Oct. 23/24: Jesus SEEKS GOD'S WILL
Saturday at 5:00 pm
Sunday at 8:00, 9:00, and 10:30 am
Join us this week as we continue our series, looking at how Jesus seeks God's will. This priority of Jesus highlights his commitment to being of one mind with God. In this week's main scripture, Jesus identifies himself as being one with God. The gospel of John's main theme is clarifying and proclaiming the nature and mystery of Jesus' relationship to God. In many passages of text from John, Jesus affirms his relationship, his oneness, with God. Jesus expresses this union with God in terms of his understanding and commitment to God's will.
Like Jesus, we can cultivate the habit of seeking God's will- always. Life, however, sometimes creates hurdles that make such a habit hard to maintain. Such things as lack of urgency, daily distractions, or fear of sacrifice, including others, can become barriers to continually discerning God's will.
Our human perspective limits us to knowing God's will. But, Jesus came so that we could know God through him. He is "the way, and the truth, and the life" (John 14:6). This week we will look at how to maintain a sense of urgency towards knowing God's will, and how, by knowing Jesus, we can know God.
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