Experience Church San Francisco

Our lives are divinely orchestrated by God. Yet we let closed doors convince us that there is no dream or that no one is in charge. But God's plan means that he will use all situations to move us towards the goal.

Don't do things that other people are doing - make a decision to change so you won't be the same in twelve months. Remember: Satan is limited but you have no limitations, renew your mind to spiritual thinking and become a sower and speaker.

You may have gotten off to a rough start, but it's not how you start that matters, it's how you finish. Don't let your heredity stop your destiny and realize that the enemy is not just fighting for where you are – he is fighting you for where you are going.

The most powerful thing that we can do is not to try harder nor is it to wait for something to happen. Instead it's yielding to God's will and desire. When we yield, our burdens are being lifted, giving us rest.

Want to change but find it hard? Desire the growth you see in others? Need to break out of where you're at? Learn the biblical keys of how to break out of a spiritual rut and to move quickly into who God has called you to be.

One of the dilemmas of our days is that we believe: God can speak to others, but he's not going to speak to me. But if God talked to people throughout the Bible, he'll talk to you. How can we discern the right voice?

God is really interested in our relationships with one another - because he knows that they are an important source for growth in our life.

God rarely makes something out of nothing - only at the beginning he spoke the world into being. He needs our little faith to start to operate.

The best decision you can make in 2011 is to set your attitude for success: an attitude of faith is the single greatest way to keep the favor or God on your life.

People are afraid of a lot of things: driving on the freeway, living in a city, going out at night, getting on an airplane. God doesn't want you to live in fear but to live in faith. Your safety isn't dependent on where you live - but in whom.

Everyone has an opinion of who Jesus is. Who is he to you? His entry into this world was not dainty, cure or safe. It's messy, controversial but real. Discover him beyond the story and experience him for yourself: Immanuel, redeemer, saviour and friend.

When Paul was taking an offer for the church in Jerusalem, he was comparing money to seed. And when we plant generously, we will see generous results.

What could happen if we dared to believe God for the impossible? If we have the audacity to ask and obey, he has the ability to respond in miraculous ways.

When we are hurting, we are building a wall around us. Jesus wants to crate a door through those walls - but just as with automatic grocery store doors, we have to get close to him for it to open.

God sent Jesus to give us the truth about ourselves: the value God puts on us and in us is ultimate and permanent. Nothing we or anyone else can do can change that value.

How can a God full of mercy and grace allow us to connect with him in only one way? Aren't all religions leading to him?

Prayer and fasting isn't something that we are doing for God - it has effects on our lives and the lives of others.

The gospel of grace is not about do's and don'ts but what has been done: Jesus' sacrifice enables us to be righteous. When we are convinced that we are righteous like Christ has made us, we will live a life worth following like He did.

We don't need a visiting speaker that tells us about his supernatural encounters with God - we need to have those encounters ourselves. And we will get a glimpse into heaven by reading what Jesus is saying in God's word.

There are many little-known or unnamed people and many well-known characters in the bible - but God presented himself to every one of them. And he wants to touch us, too - to reaffirm, empower and renew us today!