2026.05.24 Sermon Notes: By Building Bonfires: Cultivating A Life Lived For God
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...