God is everywhere. He is always with us and He is always near us. When life comes at us in a hard way and we push Him aside, trying to fix things on our own, He's still there. When we're ready all we have to do is reach for Him, to praise Him, and He will come to us, always, because He loves us.

Do you ever wonder why God would want to bless us? Why He would love to do things for us? The answer is found in Matthew 5, verse 16: for you to tell somebody. We are to be the light of the world and the word of our testimony makes that light shine brighter to those who are seeking it.

We as believers are called out by God to not be of this world. We cannot live in this world and in God's promises thinking we can balance them both. The pull of this world is strong and if we aren't grounded in Him it can drag us willingly away.

The Gospel message of Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection is a powerful truth that can wreak the miraculous in our lives once we recognize that we need it. Only when this truth is realized and accepted does it become powerful as a witness in our lives.

Did God set man up for failure by putting the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the garden of Eden? This question begs itself in the Genesis account, but is answered in New Testament. God's plan was not for man's failure, but for his redemption.

For God to move in your life and to do a work, sometimes simply having faith (believing it will happen) is not enough. He is waiting for you to take the next step and reach out, putting your passion and intensity behind your faith to move God to move.

The Exodus account of Moses and the ten plagues of Egypt is shown as one of the clearest examples of Old Testament foreshadowing of New Testament Salvation.

Every path that we take is chosen by the decisions we make, leading to a destination. If suddenly we look up and don't like where our path is leading us, rather than pray for God to supernaturally intervene and change the destination, we have the ability to change it ourselves by making new decisions and forging a new pathway.

Instead of trying to control every aspect of your life on your own, put Jesus into those aspects and see the wonders God will work in your life.

Pastor Brown likens fasting to a sacrifice being laid on a biblical altar, noting that without the sacrifice, fire will not fall.