Experience Church San Francisco

Faith is not a coping mechanism. Faith opens our eyes so we can see that God is already at work on our behalf. It's a power to change things that God doesn't want us to accept - things that he wants us to have a breakthrough in.

We shouldn't make the mistake of mistaking hope for faith. Also, faith in God is more important than having faith for things. His grace, the grace to endure God's "no", is sufficient for us.

The source of our faith is the grace of God, not prayer, bible study, church attendance, tithing or rule keeping. His unmerited favor, not our works, make us people of faith.

Faith does not exempt us from hardship, tragedy and adversity. Real faith is proven in the furnace of affliction, in the time of adversity.

This world is not transformed by nice ideas - it's transformed by people with the substance of faith operating on the inside of them. But are you building this faith foundation or are you more concerned about a good facade?

God wants to heal us - but are we just sitting back and wondering why he isn't doing anything or are we willing to stretch out our hands to him to receive his healing power?

Transforming our minds into the mind of Christ isn't a one-step action. In fact, there are eight stepping stones that build on one another to reach that goal.

When you have a spouse, a relative, a friend or work colleague who does not respond with either love or respect to you, you have the potential of being greatly rewarded.

Do you ask God sometimes what his purpose for you and your life is? Micah asked him the same question - and God answered in a way he might not have expected.

We don't have to walk with God all on our own: God's Holy Spirit is empoweing us with his gifts to edify ourselves and he empowers us to witness to others.

To have a testimony like Enoch, we must let our spirit (wo)man overcome our soul(wo)man - not allowing our soul to bully our spirit, but making time for God's spirit to fill us.

Nothing in our culture is more applauded than the ability to walk alone, but God never created us to walk alone: we were born to walk with God.

Walking with God pleases him and produces great grace on our lives. From the life of Noah, we can learn about three things that activate a close walk with God: faith, obedience and fellowship.

God wants to renew us to use us. He wants to renew our first love, faith, mind, health, strength and boldness. He wants to give us a fresh anointing and to pray big prayers.

Join us for our year-end Blessing Service on Christmas Day. Celebrate the most wonderful gift of all: Jesus!

The story of our saviour's birth is a wake-up call to our willingness to respond in belief and obedience to the divine purpose and leading of God in our lives.

The stains on our lives are big - and we can't help it. But how are we dealing with them? And how does God deal with them instead? Are we willing to accept his forgiveness?

God is not only our creator - he is our lord, our master and king who is free to spend our lives as he pleases. But often we reverse this in our lives - we become a monument to self-sufficiency and our services become a means of self-entertainment.

How Jesus had communion with the many and the few is a symbol for how he handles every life that he uses for his glory.

In our culture we're always surrounded with temptation to trust in our own abilities. Our challenge: to live in a way that we are radically dependant on and desperate for the power only God can provide.