Gospel for life with Nathaniel Timmermann

Unbelievable value!

Faith is an unbelievable thing. It's remarkable that faith is so powerful, so effective. Faith also has incredible value. It gives us a new home, a new family, a new people, a new country, and therefore a new name. Have you experienced the value of faith? Your faith increases in value as you want to pay the price for others. Then your faith rockets in value. 

Unbelievable mercy!

Equality is good. Fairness is a wonderful thing. I'm glad that Christians and others have worked hard to develop equality in our world. There is something better, something that makes a greater difference in our world and the world of others. 

Unbelievable strength!

It doesn't seem possible to be too strong, but it is. Strength often wrecks things - just ask the countless dads and amateur mechanics who have stripped a bolt! When we give up our strength and become weak, Jesus has a perfect power and superhero strength for us. 

Open Minds: We see him give everything, then we can give something.

Too often, we give to get. If we do give, we give out of our margin - our richness, our prosperity. We need to give up control of everything, even our lives. When we see Jesus give up everything, that moves our hearts and changes and finally we can give something. 

 

Open Hands: We become trustworthy with our possessions when we see how much he trusts us.

It's easy to see that many people act irresponsibly or in an untrustworthy way with their possessions. Should I trust someone who simply can't stop spending money? If you send money to random people in Africa or China, should you really have access to our bank account? 

The problem is, most of us are blind to the fact that we are not trustworthy. We don't see it. And very likely, money itself has made us blind. It has that power. We can become so focused on it, we don't see what it is doing to us. 

We need something or someone that will change the way we see money and all our possessions. The gospel does that for us. Listen to what God says to us today about our use of our possessions. 

Open Hearts: Generous living begins with God first giving

I imagine we'd all like to be generous givers. Very few people think that generosity isn't important or helpful. What will it take to begin to be a giving person? 

Deeper Connections: Watchfulness only works with acceptance

The Christian idea of acceptance is different. It's not narrow mindedness or open-mindedness. It's drawing in someone who is weaker, who is different in a specific way, and making space for them in our lives. 

Deeper Connections: Connected people pay attention to his Word and stay safe

How do you stay safe? How do you know when you're connected to someone that might here? In modern terms, such people might be abusive or toxic. They're dangerous to ourselves and the people around us. Sadly, we might be those people sometimes, but Jesus gives us a great resource to stay safe. 

Deeper Connections: Christians connect deeper

It's great to connect with someone because we share a common interest or a hobby. What if we could connect with them on a much deeper level? 

Deeper Connections: Satisfied Christians build stronger connections

We love to celebrate deeper, more meaningful connections with people. Often those connections are weak and unhealthy. It takes more than nice thoughts and good intentions to make stronger, healthier connections.