Lake Highlands Church
Are we relating to our high priest the way Abram did? Are we feasting on his presence? Are we seeing life from His perspective? Are we receiving His blessing? Are we giving to Him out of the abundance that God has given us? We need to recognize the glory of having a Melchizedekian priest.
info_outline The Story – This Will Be On The TestLake Highlands Church
Is our growth academic or is it real? The problem that most of us face is that our growth is academic. We read our Bible, we go to church, we go to Bible studies; we’ve got it all up here, but we are unwilling to do what it takes to get it into our lives. If we want to see real growth in our lives, it’s going to happen through being tested.
info_outline The Story – Learning from LotLake Highlands Church
Lot had no personal relationship with God; he focused on the material things that the world could give him right now; he was led by his passions. But Abraham knew God, and he focused on what God would give him later and eternally; Abe was led by those promises. Are we more like Lot or Abe?
info_outline The Story – Even Patriarchs Have Bad DaysLake Highlands Church
No failure is permanent. We can go back to the cross of Jesus Christ and receive the grace and mercy of God offered through him. And, by God’s grace, when we find ourselves in a situation where we are tempted again, if we hold on to God and His promises we can overcome. In times of testing, the question to ask is not, “How can I get out of this?” but rather “What can I get out of this?” God is at work building your faith.
info_outline The Story - Set Apart to Be a BlessingLake Highlands Church
Scripture reading: Genesis 12:1-9
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info_outline The Story – A Tale of a TowerLake Highlands Church
We can’t allow ourselves to be seduced by the world-building for ourselves, trying to make a name for ourselves. If we do, if we rebel (like Nimrod) trying to create our own gate to God, we too will be scattered. We must trust in the only One who is the way to God—Jesus.
info_outline The Story – When God Says NeverLake Highlands Church
Only God has the ability to say “never” and live up to His word. God has provided a way to escape judgement: the way of sacrifice. And through that sacrifice—Jesus—God says, “whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst,”.
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info_outline Why Lent? - Why Scripture?Lake Highlands Church
The power of God's word through Scripture is his gift of revelation to us. It is crucial in helping us know him, to know ourselves, and to walk out a life of love in a broken world.
info_outlineJesus has come to fulfill and complete what God started with Israel, to bring salvation to the world. His baptism is the beginning of the new exodus. Just as God brought the children of Israel out of Egypt, God was now bringing a new people out of an even older and darker slavery, slavery to sin. The new exodus is wider than just Israel, it is for the whole of creation.
Scripture reading: Luke 3:21-22