Archive for February, 2009

God seeks intimacy

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Recorded on February 15, 2009. Richard uses John Eldredge’s book Walking with God as the springboard for this week’s message. In this book, John Eldredge asks does God seek intimacy with us? In short, Eldredge concludes even in our sin, God seeks us out. 

Richard continues by looking  at 1 Corinthians 10. God seeks after and then stays in touch with us. Through the desert, God continually took care of the Israelites. The Israelites were baptized into Moses. In other words they were homogenized in Moses.

As children of God, we become homogenized with God and Christ. Christ becomes such an integral part of us, that we cannot become separated from God. Even when we sin, Jesus seeks us out. Jesus wants an intimate relationship with us.

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Erica’s Testimony

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

Recorded on February 1, 2009. Richard asked Erica Hoffman and her family to talk about Erica’s recent trip to Costa Rica where she received some adult stem cell therapy. Erica had been involved in a tragic automobile accident which left her paralyzed from the neck down. All of us at Mesa have been praying for her and her family ever since we’ve learned about her accident. We are pleased and honored to hear what she had to say. We are thankful for the physical progress she has made since her accident. We are even prouder of how Erica’s faith has grown since her accident.

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A Simple Act

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Recorded on January 18, 2009. This episode Richard looks at Joshua 2. He focuses on Rahab, the woman who hid and protected the Israelite spies while they were in the land of Jericho. Through Rahab, God provided a sanctuary for His men. By faith Rahab’s life was spared, and she was remembered in the great hallmark of faith (Hebrews 11:31). Rahab demonstrated her faith through her action, and she is now listed among the righteous of God.

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Be Patient

Saturday, February 14th, 2009

Recorded on January 4, 2009. In This episode Richard looks at James 5. We are living in the last days now. Are we ready? James asks us to be patient and stand firm. In God’s timing, the Lord will return. Nothing we do will speed up or slow down the Lord’s coming. We know one thing: the Lord’s return will come, and we are called to persevere.

Maybe we do live in terrible times, but as Christians we have cause for joy. Each minute that passes brings us closer to Christ’s return. Each minute that passes means we are closer to being with Jesus. Our patience and perseverance will be rewarded by our seeing Jesus face to face.

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