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THANK YOU | New Years Eve

Thank You

 

Deut 8:16-18

 

1) Heart of gratitude

 

1 Thess 5:16-18

 

Eph 5:19-20

 

FOR: Gk - huper - meaning: over, above all, beyond, more than 

 

2) Choice of gratitude

 

Eph 5:20

 

Col 3:15

 

( please put up picture while I read the story of Corrie ten Boom) 

 

3) Practiced Gratitude

 

Phil 4:11

 

1) Notice what you are grateful for

2) Savour it/ absorb it/ meditate on it 

3) Express it 

 

“There is no such thing as gratitude unexpressed, it is plain, old-fashioned ingratitude” Robert Brault 

 

4) Expressed Gratitude 

 

Luke 17: 11-19

Let There Be Light! | Christmas Eve 2023

Let There Be LIGHT! 

 

Gen 1:1-5

 

Gen 1:26

 

Gen 2:16-17

 

1 Pet 1:20

 

Isa 9:2 AMP

 

RUN Video 

 

Jn 1:1-9

 

Jn 1:29

 

Jn 3:16-17

 

“A story is about how the things that happen affect someone in pursuit of a difficult goal, and how that person changed internally as a result” Lisa Cron ( author of Story Genius)

 

Jn 1:10-12

The Light Of Joy | Living In The Light

The Light of JOY

 

Luke 2:8-10 NLT

 

1) Christmas is - Good news of GREAT JOY

 

“The founders of every major religion said ‘I’ll show you how to find God’. Jesus said, ‘I am God who has come to find you.’” Timothy Keller

 

Eph 2:1-2

 

Rom 5:8

 

Rom 5:1-2

 

2) Happiness and Joy are not the same thing 

 

Joy: Charis - calm delight, an adopted attitude of internal cheerfulness. 

 

Rejoice: Chairo - calmly happy, well-off, full of joy 

 

JOY - is a state of the HEART 

 

Heb 12:2

 

1 Pet 1:3-8

 

JOY - is an internal delight - a CELEBRATION OF THE SOUL 

 

“I sometimes wonder whether all the pleasures of life are not simply substitutes for joy” C.S.Lewis 

 

3) Joy is an expression of God’s presence in us 

 

“Joy is the birthmark of the child of God. Every Christian ought to have conscious joy. And if you’re not living a life of joy, you are living beneath your privileges” Adrian Rogers 

 

Rom 14:17 

 

Acts 2:46,47

 

JOY - is a product of PRESENCE! 

Tamara’s Testimony | The Light Show

From Witchcraft and Rebellion To Lover of Jesus | Tamara’s Testimony | The Light Show

Tamara shares her testimony of how offence with Christians and the Church drove her away from faith in Jesus and into the world. After becoming pregnant at 16 years old and entering into a very abusive relationship, she finally left her abuser after his abuse extended beyond hurting Tamara but to hurting her children. Raising her children as a single mom of only 19 years old, she went back to the church but only had her fears and offences reaffirmed by the judgements and carelessness of the people she encountered there, the Pastor himself asking if he even knew here when she requested a reference from him after being involved with the kids ministry a long time. She finally went to work long isolated hours in the field and that is where she turned away completely from christianity and discovered crystals and witchcraft, where she began to have a sense of self empowerment, but was inwardly growing angrier and angrier. Tamara talks about how witchcraft is not just something we imagine, but spell casting and manifestations are real, and christians shouldn’t be ignorant of the reality of those spiritual practices that are the devil’s counterfeits of the heavenly and of the Kingdom of God. It was when Tamara had met a christian by happenstance and they became good friends that she was reintroduced to the bible and her heart began to soften toward the idea of God again. Tamara says it was during the first year of the Covid lock downs that her business plummeted and she was left feeling forsaken and helpless again. She was on a walk and cried out, “universe, God, whoever, you need to fix this” speaking of herself because she was done with the overwhelming “relentless anger” that gripped her heart. She was at home and she said, “God if You are real, I need to hear Your voice.” She recounts how she IMMEDIATELY heard Proverbs 2:3 And upon reading it she discovered the words,”cry out for wisdom and beg for insight.” She says she knew at that moment that The Lord not only heard her cry, but was answering her personally. Tamara goes on to describe how The Lord not only lead her away from witchcraft and rebellion and back into His Presence, but BACK TO THE CHURCH and to a healing of the offences and hurts she experienced as a youth, explaining how the Spirit of God moved in different members of the Church Community she discovered at Victory Church Grande Prairie to affirm and speak to her directly, and to help her move passed her fears and INTO the community God has called us to as His children in Christ.

The Kingdom Of God And Missions

The Kingdom Of God & Missions | Founding Pastor Paul Juss | Victory North Association The Kingdom of God and evangelism are inseparable, and missions are part of not just growing and expanding the reach of the Kingdom of God on earth, but transforming our own hearts and lives into a reflection of Jesus' heart and life.

Light It Up Part 2 | Living In The Light

Light it UP pt.2 

 

 

My 5:14-15

 

“The mark of the gospel impacting a person’s life is literally - not conforming” Bill Johnson 

 

1) How do we purposely shine? - We live in the light 

 

“In order to change a culture, we need to have a different culture in us” Leif Hetland

 

Isa 69:1-2 

 

2) How do we live in the light? - We choose to walk in bold relationship with Him 

 

Eph 5:8-11

 

Mt 16:24-25

 

 

3) How do we walk in bold relationship with Him? - We come up higher

 

Isa 55:9

Ps 121:1-2

Col 3:1-3

Eph 1:20-21

 

 

4) How do we come up higher? - We live a life that is hidden in Him

 

Col 3:3

 

Eph 2:1-9

 

COMPROMISE kills the fire - COMMUNION stokes it! 

 

Set your mind on things above - Col 3:2

 

Call upon the Lord - Jer 33:3

 

Seek the Lord - Jer 29:13

 

Praise Him. Live in gratitude and worship - Ps 100:4

 

Live Righteously - Eph 5:8-11

 

Choose your attitude - Phil 2:14-15 

Light It Up! | Living In The Light

LIGHT IT UP

 

Jn 1:1-5 NIV

Jn1:12-14 NKJV

 

Back to Jn 1:5  

 

The darkness cannot shut out the light of Christ - but it tries! 

 

Mt 5:14

 

1) How do we purposely shine? We live in the light

 

Isa 60:1-2 

 

2) How do we live in the light? We choose to walk in bold relationship with Him

 

Eph 5:8-11

 

3) How do we walk in bold relationship with Him? We come up higher

 

Isa 55:9

 

Ps 121:1-2 

 

Col 3:1-3

 

4) How do we come up higher? We live the life that is hidden with Him

 

Col 3;3

 

Call upon the Lord 

Jer 33:3

 

Seek the Lord 

Jer 29:13

 

Praise Him 

Isa 61:3, Ps 100:4 

 

Live Righteously 

Ps 24:3-4

 

Choose our attitude

Phil 2:13-15

 

Fear the Lord

Ps 25:14

DERRICK & LAURA’S MIRACLE TESTIMONY | THE LIGHT SHOW

To launch The LIGHT SHOW, Derrick & Laura Casey share their testimonies of God's miraculous power and presence in their lives and how He has lead them in Godly parenting. Your faith and heart will be edified and touched by the incredible testimonies of these two people, telling of how God still does miracles and answers prayers, and there is so much wisdom on following the leading of God's Word and Spirit in raising a family with an awareness of their IDENTITY in Christ and their purpose in the earth. We know you will be blessed by these testimonies of the goodness and faithfulness of God, and be encouraged in your walk with the Lord. Thank you for joining us for this first ever episode of THE LIGHT SHOW live at Victory Church Grande Prairie.

Pursuing Purpose | Living In The Light

Pursuing Purpose

 

“The only way a shadow leaves is when the light shines”

 

Jn 8:12

 

1) You have a purpose

 

Rom 14:7-8

Mt 25:21

 

“If you live for yourself you can settle for less. If you live for others, it requires all of who you are” Erwin mcManus

 

2) The Church has a purpose 

 

Mt 6:14-16

 

REACH - TEACH -MOBILIZE

 

3) It CAN be done

 

1 Cor 16:9

Freedom Calls | Living In The Light

We were never intended to make a tent in the place where we encounter God's glory and light through Jesus Christ, but we were made to carry His light back with us out into the darkness and to answer the call and cry of those who need a touch or encounter with God's love and healing.