the confidence that God has called you to something without being prideful?

Be sure to listen to the special music that Ruth and Rebekah Cook shared with us after the sermon.

Can knowing and declaring your calling negate humility? True lowliness and humility is having confidence in our identity and calling. Are you walking in the confidence that God has called you to something without being prideful?

Be sure to listen to the special music that Ruth and Rebekah Cook shared with us after the sermon.

When we consider the calling of Joseph in the Bible we have the benefit of the years. We can see how one thing led to another and how the dreams he had in his youth were fulfilled by things that happened afterward. How about us? Do we clearly see our calling at the beginning, or is it more of a journey with God?

When you think of God calling someone do you think of monks and nuns? Do you think of famous preachers and missionaries? Is calling a complicated thing for you to think about? It is possible that the call of God is a lot simpler than we often think. Have you heard the voice of the Father calling you to Himself?

If we think of walking worthy as the need to repay Christ for his sacrifice for us, it becomes an impossibly heavy burden. However, if we realize what His intent was for us, and how He wants us to walk in Him, walking worthy is indeed an easy burden and a light yoke. Are you walking worthy of the death and resurrection of Christ?

Is your Christian life lacking the miraculous? Are you ready to abolish your ministry because of hardness of heart? How do you know if you have a hardened heart? Is it possible to un-harden your heart?

Family was God's idea. The Father wanted children. Everything we long for, or love, in our earthly fathers is a desire placed in our hearts by our Heavenly Father. Have you experienced the overwhelming love of the Heavenly Father- even in the absence of love in earthly relationships?

Walking in the Spirit includes walking in the Spirit in our marriage relationship. Have you experienced what God wants for you in your family relationships?

The Fellowship of the Mystery is an ongoing fellowship of discovering how many ways God can redeem broken humanity. Have you considered how many things God has redeemed from already? What still needs to be redeemed in your life?