There are 5 Phases of Preparing a Personal Dwelling Place with God. If we are going to experience the presence of God and walk in the things of God, the first thing we have to do is go through the "right" door. We have to #1 ENTER it. Jesus is the door! There's no getting around Him. He is the doorway into life. There is no life outside of Him, only existing, and without being born again, we can't even see His kingdom, how it is governed - how he "rolls." The goal of God, is to speak with us, and once we go through the door - JESUS, the WORD, with your BIBLE open, He will #2 ENGAGE us in conversation about all the mighty things He has to say. They are LIFE. Engage in what He says. The voices we focus on, are the voices that will influence us the most. HIs WORD is LIFE. He has mighty things He wants to bring us up higher to engage with Him about.
Choose JESUS. He is the "right" door, then go through Him, and Engage Him!
Preparing A Dwelling Place Part 14
Enter & Engage
March 6, 2022 • Chad Everett - Lead Pastor • John 1:1–3, Proverbs 4:20–22, Exodus 29:38–46, John 10:7–10, John 3:3–6
Preparing A Dwelling Place Pt 19
April 10, 2022 • Chad Everett - Lead Pastor • Hebrews 6:13–15, Hebrews 10:19–39, Ephesians 2:19–22, Hebrews 6:9–12
We don't like the word patience. Most of us don't like to wait for anything. In our culture, we can barely wait for 14 minutes let alone 14 hours for something. But God says to imitate those that inherited the promises through faith and patience. God is faithful - so hold fast, endure, stick with it, without wavering, even when we go through some suffering - patiently endure, and our possessions in heaven can't be taken away from us. We must increase our capacity to hold up under difficult circumstances and endure.
Preparing A Dwelling Place Pt 18
April 3, 2022 • Chad Everett - Lead Pastor • Philippians 3:7–8, 2 Corinthians 6:14–18, Ephesians 5:8–11, Ephesians 4:20–24, Matthew 12:43–45
True biblical consecration is about being dedicated unto something better or more valuable, which results in being set apart from something less valuable. Once we rank value in our life, our time, energy and resources start to be distributed along the lines of what we value. Consecrating is evacuating things in our life that comes out of embracing a relationship with Jesus, because when we are in a relationship with Jesus, there are things that we no longer need. Church, even if we are hated for it, we cannot be afraid of being consecrated unto Him, leaving the values of the world behind. When we choose Him, we will walk away from the world's values, we will put on the new man, as we work out the faith and non-faith in our own lives, and live according to scripture - not culture, out of our relationship with Jesus.
Preparing A Dwelling Place Part 17
March 27, 2022 • Chad Everett - Lead Pastor • Acts 1:4–5, Acts 19:1–7, 1 Corinthians 3:16, 2 Chronicles 5:11–14, 2 Chronicles 7:1–3
Being filled with God's glory went from fire coming down from heaven and filling a room in the Old Testament, to fire coming down from heaven and filling individuals in the New Testament. The glory of God in us, is for today, giving us power and authority over all demons, to cure diseases, to preach the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick. God wants to fill some individual containers, and as He fills each one, we won't stay the same, because things that used to be able to get in, can no longer get in, and impurities that were already in, can't stay - there's no room. His presence starts pushing out what isn't allowed anymore. We just keep pouring out, and He'll keep filling us up.