The Perfecting Church

As those born of Love, we’ve been supernaturally equipped to live in Beloved Community. Our rebirth and renewal changes everything—our new life resting securely on the foundation of our immersion into His abiding Love. Love is not just what we do; Love is who we are.

Love God's 4-Letter Word: Perfecting Love
428 views Streamed live 22 hours ago Introduction: At some point real love shows itself in what it does, not simply in what it says or feels. Love that says or feels but never does, is not real love. We try to really love, but apart from God we can’t – God is love. In order to perfect lov(s): NKJV
1John4:15-18
8.7.2022 Message Takeaways
Confessing is more than saying with our mouths – it’s reflected in our lives.
The God who is love teaches us to abide in His love.
Love is perfected in us when it becomes who we are.

Over the last five years, popular culture has become inundated with spirituality, particularly New ageism. On any given day now, you can walk into a store and find crystals, and books with a concentration on chakras and the power of the mind. It is Indeed fascinating to explore the possibilities of being able to manifest one’s own destiny, ideas that we find in both Christianity and beyond. The question, however, is, are these things true? Am I really the master of my own fate, Is it possible to manifest my own destiny and if so, is this the way God intended for it to be?

The God who is Love came to deliver us from lesser loves. When our affections for created things exceed our affections for the Creator of all things we become enslaved. The God who is Love is lifting us and restoring us to our identity and destiny in the Beloved.

Being chosen in the Beloved changes every aspect of our human existence. We’ve been restored to the Godhead the source of love and life – the God of creation. Our lives have become a response and a result of His grace and lovingkindness. We must learn to live in love, from love and for love. We have been chosen in the beloved.

Scripture(s) NKJV:

Ephesians 1:3
Ephesians 1:4
Ephesians 1:5,6
Ephesians 1:3-6

Message Takeaways
Our praise of God is distinct from all other praise or it isn’t praise of God at all.
When we choose what God chose for us, we discover what God has prepared for us.
Love has predestined a destiny for us far better than any destiny we could accomplish on our own.

In a world filled with complexities and confusion how is one organism — the Church — to have clarity on its mission and purpose? We must look to and hear from Jesus, that we might grasp the mission and the mandate from the Master.

Love may very well be the most used and abused word ever uttered by mankind. It’s been used to describe our mothers, favorite ice creams and travel destinations. It’s been used to manipulate, corrupt and to restore. Some of us can remember our first love and some of us have experienced so much relational pain, we’ve sworn to never love again. But long before there was a mother, difficult break up or travel destination – even before the world was, there was love. God is love and love is His four-letter word, more than anything else.

Scripture(s): NKJV

Graduation is always a time to celebrate the accomplishment of completing a course of studies or a program. But just as graduation is about completion, graduation is about launching out for something new. With the certificate or degree or competencies that you come away with, you now have the capacity to make change in your community, in the society and in your own life. However, a piece of paper or even reading books or passing a test isn’t enough to enable and empower you to actually change the world. You will need a set of divine instructions to set you apart for actually changing the world once you graduate to launch out. This set of divine instructions come from none other than the divine architect that will help us build a structure that will stand long after we depart from our assignment.

In track and field, wind assistance is the benefit an athlete receives during a race as registered by a wind gauge. Due to a tailwind’s ability to enhance performance in certain events, there’s a limit to how much assisting wind an athlete may perform under if the performance is to establish a record. In life, we all need to run a wind-aided race, and there is nothing that pushes us forward like the tail-wind of a good father. The bible and empirical data prove that few things are a predictor of success in life like the presence of an active father – I would argue nothing aids in life like the wind-assistance of a present, active, godly father.

So much of our torment, anxiety, irrational fear, unresolved frustration and deep-seated anger is rooted in an unwillingness to accept our God given limits. We've not only been designed by God we've been limited by God. We can't embrace and find joy in who we are, if we're unwilling to embrace and find joy in who we are not. We have all been limited by design.