World Harvest Bible Church

Part of the Encounter 2016 Conference. Find out more on the Encounter webpage.

Pastor Alan continues his teaching on what being part of the Kingdom really means.

God is our righteousness and this is not based on our performance, no matter our situation, no matter the size of our prayer (big or small), God considers us qualified and there is still a reason for our prayers to be answered. God has given us he peace, nothing missing not him broken, but complete wholeness, Jesus is our peace, the one who brings back to completeness and working order relationships that might have gotten hurt or broken.     https://youtu.be/ZK4LjURtaDw?t=4s

Jesus is our righteousness, our peace, the source of our joy in the Holy Spirit through him we can seek the Kingdom of Heaven.

God is good. God is faithful, God is love. God is reaching out for you, all He wants is for you to accept His offer of salvation.   Download the slides for "Three Characteristics of God"

Philip was willing to go where God called him. Are we?

Peter was told by God to do something no Jew had ever done before, and he naturally thought it was strange. But he realised that if God had told him to do it, he had to do it and that God would protect him from negative reactions. We are called to be different from the world, and an example of God to those around us. in the same way Peter was protected by God, we will be too when we stand our for Him.

Even when Shadrak, Meshack & Abednego were threatened with death they held firm. If it has just been Shadrak he might have bowed down, if it has just been Meshack he might have bowed down, if it has just been Abednego he might have bowed down. but together they had the strength to stand. We are called to stand up for God but we are not called to stand alone. We stand both with each and every other Christian, and also with Jesus.

Everyone around David was scared and ready to run away, but David had already seen what God's power looked like, he believed the when he stepped out to fight that God would be there with him, fighting for him. David know that all he had to do was turn up. Our God is still the same, all we ave to do is turn up and have faith in God that he will fight our battles, when Jesus died on the cross, he won the ultimate victory on our behalf. "If we believe with our heart and speak with our mouth, we will have what we say" - so what are we speaking over ourselves? - Are we speaking negatively over ourselves ore are we declaring positively over our lives?

It wasn't enough that Gideon had faith. He needed to listen to God, believe what he heard, and obey God's commands. Only then was he able to see the miracle goad had planned for him. in the same way, we need to Listen, Believe and Obey. Even when that means doing things in a way the isn't logical or makes sense to us.

We can all have a Face To Face encounter with Jesus, but if we keep it to ourselves we are doing a disservice to those around us. We need to provide opportunities for the people we know  so they can have a Face to Face encounter too. Pastor Marcus tells us about FRANK - the people we all know: F - Friends: people you play with R - Relatives: people you’re stuck with A - Associations: people you work with N - Neighbours: people you’re close to K - Kids Connections: people you know because of your kids He then gives us three simple steps that we can follow to make inviting people to Church easy. Download the slides for Face To Face - Part 3

Pastor Alan shows us that our attitude can control the way we see things, and that sometimes we need to adjust how we treat the situation before we can receive the blessing.

God has something good planned for you today, He want's you to relax, he has it in control. You don't need to worry, just come Face To Face with Jesus, coming with a sense of expectancy. God's heart is to give you more than you are expecting. Pastor Alan looks at two different people who came Face To Face with Jesus and looks at what happened to them,

God wants to to meet with him in person, to have Proximity to Him. However it is all to easy to send someone else to meet with God, to be our Proxy. We need to be a people that are prepared to meet with God face to face.

being a body iOS not just about everybody having a place and a purpose. A Body is a connected organism where every part can draw from the other parts and receive support.

Each person within the Church has a part to play. We are all God's tools and we should be ready to be used by Him.

To often we allow ourselves to be dragged down my our situation. Barney looks at why that should not be the case for us as Christians and gives us some examples of how people have turned situations around and ended up determining the situation they are in, transforming it for the better

Last week we looked at how every human is made in the image of God, this week we focus on what believers look like when they display the image of God

A special Encounter Night focusing on leadership

In order to see our true identity in God, we must first Know who God is, Believe in Him, Obey Him, and accept our God Image Identity