Little Footprints

Westside Family Church THE BATTLEFIELD WITHIN :  Fighting for Freedom in a World Built on Fantasy Pastor: Jonathan Hansen Communion 🍞 🍷Sunday  We live and die by the God's Word.  We go wherever the Bible takes us!    This generation has MORE ACCESS to fantasy; to pornography than ever before! You have heard that it was said, ' You shall not commit adultery.' But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell. Matthew 5:27–30 The Odyssey; fed the lotus, daily, forgets the pain of his past.   Lust and Fantasy does the same thing. Odysseus on Calypso never f...

Westside Family Church Hold The Line: Three Battles Every Man Must Win Pastor: Jonathan Hansen N otes:  Faith should NOT be domesticated.  The bears at the zoo verses Kings Cave, bear can, 20-30 yards away.  See the stars where there is no light pollution. Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men (be courageous), be strong. Let all you do be done in love. 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 (NIV) But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 1 Timothy 6:11-12 (NIV) My thesis: If you win the internal battle of the soul, you can win the external battles of work and the relational battles at home. But if you lose the inner war, the rest of your life eventually crumbles. The sins of some are obvious, reaching the place of judgment ahead of them; the s...

Westside Family Church Seen and Strengthened: A Mother's Day Message For Every Season Pastor(s): Jonathan and Lindsey Hansen  Notes:  Capable - Strong - Praiseworthy High School Sweethearts, Atlanta, GA - met @ 17 years old. So many different stories represented on Mother's Day at Church. There are principles in God's Word.   God is with you - sees you and knows you. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18 But you, O Lord, are a shield around me; you are my glory, the one who holds my head high. Psalm 3:3 Jesus is here and he is with us! Billy Graham: "Suffering shouldn't make us bitter people - instead, it should make us better comforters for others." Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me . I went away full, and the Lord has brought me back empty. Ruth 1:20-21 Naomi feels like the road ahead is impassable.  Have we come to a season as this? navigating, a job c...

Now that I feel like I am somewhat caught up on my bible study, I get to start Week 2. This week's verse is: Charm is Deceptive and Beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord will be praised--Proverbs 31:30. I used to think 'fear' meant I had to be scared.  I learned today, it means 'respect'.  You have to have 'great' respect for the Lord. In today's video, Nicki presented the question again:  "Whose truth do I align my life with?" Ours or Gods? Such a great question--a pressing question. Today's video even convinced me to go home and take another picture of the other side of my office--my office is nice and I love it.  I love the fact my husband put it together for me.  I posted what I wanted people to see; not how the room actually looked.  Whose truth do you think I was going for when I posted to Facebook?  Yup, you got it?  Mine.  I was being selfish.  I wanted to brag.  "See what an awesome h...