If the Kingdom of God is relationships, then it becomes important for us to recognize not only our need and desire for a relationship with God, but to recognize His need and desire for a relationship with us.
God's Determined Love
God has created us as a people for His own possession. We must know and be open to receive His depth of love for us; for our lives will either be spent in His dealings to give ourselves to Him or we will live as recipients of His sweet spices because we have come to know and accept that love. Our greatest ability to become and change will be our simple acceptance of what His love has in store for us.
CD includes both of the above messages by Gary Hargrave (2008-1113-2R)
God wants us to be His temple. However, He cannot live with the flesh nature. Under your initiative, the Holy Spirit can begin the perfection process within you. Your relationship with the Holy Spirit is not a one-time experience, but it is a way of life. This leads to resurrection life.
By the Holy Spirit, the days of Christ and those who related to Him are made alive. Out of this experience is brought the reality of Christ in our midst today and the need of a violent spirit to have a relationship with Him. Will you have a thirty-, sixty-, or one-hundredfold relationship? It is your choice.
Absolute Trust In God
"Trust in the Lord with all of your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding" (Proverbs 3:5). When we have an absolute and complete trust in the Lord, then we circumvent our carnal mind because we no longer depend on our own evaluations of what He is doing in our lives. If we do not trust Him, we will distance ourselves from Him.
CD includes both of the above messages by Gary Hargrave (2008-1119-6R)
It is easy for us to be overwhelmed by all that is taking place in the universe around us. God, however, is relatively unimpressed by these things. His focus and attention is rather upon the people He is bringing forth to be His own possession.
A Compass For Your Heart
The Word that John Robert Stevens wrote entitled "To Be A Christian" is a compass for our hearts. Using that message as a centerpiece, we took this service as an opportunity to see that our hearts and minds are perfectly on course into His Kingdom.
CD includes both of the above messages by Gary Hargrave (2008-1113-5R)
Living Word Publications is a ministry of The Living Word, the publishing house of The Living Word Fellowship. The Living Word was established in 1968 out of a vision to capture, preserve, and publish the teachings of John Robert Stevens. Many of Stevens' sermons have been edited and published in books, manuals, and a weekly periodical titled "This Week."
The Living Word continues in its ministry today—carefully recording, editing, and publishing teachings of Stevens' successor, Gary Hargrave, and others who teach and minister the Word.