How can God use our lives for His glory?

God works in us to help us grow spiritually.

Just like sheep know the sound of the shepherd's voice and will come to him, we must be sure that our ears are open to Jesus voice so that we can come to Him when He calls us.

It's not wrong for us to put effort into our spiritual growth, but God will make us grow. Our effort is about participating in the life He longs for us to live.

We're all born spirutually blind. But for the grace of Jesus who sees us on the side of the road that's where we stay. And when He does see us, He recreates in us eyes to see.

What would it look like if all the members of the church were committed to leading others to a relationship with Jesus?

A relationship with Jesus doesn't come from reading the Bible once or twice. It comes when we accept help for the things we are struggling to overcome on our own and know that the Father is right there with us to help carry us home.

Being a leader is more about just being the boss or the guy up front. We need help along the way.

When we commit ourselves to Jesus, we become leaders for Him, but the hardest person we have to lead is the one we see in the mirror every day.

When we cry out to God, sometimes His answers don't seem like a blessing at that moment, but He is always looking out for us, even if we don't see it fully until later.

We all have different backgrounds and different life experiences that shape our perceptions of the world around us, but we can be unified together through Jesus and start seeing those around us through His eyes.

Like the Israelites in Egypt, we cannot wait for all the hard things or dangerous things to go away first. We must have faith that God will lead us and guide us on the paths we should follow.

Baptism is a symbol of our union with Christ, a testimony of the forgiveness of our sins, and our reception of the Holy Spirit. It is by immersion in water and is contingent on an affirmation of faith in Jesus and evidence of repentance of sin.

By baptism we confess our faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and testify of our death to sin and of our purpose to walk in newness of life. By this we acknowledge Christ as Lord and Saviour and become His people.

A review of the Adventist doctrine of salvation and experiencing God's grace through Jesus. Music from Charles Haugabrooks.

God, through Jesus, has provided salvation for everyone no matter what we've done, we just need to turn to Him to experience it.

The church is the place that proclaims a bright and hopeful future with Jesus. This message of hope transforms the way we live on earth now (Rev. 21:1-4).

The Forest Lake Church response to the Pulse nightclub shootings in Orlando, free funeral services for any of the victims (and free internet streaming if desired).

Based on Mark 3:1-6, the local church should be the voice for values of the Kingdom: Justice, equality and peace.

Based on Ephesians 2:1-10, the local church should be known as the place that dispenses grace and forgiveness, not judgement and fear.

Real leadership means that we must be the first to serve others like Jesus did, not seek to serve only ourselves.

When words fail, we just need to remember that Jesus died to offer each of us life.

God's kingdom is always built up by men and women who understand their times and know what God's people should do.

God's vision for you is not just to rise, but to really shine. ‪#‎RiseandShine‬

A musical celebration of Jesus Christ performed by the the Forest Lake Academy Cantabile chorus.