Faith and Healing with Dr. Kim West

In the book of Hebrews, it says, for the joy set before Him, Christ endured the cross. Now we don't normally put joy and the cross together. So let's think that through a little bit, Christ is going to the cross. It is a place of humiliation and shame. It is a place of amazing pain. He's going because we are separated from God because of sin. And as He goes, He knows He's going to take on the sin of every person that is ever lived or ever will live your sin and mine. So he's going to the cross knowing all of this, but He says, for the joy set before Him, He's going to enter that. So what is this amazing joy, it is the fact that we were separated from God, and now we won't be. It is the way that he can bring us back in, we can connect with him, and we can feel his presence right now. That's the joy, we can recognize that he is glad to be here with us, whereas before we were separated forever. There is joy.

God is self-existent. He is independent in every way from the created world, existing completely on His own. He does not need anyone or anything to sustain Him. God is immeasurable - free of spatial limitations. And God is also eternal - without beginning or an end.

This podcast talks about the attributes of God being a Spirit, Invisible, Holy and Pure.

A wrong understanding of God causes us to view our world through the wrong-colored glasses making us near-sighted, far-sighted skewed, blurry, dark, myopic, or blind. This affects every relationship we have, every circumstance we encounter, and our view of our future as well as our day-to-day living. This is an introduction to Is Your God too Small.

How are you Responding?

God may not seem so real to us some days but always we are important to Him. He is not a figment of your imagination but a very present, very real companion. Don't let even your sister tell you anything different. You'll understand when you watch this.

Do you ever feel attacked in a conversation? Want to know why? Let me tell you one tool for real communication and to keep a conversation from going to the dark side.

Did you ever think about what it's like to be in a relationship with you? Take a break from looking at your significant other and instead check out what it might be like to be in a relationship with you.

Love is a verb. It really has nothing to do with "feeling in love." It is a choice we can make no matter what we might feel.

Are you entertaining evil? Do you invite it in and have a nice conversation about how worthless you are? Maybe there is something different you can do when it comes knocking on your door.

What's the temperature of your relationship with the Lord? If you're not hot or cold if you're lukewarm you're gonna be spit out. Let's talk about rekindling some passion.

Let's talk through a phrase and a belief we often hear. Is it really true? Could there be a different explanation? This one belief is so powerful it can change your entire life.

Does your story tell you that you are on your own, that you have to push through alone? Well, just the opposite is true. You have never been alone or unloved.

You are telling yourself a story about your life? Is it true?