Resurrection Life Church

Confidence is more than just being bold, intelligent, self assured, or any other adjective you could add. Confidence come from knowing who you are and whose you are. Our confidence isn't created because we chant mantra everyday. Nor is it created by going to self-help seminars or reading countless books about it. As believers and followers of Jesus Christ our confidence is found and form in and through our relationship with God through His son Jesus Christ.

It His Holy Spirit that empowered the "lowly" disciples and especially Peter on the day of Pentecost to "speak boldly" and see more than 3000 people come to profess Jesus Christ as Lord. These we unlearned and uneducated men. How could they stand before others who were more qualified than they and speak with such boldness and confidence? They knew who they belonged to and who actually held their destiny in His hand.

Confidence is a result of our intimate relationship with God. We don't have to work it up. We don't have to be good enough, smart enough, talent enough, because Jesus is more than enough. We simply have to yield our will to Him and allow His Holy Spirit the freedom to produce the same spirit in us that was in Jesus when He walked the earth.

We really can do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens us.

"Young people these days." Older people have been saying that literally for centuries. Why? Because they are young and haven't lived life yet and don't know or experienced what adults have. Does that disqualify them? Absolutely not. Here at Resurrection Life we don't believe there is a "junior" Holy Spirit. The same Spirit that enables us as adults to move and live in the power of God is the same Spirit that lives in young people.

God has always chosen to use a younger generation to usher in a fresh move of His spirit. History bears this to be true. Why? Because a younger generation hasn't "been there and done that" yet and are more open and receptive to the moving of God's Holy Spirit because they simply believe that God will do what He says He will do. Not that adults don't believe, but unfortunately our experiences can either betray us or enable us. A younger generation has been blessed with a fresh outlook because life hasn't tainted or disrupted their child-like vision and faith.

You will see today how God is moving among young people in our area and how the Holy Spirit is growing and maturing them day by day. Just maybe, God will use them to reignite a fire in us as adults to "just believe that God will do what He said He would do!"

"Young people these days." Older people have been saying that literally for centuries. Why? Because they are young and haven't lived life yet and don't know or experienced what adults have. Does that disqualify them? Absolutely not. Here at Resurrection Life we don't believe there is a "junior" Holy Spirit. The same Spirit that enables us as adults to move and live in the power of God is the same Spirit that lives in young people.

God has always chosen to use a younger generation to usher in a fresh move of His spirit. History bears this to be true. Why? Because a younger generation hasn't "been there and done that" yet and are more open and receptive to the moving of God's Holy Spirit because they simply believe that God will do what He says He will do. Not that adults don't believe, but unfortunately our experiences can either betray us or enable us. A younger generation has been blessed with a fresh outlook because life hasn't tainted or disrupted their child-like vision and faith.

You will see today how God is moving among young people in our area and how the Holy Spirit is growing and maturing them day by day. Just maybe, God will use them to reignite a fire in us as adults to "just believe that God will do what He said He would do!"

Part of who we are is all because of one thing; Salvation. If it were not for the saving grace of a holy righteous God we would not be able to be call the sons and daughters of God. Though salvation is the foundation of who we are it is not the end of who we are. It is the rock upon which all the rest is built. Without the salvation of mankind through God's son Jesus we are a lost, wandering and groping in the darkness people. Those who have found salvation find there identity in not what they do for God but in who He is in us and who we are in Him.

The story of salvation is all about a people who were born into royalty and were deceived into forfeiting their rightful place as heirs by a bitter and resentful being. However, their father had a plan that could only be call divine. Those people lost their identity and for thousands of years were plummeted into a selfish and egocentric life that was passed down to generation to generation. Then Jesus Christ showed up and changed everything. It all seemed so different because He said and did things that were not only unconventional but were literal oxymorons. In order to live you had to die. If you want to keep something you had to give it away. He was and still is salvation of all mankind and is the central focus of the story.

This week Jacob Hickman share how the story of salvation affects our identity and who we are.

Part of who we are is all because of one thing; Salvation. If it were not for the saving grace of a holy righteous God we would not be able to be call the sons and daughters of God. Though salvation is the foundation of who we are it is not the end of who we are. It is the rock upon which all the rest is built. Without the salvation of mankind through God's son Jesus we are a lost, wandering and groping in the darkness people. Those who have found salvation find there identity in not what they do for God but in who He is in us and who we are in Him.

The story of salvation is all about a people who were born into royalty and were deceived into forfeiting their rightful place as heirs by a bitter and resentful being. However, their father had a plan that could only be call divine. Those people lost their identity and for thousands of years were plummeted into a selfish and egocentric life that was passed down to generation to generation. Then Jesus Christ showed up and changed everything. It all seemed so different because He said and did things that were not only unconventional but were literal oxymorons. In order to live you had to die. If you want to keep something you had to give it away. He was and still is salvation of all mankind and is the central focus of the story.

This week Jacob Hickman share how the story of salvation affects our identity and who we are.

Part of who we are and our identity comes from our family. Whether we like it or not our family has a lot to do with how we see ourselves. For some that does sit real well with you because you come from a very disfunctional family. However in the kingdom of God our father is good and only wants the best for and from His children. He has provided us with what we need through Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit to be the sons and daughter of God and to be part of the family that impact the world in which it exist.

There are a few things we as family members need to realize in the physical and spiritual worlds. First He is our Father and wants us to call Him Father. Also there are somethings our Father expects. We may think they are beyond us to achieve but He has empowered us through His Holy Spirit to do it and to be His children. Being part of the family is not just what you give but also what you get as being a part. Being part of the family give us Purpose, Power and Passion. These and much more are who we are.

Part of who we are and our identity comes from our family. Whether we like it or not our family has a lot to do with how we see ourselves. For some that does sit real well with you because you come from a very disfunctional family. However in the kingdom of God our father is good and only wants the best for and from His children. He has provided us with what we need through Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit to be the sons and daughter of God and to be part of the family that impact the world in which it exist.

There are a few things we as family members need to realize in the physical and spiritual worlds. First He is our Father and wants us to call Him Father. Also there are somethings our Father expects. We may think they are beyond us to achieve but He has empowered us through His Holy Spirit to do it and to be His children. Being part of the family is not just what you give but also what you get as being a part. Being part of the family give us Purpose, Power and Passion. These and much more are who we are.

The theory of evolution puts man on the same level as the animal kingdom, making us no different than they are. The value of a human according to evolution is the same as a frog, cat, dog or monkey. However, biblical creation teaches us that God created man in His image. He formed man from the dust of the earth in His image, not physical appearance, but in the fact that we are a triune being just as He is; Spirit, Soul and Body. God the Holy Spirit, God the Father, and God the Son; Jesus Christ the personification of God. Thus placing mankind on a whole different level than the animals and giving us a divine value.

Adam did not become a "living soul" until God breathed the "breath of life" into him . The word "breath" here is translated from the Hebrew word "nesh-aw-maw" which means "spirit". The difference between man and the animal kingdom is the very spirit of God was given to us and not to the animals. This means that we as his creation, formed in His image can and should have an intimate relationship with Him.

His very breath is in us. Each breath we take comes from our Father God and it is He who gives us value and identity. Our identity is not found in our appearance, accomplishments or ambitions. It is found in the very breath that He has breathed into us, His Spirit; the intangible part of man that was created to exist for eternity with Him and in Him.

The theory of evolution puts man on the same level as the animal kingdom, making us no different than they are. The value of a human according to evolution is the same as a frog, cat, dog or monkey. However, biblical creation teaches us that God created man in His image. He formed man from the dust of the earth in His image, not physical appearance, but in the fact that we are a triune being just as He is; Spirit, Soul and Body. God the Holy Spirit, God the Father, and God the Son; Jesus Christ the personification of God. Thus placing mankind on a whole different level than the animals and giving us a divine value.

Adam did not become a "living soul" until God breathed the "breath of life" into him . The word "breath" here is translated from the Hebrew word "nesh-aw-maw" which means "spirit". The difference between man and the animal kingdom is the very spirit of God was given to us and not to the animals. This means that we as his creation, formed in His image can and should have an intimate relationship with Him.

His very breath is in us. Each breath we take comes from our Father God and it is He who gives us value and identity. Our identity is not found in our appearance, accomplishments or ambitions. It is found in the very breath that He has breathed into us, His Spirit; the intangible part of man that was created to exist for eternity with Him and in Him.

Who am I? What am I here for? What's the meaning of life? Huge questions that mankind has been asking since his creation. Many have attempted to answer them with little to no success. Others have claimed to have the answers but can never give answers to people's satisfaction.

God has made us in His image thus giving us value and meaning. No, church or religion does not give us that value or meaning but an intimate relationship with God does. But how do we get that relationship and maintain it? That's what this series is all about.

God's love for us reveals His value for us in the fact that He did the unthinkable to restore us to right relationship with Him. He, sacrifice His only Son for us. The ransom that had to be paid was far beyond our ability to pay thus Jesus Christ. Today we will dip our toe in the huge ocean of finding our identity in Christ and eventually we will dive head first into that ocean with no reluctance because of who He is and who He is in us.