Jesus is the way
Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt
Who am I, that the bright and morning Star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever wandering heart
Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are
I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours, I am Yours
Who Am I, that the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love
and watch me rise again
Who Am I, that the voice that calmed the sea
Would call out through the rain
And calm the storm in me
whom shall i fear
whom shall i fear
i am yours
dailies
Friday, June 6, 2008
-1:18 AM
Radical Conference 2008Sermons ---- Session 1-4Session 1
Pastor Dave Reardon
The Furnace
Life is full of furnace times.
Daniel 3
Worshipping an image (King Nebuchadnezzar)Image seems to be what everyone is chasing today.
What the world says “To succeed above all else” image-worship
7 things I’m going to face:
1st furnace: Furnace of what will people say
God will prefer us to step out of the boat and sink (like Peter), than us to sit and stay on the boat.
2nd furnace: Financial Pressure
Matthew 6:25-27
Give my way out!
Look for opportunities to be generous.
Looking beyond what I don’t have or the little that I have.
3rd furnace: Personal disappointment
4th furnace: Temptation to sin
Everyone gets tempted.
Temptations will just keep coming.
5th furnace: Insecurity
Everyone goes through insecurity for a period of time. My looks, sharing my faith, BUT serve God first.
6th furnace: Stretching
NOT bow, break or bend to any image.
It’s impossible to do anything without God.
7th furnace: Success
Jesus chooses to get into the furnace with me, encouraging me and pushes me on._______________________________________________________________
Session 2
Pastor Preston
It’s all about the process that makes things happen
2 Kings 6
Something’s gotta change.
3 kinds of people
People who had it, have it or want it
If I want change to happen, let it start in me.
Choice is everything to do with it.
Choice has consequences.
I cannot borrow my leaders’ passion for God.
I have got to get my own.
(when your borrowed axe head is blunt)We don’t do any cut, but there’s just noise because my axe head was borrowed in the first place.
Not making difference, but just making noise.
A difference: When I swing, it cuts.
There has got to be revolution in my heart.
I have got to use my own. Everybody gets hurt, but not everybody quits.
Am I just making noise?
I can’t choose how my life began, but I can choose how my life can end.______________________________________________________________
Session 3
Pastor Preston
Luke 22:47
Bringing joy/pain to a place.
What am I going to bring to a place?
Bringing pain not only cause destruction to myself, but to the church.
Love fills the gap, covers a multitude of sins.
Be like Jesus, who says, “NO MORE!”
Some people live better, some bitter: It’s my choice.
Skillful hands are different from the integrity of my heart.
Everyone can learn certain skills and they are no big deal.
However, the integrity of my heart and my character is what that matters and stays to the end.
The frustration, slander, harm, betrayal: NO MORE!
Taking care of your heart: caring for one another.
Mask: Person that I think everyone wants me to be.
à Causes a lot of frustration in relationships.
Jesus wants to put things back where they belong, where He put the servant’s ear back and healed him.
Jesus wants to fix where there is pain and separation.
Taking responsibility for myself.
Jesus is willing to help the situation when everything is falling apart.
We don’t have to do something to be loved.
Foundation of our faith is forgiveness. ________________________________________________________
Session 4
Pastor Preston
Character defines me.
Psalm 119:32
It’s not about what I have, but what I do with what I have.
Jesus not only can rescue me from my situation, but also to protect me further.
Jeremiah 29:11
3 things to get past to get to Jesus:
1) Condition
Issue that lies within us.
When Jesus is in town, I have hope in my heart.
Conditions usually happen when I’m disappointed or sad.
Being the church, not acting the church.
We are the flavour brought to people.
The wrong people put me in the wrong direction.
2) Crowd
Who I hang out with means who I will be.
I got to have friends that direct me to the right direction.
Christians don’t need to fit in all the time, it’s ok.
Do not let the crowd decide for me.
3) Critics
But Jesus knows our minds.
When God’s power shows up, everybody shuts up.