Seek His Face

Abide

January 16, 2022 • Josh Burt • Exodus 25, John 14, John 15, Hebrews 10:19–25

God, from the very beginning, desired that we might be with Him and that He might be with us. He has, from the very beginning, put in place a way for us to freely be with Him and have a relationship with Him. God, from the very beginning, desired to communion and tabernacle with His creation - and from the beginning we were made to enjoy and worship Him. These things are NOT new, have NOT changed, and free will was always given to us to be with Him. This Sunday we will take a look at a little bit of the Old Testament, a little bit of Jesus message, and a little bit of application to the Church today. God’s desire for us, God’s love for us, and God’s plan for redemption has never changed. This Sunday we will take a look at the Tabernacle, the Words of Jesus, and the instruction of us as the Temple. We will look at the correlations seen throughout, the similarities throughout, and see how we are, as 1 Peter 2:9 says, “a Royal Priesthood.” “Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up on meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another - and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” Hebrews 10:23-25 See you all this Sunday Pastor Josh Burt

Obey His Voice

January 9, 2022 • Mike Burt • 1 Samuel

Samuel responds to the voice of God and offers himself to the LORD. The challenge last week was to ‘Seek His Face’ so this week we will follow the young man as he becomes the man of God. Samuel obeys the voice of God and his obedience is seen in several life events. This week we welcome our Trail Life leaders and young men – celebrating the new charter at Grace. The motto of Trail Life is ‘walk worthy!’ – the very core of godly character. Come with us this week to the second message from the life of Samuel as we are presented with Biblical Character. This will be the introduction to our new theme for the next several weeks – The Character of Kings as we encounter the lives of Saul, David and Solomon. “Habits change into character!” Paul had this kind of character in mind when he admonished Timothy to "exercise yourself toward godliness" (1 Timothy 4:7) See you Sunday! Pastor Mike

January 2, 2022 • Josh Burt • 1 Samuel 3

What does God’s Voice sound like? What does it sound like to be “called” by God? What do we expect to “hear” from God? God is clear to what He expects from us and what we can expect from Him. He is clear as to the call for all those that Seek Him and is clear on how He wishes those that Seek Him to respond. Even in a time of “silence” or the seemingly unknown - God is there, God does not change, and His desires for those that seek Him all stay the same. God is our refuge, God is our rock, God is our redeemer. In Him we can be confident, in Him we can be comforted, in Him we can be concealed. Seeking His Face should not lead us to stumble or fear - We should desire to be with Him. Ps. 27 says, “When You said, 'Seek My Face’ my heart said to You, ‘Your face, O Lord, I shall seek.’” Our willingness to seek Him should NOT be because of what we “get” from Him, but that He desires for us to seek Him. - See you Sunday Pastor Josh