Second At 10 @ Forest Lake Church Sermon Podcast

Maybe the greatest risk in life is not to risk. In risk we can find joy in life no matter our circumstances here on earth, and it can help us find who God is, and who we are in Him.

Extending compassion and kindness to those who don't deserve it, THAT is the business that the Father is in. And Jesus is in His Father's business, and calls us to join with Him.

We often find ourselves in situations that may be dangerous, sometimes in physical danger, sometimes in relationship. But God is our ever present hope in trouble, and will help us find our way back to safety.

Jesus showed us what it means to live in the culture of His Kingdom, but it is our choice every day whether we want to align our lives with His or not.

Jesus calls us to do hard things like accepting that He is in control of everything, including the government and its officials. And if the earthly government collides with God, He asks us to have the courage to stand with Him still.

Love must be the foundation the Church is built on. Nothing else is strong enough. Love is the identity of the people of God.

Outside of your relationship with God, there should be nothing more important in this world than protecting your relationship with your spouse. Then you as a couple become a living example of God's relationship with the church.

It is possible for us to spend our entire lives in church, proclaiming the coming of Jesus, sharing how much God loves us, how merciful He is...but if we don't have love for everyone and always, we've completely missed the point.

God calls us to live it every where, every time, with every one because the world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.

Worship is a decision, it's a state of mind, an attitude, a posture. It is our heart and our mind making a decision for Christ, so we can't help but have Him overflow from our lives. That is what it means to worship in spirit and in truth.

Being sure you are right, and purging those who are wrong, sometimes seems like the road to peace. But it isn’t. Only love, as revealed through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, brings peace, and joy, and harmony. We are here to build the Kingdom of God by each of us, alone and together, living the Gospel in everything we do. And step one to achieving this goal is: we must love one another.

The thing the world will know is by is our love. In our lives, our conversations, our Tweets, and our online posts we should be showing the love of Christ as He would.

If you give your whole heart to Jesus and make Him Lord of your life, He has promised that He will guide your path.

Jesus wants to give us a wonderful gift that we can share with others. Even when we're at what seems like our lowest point, He's by our side and we can turn a hardship into something to rejoice over. What gift does Jesus want to bring to you right now?

God loves us so much that He sent Jesus to deliver us. Have you let Jesus save you from your sins? Have you done the hard work you need to do today?

When Satan tells you that you are a sinner, and cannot hope to receive blessing from God, tell him that Christ came into the world to save sinners.

We are all temples or reference points to show the world the God who is love. The Spirit will use us as a way for God to reveal Himself to people as a God who wants to be with them.

The Bridge says thank you and farewell to Pastor Bernie and his family as he embarks on his new role with the World Vision organization.

If we don't jump in and desire to experience the fullness of what God wants to do in our lives, we run the danger of just "faking it until we make it" which means we will never make it spiritually.