Adventure in the Ascent
To the adventure in Him... This phrase has been a rallying cry for me and my circle of friends for years. We were designed for intimate relationship with God. Jesus made this possible through His sacrifice on the Cross. The veil was torn, and we were invited beyond. We were created for a grand adventure in which we come to Him in repentance, maintain intimacy, learn of Him, walk His path, and ascend the hill of the Lord. Let's ascend together and experience the adventure with God. There's more...
Episodes
“Train up a child in the way he should go—but be sure you go that way yourself.” -Charles Spurgeon
“A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society.” -Billy Graham
Scripture: Psalm 103:13, Malachi 4:5-6, Proverbs 22:6, John 1:12, Ephesians 5:1, 1 Corinthians 11:1
- The Fatherlessness Epidemic:
- Fatherlessness is a root cause of societal issu...
Matthew 25:35-40
The testimonies, the salvations, the stories, all of this is the fruit that all of us get to enjoy, because we are one family in Christ!
This trip was a great step of faith for so many, for those that went, you stepped out in great faith, you trusted the Father, you trusted me, you served with love, you carried the light of Christ very practically into places in great need.
This journey reminds us that m...
- Created in God’s Image (Imago Dei):
- Genesis 1:26-28 establishes that humanity is uniquely created in God’s image and likeness, distinct from the rest of creation. This doctrine, echoed in Psalm 8:4-6, means every person—regardless of race, status, or belief—bears inherent dignity, value, and worth, with a calling to have dominion over the earth.
- Purpose of the Image:
- Humans are designed to reflect G...
Scripture: Exodus 2:1-10, Exodus 6:20, Hebrews 11:23-29, Proverbs 22:6, Acts 5:29
- Jochebed’s Faith and Vision:
- Jochebed, Moses’ mother, defied Pharaoh’s decree to kill male Hebrew babies, trusting God’s plan (Exodus 2:1-10, Acts 5:29).
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- Her obedience and closeness to God preserved Moses, the future deliverer of Israel, impacting generations for God’s glory.
- Identity in God:
- As a Levit...
Psalm 119:105- “Your Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.”
“I know of no other single practice in the Christian life more rewarding, practically speaking, than memorizing Scripture. No other single exercise pays greater spiritual dividends! Your prayer life will be strengthened. Your witnessing will be sharper and much more effective. Your attitudes and outlook will begin to change. Your mind will beco...
“We’re standing at the crossroads every day, and God says, ‘Ask for the ancient paths.’ Not the trending ones, not the popular ones, but the ones carved out by His Word and His will. That’s where your soul breathes again." -Paul David Tripp
"The Lord pleads with us to pause at life’s intersections, to seek the old paths of faithfulness and truth—not because they’re old-fashioned, but because they work. Rest c...
“If we are to better the future, we must disturb the present.” -Evangelist Catherine Booth
"Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in ...
“To dwell with God is better than life at its best; life at ease, in a palace, in health, in honour, in wealth, in pleasure; yea, a thousand lives are not equal to the eternal life which abides in Jehovah’s smile…“May I ask a question of every professed Christian? Have you spoken with God this morning? Do you allow a day to pass without converse with God? Can it be right for us to treat the Lord with mute indifference...
“But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.” -Jesus, John 4:23
"In worship, we enter, touch and are touched by the presence of God Himself. We've been created to live like that" - C. S. Lewis
God created us for the ultimate priority of worshiping Him. As the Westminster Shorter Catechism puts it,...
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” -1 Peter 1:3
“This new birth in Christ, thus firmly believed and continually desired, will do everything that thou wantest to have done in thee, it will dry up all the springs of vice, stop all the workings of evil in thy natur...
Immanuel (God with us) is at the core of God’s heart. He desires to be with us, came to live with us so that we could live with Him. We’re invited into life WITH GOD. Outside of Him, everything is subject to distortion, but what does the God with us life encompass?
↠We begin to look at the results/joyful effects of the “God with us” life
↠We see His desire/heart, now what do we do with that information?
↠”God with us/in ...
Immanuel (God with us) is at the core of God’s heart. He desires to be with us, came to live with us so that we could live with Him. We’re invited into life WITH GOD. You’re not meant to do life without Him. Outside of Him, everything is subject to distortion.
↠God maintains three relations to the believer (Hagin)- God is for us (Rom. 8:31), God is with us (John 1:14), and God is in us (John 14)
↠Before Jesus ascended H...
Immanuel (God with us) is not just a Christmas theme, it’s at the core of Scripture/heart of God. He desires to be with His people, and came to live with us so that we could live with Him. How do we take that concept out of the Christmas story and see it developed in the day-to-day? We have been invited into life WITH GOD. You are not meant to do life without Him or apart from Him. Outside of Him, everything is subjec...
“Revival is the visitation of God which brings to life Christians who have been sleeping and restores a deep sense of God’s near presence and holiness. Thence springs a vivid sense of sin and a profound exercise of heart in repentance, praise, and love, with an evangelistic outflow.” -J.I. Packer
“As long as we are content to live without revival, we will.” -Leonard Ravenhill
A special thank you to everyone who attended...
“Praise is what joy in God does when obstacles are taken out of the way.” -John Piper
No matter where you find yourself at in your walk with God, we all long to be completely whole, restored, and renewed. As we move into a time of Fall Renewal, meditate over Psalm 51, and respond in any of the areas of it that Holy Spirit leads you to…
↠When we came to Christ in repentance, we needed spiritual renewal, grace. We needed ...
“The condition of the church may be very accurately gauged by its prayer meetings. So is the prayer meeting a grace-ometer, and from it we may judge of the amount of divine working among a people. If God be near a church, it must pray. And if He be not there, one of the first tokens of His absence will be slothfulness in prayer.” -Spurgeon
Do you hunger for God’s breakthrough presence in your lives?
↠Calling upon Him go...
↠Thessalonica- A “healthy” growing church that had increasing, flourishing faith
↠We know that faith can and should GROW
↠What is faith? Hebrews 11:1- Putting your trust in God and having confidence that He will fulfill his promises. “The assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.”
↠Faith is what initially brings us in to be a follower of Jesus (Ephesians 2)
↠It doesn’t just end there, it is meant ...
“The voice that you listen to is the one that defines you…”
↠We can’t approach the Bible disconnected from its Author (1 Corinthians 2:14)
↠This active Word, the words we are to live by, our path for life, is meant to be enjoyed, consumed, absorbed via the relationship with God.
↠We study the Scriptures to embody its Author. It’s meant to change us, to conform us into His image, to equip us.
↠As we read and study the Fath...
If we would submit ourselves, our times, our talents, to him, as weak as we may be, there would be a beautiful and powerful ministry that would spring forth, and that is what we were able to witness this past week.
Ephesians 2:10 “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”
Galatians 5:25
“If we live by the Spiri...
↠Setting the stage: David is on the run dealing with fear, rejection, and more…
↠After Saul tries to take his life, David finds himself in a place of
running/hiding and ends up joining the Philistines
↠He and his “mighty men” are given Ziklag (their resting place, families there)
↠Marching again to war & encountering more rejection (29:4)
↠David & his men prepare to march with the Philistines again in battle
↠The f...
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