Relate Church

We all are capable of having a hard heart—and reality is, at some level, all of us have a hard area of our hearts. All of us have a hint of Ebanezer Scrooge in us.
But don’t give up! Have faith in God. In almost every story in Scripture where we see God doing something in someone’s life, we see where they had to wait for Him all the way up to the last second.

One of the things I hear from people as I talk with them all over, is that they may be given signs from God for their life.
God did give us clear and glaring signs that we can look at to know who Jesus is.

God did not buy you with the Blood of Jesus to throw you in a junk yard or to part you out. God bought you to restore you.
“You are not your own; you were bought at a price.”
(1 Cor. 6:19-20)

Women have played a huge role in the history of our faith. God has used them in amazing ways. And when they allow God to use them, He always blesses them.
When women pray, when women give, when women stand in the gap for the helpless, when women stand for morality, God blesses them greatly.

We all need deliverance from something. Whether it is a financial situation, an addiction, a job, a health problem, a relationship gone bad, chocolate, sinful desires, we all need deliverance. GOD IS OUR DELIVERER!
And one day He is coming back for all of us—to deliver us!

God’s Will + Your Will = Your Struggle
Some of you have been fighting with God all your life, wrestling with Him. God doesn’t have to fight with you. He isn’t here to win. His only reason for the fight is you. God is fighting FOR YOU.

Too many people see church as a Group Home. God doesn’t run foster-group-homes. He gave us the church to be a family where He adopts people to belong to Him.
YOU ARE ADOPTED.
That means you belong.

Sometimes we get stuck in survival mode. One survival action causes a reaction. Then we act on that reaction and another reaction happens. Before we know it, we are in full blown survival—and sometimes we never get out.
You have to switch yourself out of survival mode. You have to decide to believe that God sees you. You have to believe that God will provide for you. You have to believe God has your future secure—even if you can’t see it.

You need to know today, God isn’t hunting you. God isn’t trying to take you down. God is fishing for you! God wants you to see His bait and willingly come to Him for the good things He has for you.
And when God catches you, He isn’t like a fisherman who will gut you and cook you. God declares to you that He has a new pond with fresh and living water! He has a place prepared for you with great feasts and all the security, joy, peace you could ever imagine!

It may feel like no one pleads your case, and that the enemy is going to win. But if you wait long enough, have faith to see, look forward in your minds eye, and see what it will look like when the tables turn, when the plot twists—plan and prepare for it—because YOUR GOD LOVES TO PROVIDE A PLOT TWIST!