Sermon Sneak peek for 8/9/15!

Faith Should Be Spelled R-I-S-K 

John 6:35-41

A single traveler..... had hiked for many miles across the desert..... His water supply was gone, .....and he knew .... if he did not find water soon..... he would surely die. 

Then he noticed a tin can tied to the pump, with a note inside. 
The note had the following inscription: Dear Stranger: This  well has never gone dry, but….

When you are finished, please fill the jar and put it back as you found it for the next traveler who comes this way. 

If you were a lonely traveler in the desert..... what would you do? Will you dig the water jar from the sand,  and drink it? Or will you believe and in believing pour every drop of water, into the pump?

……in much the same way  God has laid before us a written note that we call the Holy Scriptures. They are our words,  words of salvation, words of life, Words of living water, in this desert called life. 

A Living water from which we will thirst  no more. Do you believe God's word? Do you have faith in God's word? , or is it all about you?

The Scriptures are clear that we as believers should place our faith our trust in the Spiritual Ideal.  In Jesus Christ.  Gods word from Acts 4:12, says "Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven by which we must be saved."  

……there is a transforming power available to us and to all who call themselves followers of the Christ.  And it is Faith. Action Faith that is the key to unlocking this power. And to receive this transforming power we must open ourselves  to the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit works through acting faith.

And The Scriptures are so clear: "Without faith......it is impossible ....to please God". (Hebrews 11:6). A risk free life is a life without faith. A risk free life is a victory free.... life. It means a lifelong surrender to the mediocre, which in a way is the worst of all possible defeats.

It is time for Christians to break free of being mediocre, Of being stationary,  Of not growing,  in the faith.

.....You are a traveler ....we are all travelers on this island in the universe that we call earth. You come across a book, a book with 66 other books within it.  As you read it You see the truths that lie within God gives you the assurance, the strength  the conviction, to live life, to the fullest. 

But it also asks you..... to surrender yourself ......to surrender yourself.....to another. It asks you to surrender yourself .....to Jesus,
The author and finisher of your faith.