Walking in Truth

When you’re lost and you’re looking for directions, sometimes it’s actually helpful to stop and ask where to go, from someone who might know the way. So when it comes to asking for help or directions about your future, you should absolutely stop and ask someone! Pastor Johnny wants you to know today that just because you may not have everything figured out doesn’t disqualify you from accepting the most important direction! Every person on earth is just looking to find answers.

Wouldn’t it be neat to be reading a book while the author was looking on? You could get insight and little tidbits that the author thought about while writing the plotline. Well in today’s teaching, Pastor Johnny states that the Bible is unique, because while you’re reading this unusual book, you have the author of it right there with you, each step of the way! He can help you try to understand and take the things you read, and then apply them in your life! What a great opportunity to know the Author of the Bible!

Isn’t it cute when a daddy calls his little girl, and she comes willingly, knowing she’s safe and secure in the arms of her daddy? But if that same man called another child who didn’t belong to him, that girl wouldn’t respond the same way, because she doesn’t know him. In today’s teaching, Pastor Johnny goes into how people who know and believe in Jesus follow Him because they trust Him. If you’re not a follower of Jesus, He wants you to become one! So be willing to listen, and to follow!

When you feel forced to do something, it’s frustrating, because you feel like you have no choice in the matter. Most of the time, doing something that’s forced on you is unpleasant, and can be traumatic. So why would you think that God would force something on you when it comes to following Him? God wants your heart only if YOU desire that. In Pastor Johnny’s teaching today, he gets to the point that Jesus is the ultimate gentleman. He wants to woo you and pursue you if you’re willing!

When you’re so hungry and you’re not sure if you’ll go on, you’ll eat about anything. But something that can be filling and satisfying is eating bread! It’s no wonder then, that Jesus related Himself to bread, and being like bread for your soul. It’s good and filling and brings you a sense of satisfaction that you might not have otherwise. Today, Pastor Johnny helps you see that Jesus is life, and without Him, you’re famished and hungry, looking for fulfillment in all the wrong places. Let Jesus be what fills you!

For most people across the globe, bread is something that the majority of people love and can fill their stomachs with. But what Pastor Johnny is teaching today is what can fill your soul. It certainly isn’t bread that you eat. Well in today’s passage, Jesus has an answer for you of what will truly satisfy your soul, even more than the way that freshly baked bread can fulfill your appetite for your stomach. It’s even more important for your soul to be well-fed than for your stomach to be gratified!

Most likely, you’re familiar with seeing pictures of malnourished children in third-world countries. It’s sad, and your heart goes out to those kids who are so hungry. But have you ever considered that you might be spiritually malnourished? This is even more damaging to you as a person than being physically without food! In today’s teaching, Pastor Johnny wants you to see the value of being spiritually fed by God’s Word, and that without it, you’re in a place that’s more serious than hunger.

Think of your favorite restaurant and the food you look forward to eating there for dinner. You crave it, and are excited for it all day! But by the time you get to eat it…as enjoyable as it might have been, you’re still going to be hungry tomorrow. That favorite food of yours just doesn’t satisfy in a long-term way. So many things in life are this way too…not just food! You try to satisfy a desire to be thrilled, or surprised, or have pleasure, but it doesn’t last. Pastor Johnny tells you today what does last.

When you see a thunderstorm building in the summer, you know it might bring about a lot of rain, and maybe even some hail. But you also know that this type of storm doesn’t linger or stick around all day. It builds and rolls through, but then it moves on, and eventually settles down. In today’s teaching, Pastor Johnny helps you realize that there are storms that come up in life, but they don’t stay forever. They stir things up, but then they move on or stop eventually. May that bring you hope today!

When you think of a storm on the sea, it’s easy to assume that it will always lead to disaster. But what if you were tossed to-and-fro and there was somehow, a good outcome from it all? You didn’t drown or become destitute from being out in the middle of the ocean, without food or water. Well today, Pastor Johnny wants you to see that there are reasons why you might be going through a hard time. The outcome may turn out for good, but it might require you to go through some trial to learn or grow.