To Serve Mankind

Let's be honest, God calls us to things we don't jump right to... so we discuss how to overcome complacency, laziness, and even rebellion, giving attention to God's Word/instruction and honoring Him with our willing obedience.  Real stories from real people, applicable to your life and your situation.

When Jesus makes something, it is GOOOOOOOOOD!  Just like when God called His creation of the earth and everything in it good.  It lacked nothing.  It was complete.  It is good.  Jesus makes and remakes in the best way possible, when we are willing to follow His plans obediently in faith.

When Jesus says, "Come Get Some," we can be sure that there are some to be got!  We have to get on board with Jesus' plan... obedient to His instructions - and we will catch like we've never caught before.  Prepare to catch a bunch of truth, a bunch of faith, a bunch of "men" = disciples.

As you live your life as a Christian, at home, in your neighborhood, at school, at work, at play - do you yet have the faith to speak boldly and see the signs and wonders that follow those who truly believe that God will do what He said He will do?  Or are you timid and fruitless?  God wants you to be bold, to speak, and become fruitful and multiply, all in the name of Jesus.

Asking Jesus, "how do You know me" is kind of like asking the sun, "how are you so hot?"  Nevertheless, Nathanael asks this question and we process together in this message that brings clarity to just how well Jesus knows each and every one of us - and how we are meant to engage because of it.

Philip answers Nathanael's good question about Messiah with the words, "come and see" and immediately we read about Nathanael being on his way... to see Jesus!

Hezekiah had an uphill battle to fight, against shadows of past leadership, family, culture... thankfully, God's plans for his life to be spared and for him to become a good king came to pass.  Be encouraged and begin expecting God to show up and provide for you suddenly as you live for Him.

Conversationally, immediately following a sermon titled "come and see," we focus our attention on how to actually get out there and make disciples, following Philip's humble example of using three little words... "Come and see."  If Christians aren't knowledgeable or comfortable with the beginning steps and impetus towards making disciples, we tend to simply not do it - which means the Great Commission is forever ignored, and we must reverse this dire trend among the Church.  Find out how.

Today, Karla Luther moderates the conversation that accompanied the message, Following Him, as we discover the steps of following Jesus... applying His example directly and immediately to our own Christian experience as true disciples who follow Jesus.

Did Jesus just tell me to wake up?  Is He calling me intentionally blind?  Surely, Jesus compassionately draws the attention of every true disciple to the reality that there are so many all around each of us ready to enter into new life in Him, if we will only see them as they are, in truth, with love, and offer them entrance.  May we all, as followers of Jesus, embrace the truth and then obediently carry out His instructions.