Guest Speaker: John Brockschink // To Know God Is The Reason For Our Earthly Life

The forgiveness of God in Christ is one of the greatest treasures we could ever enjoy in this life

Drawing near to God today is not so much about where you go, but what you do. It is to seek him in worship and for relationship

Pursue his ways: every trial is an opportunity to grow closer to God, and to display the heart and character of God. And rest in his mercy: every trial is an opportunity to examine our hearts for sin, and to go deeper into God’s mercy.

Even when enemies are winning and God seems absent, we can trust in the Lord for help and salvation

Cry out to the LORD for salvation with expectation

For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. Romans 1:19-20

So when life falls apart, know that it’s okay to pray honesty. To pour out your sorrow and frustration before God. And it’s good to pray for help. To ask God to do for you what he alone can do. And it’s essential to pray with hope, looking to God and his loyal, steadfast love which meets us fully in the cross and resurrection of Christ

The promise of hope for God’s people involves the judgment of the wickedness and sin that has created the chaos and injustice of this world

Understanding who we are as frail humans made in God’s image moves us to celebrate how great and majestic God is over all the earth