Romans 8:14-17; John 1:12-13
Today Pastor Lyle will continue his series “Moving Forward” with a message on how, as people who believe in and follow Christ, the Bible identifies us as the family of God. We’ll focus specifically on the amazing implication that God is our Father. We are adopted as His children. This speaks to any tendency we may have to feel like spiritual orphans, carrying the weight of our own well-being on our backs. It also speaks to any sense of being slaves before God, needing to constantly prove ourselves before a demanding God.
Apply
- What does it mean to you to be adopted as God’s child and given the privilege of calling Him Father?
- In what ways might you feel more like a slave or orphan before God than a son or daughter?
Pray
- Ask God to work in your heart and in the hearts of all who will be attending our services in person and online today.
- Pray that God would effectively be at work in our church and in all His churches throughout our city today.
- Pray for our Children’s Ministry Pastor, Jerilyn Bayer, her Ministry Assistant Annette Faszer, and interns Abigail Schroth, Blythe Knapczyk, Clarissa Choy, Jeff Yao, Precious Okome, Sarah Toews, Sunita Faszer, and Xue Yan Guo.