There are prayers that God doesn't answer because our mindset and heart posture isn't in line with God's will. We pray without faith, for selfish reasons or out of self-righteousness. Yet, even when we pray seemingly according to God's will, we sometimes don't see an answer when and how we expect it because we're still missing the whole point of prayer.

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What does it mean to "know Christ"? Is it just an informational perceiving or understanding? No, rather in Philippians 3:10 it uses the word that emphasizes coming to know through experience and relationship. And the nature of our relationship with Christ determines how we interact with Him. Is it real, authentic and consistently growing closer?

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Our missions group, who just returned from Malawi, share updates and testimonies from their time there. They share about the lives of the people in the refugee camps and villages, and what transformative work God is doing in their lives through the hands of His church. While also encouraging the church in how we can continue to bless the people of Malawi. Pastor Vita then addresses a common myth that we may tend to believe about sharing Jesus.

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In the few small passages of Apostle Paul's letter where he mentions Tychicus, we see an example of God promoting someone due to their quiet, sometimes unnoticeable faithfulness. And the fact that a Godly faithful messenger carries more than just the message, but also the heart of the message and its author.

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As fathers, it's important to both provide for and also be present in your children's lives. This Father's Day, a panel of fathers from our church community respond to these questions of provision and presence. And what they have experienced and learned as fathers.

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A lot of modern Christianity has quietly become a kind of Christianity where we choose to live with illusions, avoiding the reality of the cost of the Gospel and of our calling. Apostle Paul shows us in Ephesians that he acknowledges the reality of his chains and suffering as a result of his calling, yet his prayer request still wasn't "get me out" but it was "don't let me go silent in here."

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There are many myths that we tend to believe over time about prayer. Yet, the Scriptures help dispel these myths. We are called to pray in the Spirit on every occasion, meaning we don't have to figure it out, the Holy Spirit figures it out with and through us. Also to pray persistently, staying alert to what God wants to do, and be specific in our prayers as an act of specific faith.

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For the spiritual battles God has called us to, He is dressing us with His own armor. And it's designed to be used as an active part of a community, a squad of fighter, not as a lone ranger. So, our church community is not optional, it is our battle formation. Now, there are 6 pieces of armor mentioned in Ephesians. What are they and what do they do?

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We are called to take part in a battle, not fought with human hands against flesh and blood, but against the spiritual powers of evil. But who is our adversary, how does he work, and what is he not? And what is the nature of our struggle, how do we battle the powers of evil? And if he was defeated by Christ on the cross, why do we battle him today? What are we ultimately fighting for?

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We were not saved merely to be rescued, we were saved to be recruited. Saved so that we pick up His armor and join a battle already in progress. We exist between the resurrection of Jesus and the resurrection of all God's people. That in-between space is not a waiting room, but a war zone. Yet, a war not fought with human strength and energy, but strengthened by the power of God.

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