An old man with a big grey beard floating on a cloud in a white robe. Sometimes our pictures of God are a little bit different than the truth about God. Sometimes our experiences and upbringing can make it difficult to see God clearly, but when we can see God clearly we can really see ourselves. So how do we know what God is really like?
Seeing Yourself Clearly
Self awareness is one of the most powerful tools we can have but unfortunately, it is missing from many of our "toolboxes". This week we explore how self-awareness is a gift from God that enables us to clearly see all aspects of our life, and to see how something someone wrote 2000 years ago can help us see ourselves clearly today.
The new year provides each of us with an opportunity for new possibilities bringing its own set of successes and challenges. Over the next four weeks we are going to be exploring how to see ourselves, God, and others clearly so that we can take our next steps and so that we have a great 2020.
See and Tell
What do you do when you eat a great meal? Or when you receive a great gift? What about when you get a promotion? Or buy a new car? Chances are that when something good happens to you, you want to tell others about it. But what if you saw the most fantastic thing of all? What would you do next?
The Cover of Darkness
Sometimes life can feel dark. Bills pile up, relationships are broken, loved ones leave us, natural disasters, economic crisis, it can all be so overwhelming. It can feel like Darkness is covering us. Sometimes we need to be reminded that when it feels like darkness covers, God is with us and his light can not be extinguished.
It Comes From Within
Sometimes Christmas can get tangled with good things that were never intended to be bad. Take gifts, for example, to give gifts is a great thing, and we all love to get gifts. But sometimes what is good can shift and we can become selfish, or ungrateful. When we are thinking just about ourselves and what we want we tangle Christmas into something it was never meant to be.
Do You See What's Right in Front of You?
Christmas isn’t an abstract holiday or idea; Jesus came to earth (as a human) in order to reconcile us to God. We can rejoice because the God who is with us, came to save us.
Right Reading
From shoes, to shirts, to bumper stickers, we sometimes put bible verses places to encourage us or challenge us. But sometimes, we get the point of those verses a little twisted. Sometimes we use them, or they are used towards us, in a way that they were never meant to be used. Together we are going to explore some of those verses that sometimes get twisted and untwist them to see the hope God always intended for us to have.
Anything You Can Do
From shoes, to shirts, to bumper stickers, we sometimes put bible verses places to encourage us or challenge us. But sometimes, we get the point of those verses a little twisted. Sometimes we use them, or they are used towards us, in a way that they were never meant to be used. Together we are going to explore some of those verses that sometimes get twisted and untwist them to see the hope God always intended for us to have.
Always With You
From shoes, to shirts, to bumper stickers, we sometimes put bible verses places to encourage us or challenge us. But sometimes, we get the point of those verses a little twisted. Sometimes we use them, or they are used towards us, in a way that they were never meant to be used. Together we are going to explore some of those verses that sometimes get twisted and untwist them to see the hope God always intended for us to have.