As we consider the people who need Christ in the communities around us, we must realize that we don’t have an option—we must go and reach them! God has put us where we are to be a lighthouse for Him.  And as Pastor Ford explains how he and the believers at Christ Bible Church will be striving to reach their own community, he’ll be asking us to consider this today—are we ready to make a difference where we are?

As we continue our series on worship, Pastor James Ford turns to Isaiah 40 and explains that this passage drives us to worship God, by giving us a glimpse of His glory, so we would be mesmerized by His majesty, blinded by His beauty and humbled by His holiness.

As we continue to look at how we are victorious through Christ, Pastor Ford will remind us that we all have sinned and have fallen short of the glory of God.  That fact made us unqualified to come before a Holy God.  But then Jesus gave us His name.  And when He gave us His name, we became qualified.  Because no longer do we have our own names, but now we can do everything in His name.

The reason why all we do is win, win, win is because out of the seven and a half billion people in the world today, God chose each of us as believers to be part of His family.  He chose us!  So, after considering that amazing truth, one might then ask, how could we not win?

Pastor Ford will explain today that if we are praying for something that is not attached to the purpose of God, then we shouldn’t expect it to happen.  The questions we ought to ask when we want something from God are these—will this glorify the person of Jesus Christ?  Will this fulfill the purpose of Jesus Christ?

Pastor Ford will remind us today that when Christ is not valued in our lives above all, He is not valued at all.  A lot is out of place in our lives because Christ is not in first place. 

We need to remember that because Jesus is invincible, we can be victorious through our trials.  We need to know that life is more than just what’s happening to us.  Life is about what’s happening for us. All things work together for good to those who love the Lord and are called according to His purposes.

Pastor Ford wants us to realize that if we start telling God, “This is the day that the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad, even in the midst of what we’re going through,” the Bible tells us that God is going to look at us and turn us from worriers into worshippers.

We take a break from our regular program line up to give Pastor Ford an opportunity to answer several listener questions.  The topics today include being filled with the Holy Spirit, determing God’s will for your life, and understanding more about the presence of the Lord.

As Christians we need to learn to trust God with our finances.  We may have the desire to get out of debt, but unless we put God first in everything related to our money, then Pastor Ford explains that we won’t be successful.   He says believers won’t get out of debt without putting God first.