If you ask any priest what his wish for his church would be, he’d probably say SPIRITUAL GROWTH. And I don’t disagree. But what does that look like?
In this week’s message, I talk about 4 things I as a priest wish for all the members of my church in this coming year. It’s more than just read the Bible and say your prayers. These are four things that I believe God wants to use deepen your faith and bring you closer to His perfect plan for your life.
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“Dear Fr. Anthony, my name is ________ and I need your help. I have a problem and I need to decide between option A, option B and option C. And I don’t know what to do. I need your help. How can I know God’s will for my life?”
Believe me, if I had a dollar for every time I received a question like that, I’d be a rich rich man.
That’s because it’s the most common question we ask: HOW DO I KNOW GOD’S WILL?
Read MoreIf you haven’t yet seen the video above, I strongly recommend that you do now. The clip is only three minutes long but its impact could end up being much greater. I don’t know who made the video or what its original purpose was, but I know that it has gone viral on YouTube and has been viewed by hundreds of thousands and talked about by even more.
But after watching the video several times, one thought keeps popping into my head...
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What’s the secret behind answered prayer? Why do some people get their prayers answered and others seem to get nothing? How come in the movie, The War Room, that lady prayed for 15 minutes (in movie time) and her whole life got fixed, while others pray for years and get absolutely no where?
Is there some secret that we're missing?
If we’re honest, we’ve all wondered about that at some point in our lives. It’s great to talk about the power of prayer and what prayer can do in our lives, but every one of us could tell at least one story of a prayer that never got answered… one that we prayed and prayed and prayed, yet every prayer only seemed to take us further and further from our desired result.
Read MoreWeek 2 of the THE GREAT HUNT: The Quest for God’s Will, and in this week's message we looked at the four phases that God usually takes us through when revealing His will to us. The four phases are four road markers that help us know we're on the right path in discovering God's will.
What are the four markers? Check out the video above and find out for yourself.
What’s God’s will for my life? Is it even possible for me to know? And how will I know when I’ve found it? This is so confusing!
If you’ve ever felt that way, then you’re in luck. We just kicked off a brand new three week series called THE GREAT HUNT: The Quest for God’s Will. Through this series, you'll hopefully discover that God never intended His will to be a mystery. In fact, He probably wants you to find it even more than you do. But the first step is figuring out what I should be looking for. Check out the video above for more details.
p.s. Sorry for not posting this yesterday. I was out of town and had very limited access to email. But if you want to make sure you get these messages as soon as they're posted (usually on Sunday evenings), subscribe to our podcast on iTunes or via RSS feed.
Have you ever been scared by a Bible verse? It doesn’t happen often but every now and then, I’ll come across a verse that makes me cringe. Verses like that might not be common, but when they come, they have the ability to scare the pants off you (or robe depending on what you wear :) ).
Luke 7:30 is one of those verses. It says: “But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the will of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him (John the Baptist).”
Does that verse scare you? If it doesn’t, then you may need to read it again. Let me break it down for you and add my own emphasis on the verse.
"But the Pharisees and lawyers..."
aka THE GOOD GUYS, not the robbers and thieves and adulterers. These are the guys who were supposed to be the religious leaders and those who knew God best.
"…rejected the will of God for themselves..."
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