Shepherd's Gate Church

In our day-to-day pace of life, it can be easy for comfort to become our focus. At the table in our mind, often we place the wrong things nearer to us: our comfort, our possessions, our successes, our ego and our pride. We experience freedom when we have the courage to look outsideof ourselves, toward a God who exalts the humble.

Our fears can sometimes seem logical, and sometimes they are irrational. This week, we remember that God is able, and that when we set our eyes on Him and refuse to look away, everything changes. We name the wind and the waves that crash around us, but we need to focus and fill our minds, hearts, and mouths with praise for the One who brings us through the storm – Jesus.

Miracles can seem like a distant past, but what if we knew that miracles still happen every day all around us? What if our hearts were awakened with joy and wonder, and our eyes were opened to see that Jesus is still at work today, in your life, and in every life around us? Through Him, we not only hope for the miracle, we believe for the unbelievable.

Miracles can seem like a distant past, but what if we knew that miracles still happen every day all around us? What if our hearts were awakened with joy and wonder, and our eyes were opened to see that Jesus is still at work today, in your life, and in every life around us? Through Him, we not only hope for the miracle, we believe for the unbelievable.

Miracles can seem like a distant past, but what if we knew that miracles still happen every day all around us? What if our hearts were awakened with joy and wonder, and our eyes were opened to see that Jesus is still at work today, in your life, and in every life around us? Through Him, we not only hope for the miracle, we believe for the unbelievable.

Miracles can seem like a distant past, but what if we knew that miracles still happen every day all around us? What if our hearts were awakened with joy and wonder, and our eyes were opened to see that Jesus is still at work today, in your life, and in every life around us? Through Him, we not only hope for the miracle, we believe for the unbelievable.

Peter’s decisiveness puts us in awe of how bold and sure he was of his faith and trust in Christ. Yet Peter was the same one who denied even knowing Jesus three times when Jesus was being persecuted. Just as Peter denied Jesus three times, Jesus offers Peter forgiveness and love three times as he calls out Peter’s faith and then calls him to carry out the calling before him to feed the lambs and sheep of Christ’s flock. His influence to the church comes from the forgiveness offered by Christ, a restoration only given through the grace of Christ.

As we see David’s life, we can be enamored by his faithfulness and willingness to fightGoliath. His faithfulness was strong against Goliath, but weak against his own fleshlystruggles and desires. The same God who carried out such great victoriesthrough David is also the same God who calls David to repentance and vows todiscipline David for his unfaithfulness.

Moses challenged God and pushed back in his disbelief of what God was telling him hewas capable of doing. It wasn’t through his incredible belief that he became an influencer to an entire nation, it was through who his belief was in that made it all possible.

This week we take a look at the life of Abraham. We see that Abraham’s influence isn’t because he was trusting enough, but really because our God is trustworthy enough. As you and I continue to grow in owning our influence, may we too realize that our hope for our future doesn’t lie in our ability to trust, but in God’s worthiness to be trusted.