Another amazing service at New Life today,God was there giving out double portions of His Holy Spirit too all that would choose to receive,you just had to be there. The Pastor continued his sermon series today,and I have to say it was an inspiring sermon,and I am truly blessed to be able to sit under pastor Troy,simply because of his obedience to the moving of the Holy Spirit in his heart, and his transparency to his congregation. You see he brings it to the congregation just as God gives to him,no “sugar coating” and that’s a good thing,and I so appreciate that quality in him.
Pastor spoke today on how we need to be aware of the relationships that we have developed in our life's . and whether or not they are positive and healthy to our life's and those we are involved with. We need to constantly evaluate those relationships that we have developed , and constantly be in prayer about them,the question being ,”are they healthy for me”?
The big question is this,God Wants a Relationship With Us,Which came first, man's need for a relationship with God or God's desire for a relationship with man? " We have all faced the age-old question about which came first, the chicken or the egg. This question could apply to our relationship with God: Which came first, man's need for a relationship with God or God's desire for a relationship with man?
Pastor touched on this scripture this morning,1John 4:19,"We love Him because He first loved us," ,but we learn I little more if we go back a little in scripture,1 John 4:10 says this,This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. I truly believe it was God's desire and plan to establish a relationship between human beings and Himself.
We must keep in mind the reason God created us, he did this for a reason,I believe that God designed human beings to reflect His very character—to be like Him. In Genesis 5:1 we read ,”This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;” But first I think we need to ask,what is a “relationship”?Webster's New World College Dictionary defines it as "the quality or state of being related, a continuing attachment or association between persons."
God desires a relationship with us, we should more than ever recognize we truly need Him.
In 1 John 3:1-3 we read words from the Apostle John,he briefly describes the nature of the relationship we are to have with God. "Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure"
Here we see the purpose for the creation of mankind: God is building a family—His own family. He created us so we can have a special Father-child relationship with Him. God plans to bestow His immortality on us. As Paul explains, "this perishable body must be clothed with the imperishable, and what is mortal with immortality" 1 Corinthians 15:53. God wants an eternal relationship with us as His children.
Most relationships are based on real or perceived promises, commitments and expectations. For example, the marriage relationship is founded on promises of love, commitment, honor and respect. A friendship has expectations of understanding, trust, honesty and shared interests. The primary basis for the relationship between God and us is simple: It is love . The Scriptures tell us that God's nature, the primary motivation in all He does, is love,an unselfish concern for all humanity.
Rom 8:35-39 “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter." 37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Can anything separate us from God’s love? God’s Word is clear with that: NOTHING can separate us from God’s love. The devil will try to deceive you. You may even tend to deceive yourself and think God does not care for you. These are lies! God is a God of relationship and Heb 13:8 “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” God will never change! He loved you yesterday! He loves you today and He will still love you tomorrow!
God wants his children to develop “Good” relationships,and I truly believe that he will bless those relationships that we develop beyond our greatest desires,but first I believe that they must be in line with the will of God for our life’s We need to seek God daily, asks him ,but also be willing to hear what he has to say to you about those relationships,DID YOU HEAR WHAT I SAID? .you must be willing to “LISTEN” to God,as the Pastor said,and I stand behind him “God never intended for any of his children to be hurt”
Proverbs 3:5-6,Trust in the LORD with all your heart ,and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him,and he will make your paths straight.
Blessings!
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