Little Footprints

Westside Family Church David | Week 2: Trusting God's Process Pastor: Jonathan Hansen Trusting God's Process Notes:  What do you do when the life you're living doesn't look like the life you expected? The life you imagined? Here's the big idea: You don't have to understand God's process to trust God’s character. (His goodness for your life) 1. Surrender Your Plans to God's Purposes So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon David. 1 Samuel 16:13 The calling comes in a moment. The process takes years. Notes:  Now the Spirit of the Lord had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him. Saul’s attendants said to him, “See, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you. Let our lord command his servants here to search for someone who can play the lyre. He will play when the evil spirit from God comes on you, and you will feel better.” So S...

Westside Family Church Building Bonfires: Cultivating A Life Lived For God Pastor: Jonathan Hansen Notes:  Building a life with God, takes work! I. CLEARING THE LAND Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles , and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Hebrews 12:1 Sin entangles our lives and drags us down.  There are things we have to cut away. The Lord will cut some things from our lives! Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful . John 15:2 This reframes the pain of clearing. It's not punishment, it's preparation. God cuts things away that need to be thrown into a burn pile. This is part of his work in our lives. "Midway along the journey of life (midlife crisis) , I woke to find myself in a dark wood, for I had wandered off from the straight path. How hard it is to tell what it was like—this wood of wilderness, savage and stubborn. A bitter place. Death could scarce be worse.” ~D...