Bethel Redding Sermon of the Week

As Gods friends, we are called to make His presence our number one priority. In this teaching, Eric Johnson finishes his series on friendship with God, inviting us into deeper relationship. Step into the fullness of a friendship with your Creator!

Scripture/keywords: Daniel 9:2-11, Galatians 4, Hebrews 13, Job What is the purpose of prayer? Prayer does not change God’s mind -- it changes us! Some of God’s promises only come alive when you pray them. Bill Johnson shares the book of Daniel to encourage us to get in the trenches of intercession and contend in prayer and fasting. Praying today is training for ruling and reigning with Him!

What is the role of angels in our assignment on earth, and how does the unseen world function when we pray? It is foolish to worship angels, but equally foolish to ignore them. Bill Johnson explores the role of angels on earth, and the power of prayer and fasting. This teaching will practically equip you to pray, fast, and engage angelic involvement to strategically fulfill the fullness of our destiny here on earth!

What would you do if a leader came to you and said that the way you spend the next twenty-four hours is how you will spend eternity? How do we live to give Jesus, the Lamb, the full reward for His sufferings? One day, every Christian will stand before the Judgement Seat of Jesus Christ and give an account for all we were entrusted to in this age. What we do with the cross determines where we will spend in eternity, but the way we live as believers determines how we are going to spend eternity! This convicting and inspirational message will encourage you to live out the fullness of your calling. John Bevere and his wife Lisa are the founders of Messenger International. A minister and best-selling author, John delivers messages of uncompromising truth with boldness and passion. His desire is to support the local church and resource leaders regardless of location, language, or financial position. To this end, his resources have been translated into over 90 languages, and millions of copies have been given away to pastors and leaders worldwide. When hes home, John tries to convince Lisa to take up golf and spends time with his four sons, daughter-in-law, and grand-babies.

The most important question in our lives is: Does God call you His friend? Eric Johnson continues his series on defining true friendship with God by examining the man who was called this - Moses, as we journey through his life in Exodus. Eric gives practical points about how to cultivate a real, raw and candid conversation with God where He is our trusted source in everything and anything. This message will encourage you that no matter what you are going through, the greater the resistance you are experiencing, the greater the plunder and breakthrough!

How do we walk in true friendship with God? Eric teaches from the life of Moses narrating his own journey of slave to servant to a friend of God. Eric gives a message of hope and encouragement that whenever we feel we are in a desert, we can still encounter God and become a deliverer of nations. This message is an invitation to call an entire generation into deeper face to face encounters which will change the course of history!

What is the power of the gospel? Bill Johnson describes two powerful types of ministry and the need for both: covert and overt. Bill exhorts us to walk in the privilege of faith to boldly confess and make clear proclamations of the gospel of the kingdom. We must become believing believers who share of the gospel as all of heaven moves at the sound of our voice!

When the Israelites crossed over the Jordan River, God crossed them over into a new season where He began doing things through them instead of just to them. In the same way, as we walk forward in faith into our new seasons, God brings us into divine moments and opportunities. Let’s be attentive to the new thing He is doing in our lives and in the world, always in tune to His leading.

Before an extended time of prayer ministry, Pastor Eric shares about the faith of Bartimaeus, a blind man who pursued Jesus for healing. In order to ask for the breakthrough we seek, we first have to know what it is we need mercy for. The Lord is tender and merciful, and He longs to bring us into abundance in every area of our lives. May each of us move toward Jesus and pursue the healing we need!

The Holy Spirit of confidence in the Father has taken up residence in us, and He empowers us for a life of faith--the Bible even tells us that our faith gives God great pleasure. So what about our questions? In this sermon, Pastor Bill teaches on the importance of mystery in building our faith, reminding us that questions raised in an atmosphere of faith lead us to revelation. As we behold His glory in the midst of mystery, He will transform our perception and increase our faith and freedom in who He is!