Weekly Teaching Podcast - WFC Leavenworth

God created everything good because creation reflects its Creator—and God alone is good. Human sin began by doubting God's goodness. Sin distorted our view of God and one another, bringing suffering and death. God did not abandon His creation. He revealed Himself to Moses as compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, forgiving sin, and administering justice. Israel returned to this revelation as the picture of God's character. Jesus Christ is the complete picture of God. Through His life, death, and resurrection, Jesus reveals God's compassion and grace, provides forgiveness, satisfies justice, and begins restoring what sin has cursed. We cannot achieve goodness through moral effort; we can only receive and reflect the goodness that originates in God. Only God is good, and goodness originates in Him. As we see and trust God's goodness revealed in Jesus, we can embody His goodness for the sake of others.

What do you do when the battle in front of you is bigger than the strength inside of you? Jehoshaphat shows us a battle rhythm: seek God, pray, fast, bow, worship, praise, then advance in obedience. The battle belongs to the LORD. Praise does not make God King; it declares that He is King. Worship surrenders our posture before Him. When the diagnosis, report, relationship, or opposition feels bigger than you, remember the victory that Jesus has already won. Look up, bow down, lift up, sing out, and move forward. Assign your praise and worship to lead your advance.

What if the greatest threat to your faith is not that the enemy is stronger, but that he can convince you to fight alone? Jesus has already secured the victory, yet Scripture warns that we have an adversary who seeks to distract, divide, tempt, and devour. Like the builders in Nehemiah 4, God has given each of us a mission, a sector, something to build, and people to stand beside us. We were never designed for isolated Christianity. We are called to cover one another, rally to one another, and together take the fight to the enemy. The question is not whether we will get attacked, but what we will do when the attack comes. Who is covering you? Who are you covering? Who will hear your alarm, and whose alarm will cause you to rally? We do not fight for victory; we fight from victory. When we get attacked, we sound the alarm. When the alarm sounds, we rally. You were never meant to fight alone.

we must gather together to love and relate with one another in the same ways Jesus Christ loved and relates with us.

There is always a way to respond in worship.

Jesus Christ's love for me motivates me to use whatever influence, power, and resources He has entrusted to me to BLESS others.

God's story in me is the story I will unashamedly share.

To have Jesus is to have life's greatest good. That frees me to give generously.

I practice the rhythm of repentance because I know the mercy and love of the Father.

Prayer is humble submission to God's will and dependence upon His mercy and grace because my faith is rooted in Who God is.

God transforms me as I read His word, believe it, and live by it daily.

Those who have faith in the resurrection of Jesus are revolutionaries who change the world.

I can be a true friend to others only when I am secure in Christ.

God uses the need in front of us to wake up the gift inside of us.

I will risk what I have when I have confidence in what I've received.

The mirror I look into shapes who I become.

I am empowered to stand fully equipped and ready as I hide God's Word in my heart.

I memorize Scripture to seek God's face and live as a fully alive disciple of Jesus.

The Holy Spirit empowers the body of Christ with spiritual gifts for the good of others and to advance the Kingdom of God.

The outcome of belonging to Jesus Christ is the Holy Spirit producing the character of Christ in me.

The Holy Spirit convicts me of my sin and empowers me to respond to temptations and trying situations by doing the loving thing instead of the selfish thing.

The Holy Spirit leads me to know God's will to become like Jesus as I seek Him in prayer and submit to His Word.

The Holy Spirit guides me into all truth, established in the Word of God, to live in right relationship with God and others.

God's saving gift is the Holy Spirit alive in me, empowering me to live for Christ.

Jesus Christ's resurrection proves that forgiveness is real, hope is alive, and the future is secure for all who come to Him, follow Him, and worship Him.

I will worship by seeking to know and living to glorify Jesus.

In my moments of greatest pressure, I can trust God's goodness and surrender to His will, knowing His plan is greater than what I can see.

God is sovereign and faithful, and I am secure in Christ's victory, even if following Jesus looks like defeat.

Stand up courageously for Jesus!

When my security and identity are in Christ, I am free to give Him everything I have, and submit everything I am to Him who is Lord of all.

I cannot do good unless I follow Jesus by doing what honors God, what is wise, and what is loving towards others.

Discipline is a long obedience that leads to spiritual maturity and healthy relationship.

Understanding how much God has forgiven me through Jesus Christ gives me the grace and strength to forgive quickly and continually.

Having a right relationship with God means pursuing right relationships with one another.

In God's Family, we relate with others in the same way God through Christ relates with us.

In God's family, we relate with others in the same way God through Christ relates with us.

We couldn't see what God saw, but He's been writing a story of transformation all along. And He's not done yet.

The Gospel of Jesus leads me to see God through Christ, understand who I am in Christ, and live empowered by God's Spirit in me.

To Become like Jesus I must work out my salvation.

God has a purpose. God has a plan. I have a hope.

God's generosity transforms His people into a generous, joyful community.

God's generosity gives life.

To enjoy God's kingdom blessing, Jesus and His kingdom must be the priority of my life.

I am a steward of everything God has generously given me for the Kingdom of God.

Because of Jesus, I can have hope and not fear in what is to come.

I live faithfully in the in-between.

God's Spirit empowers me in my weaknesses to fulfill God's purpose for my life.

The Holy Spirit empowers Jesus Christ's Church to love Jesus by gathering in community, become like Him by following Scripture together, and share Him by praying and living on mission to BLESS others.

The resurrection of Jesus is the foundation for my faith and the reason for my hope.

Jesus Christ demonstrated God's love for all humanity and became the only example of how I am created to love others.

Holding onto the teachings of Jesus, the Son of God, is the only way to know the truth and truly be free.