Isaiah, Ezekiel, and a few of the disciples all experienced God's glorious presence. If we're not careful, like the disciples, we can be tempted to build an altar around our own mountain top experiences. In these examples, they were all sent out of God's presence. We're not to remain on the mountain top. We're to take God's glory to the masses.
Jesus's final recorded statement—even after "It is finished"—was, "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit." We see at the end of His human life, as our example, the first act of faith under the New Covenant. Just as Jesus did, we can commit our life to God. He is a faithful Father.
We live in a generation when many are carrying wounds from fathers, husbands and men. Our image of our heavenly Father is often distorted by these earthly relationships. Scripture shows us that we are highly valued by God, and that through Christ we are grafted into the family of God. The father accepts us, approves of us, is attentive to us, affectionate and gives us godly authority.
We see in scripture that God has a calendar, timeline and agenda of when and how He plans to operate. However, we also see that the persistent faith of believers can move Heaven.
Pastor Tim Dilena shares about "alligator talk"—those times when our conversation can suddenly and flawlessly switch from godly to sexual, course joking, etc. and back again. Out of the heart, the mouth speaks. There are no five steps to taming the tongue; God must do a work in our hearts.
Pastor Gary Wilkerson spontaneously shares some recent thoughts from his devotional life. He encourages the church to let down their nets into deeper waters—deeper prayer, faith and revelation. He challenges us, like Jesus has challenged Him, to believe for healing just as much as we believe for salvation. We conclude the service by taking God at His word and praying for physical and emotional healing.