Beautiful Feet | Message 3: Embracing the Journey | Pastor Chad Dingess | 9/24/2023
September 24, 2023 / Bethesda Church Isaiah 52:7
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger who brings good news, the good news of peace and salvation, the news that the God of Israel reigns!
1: THE JOURNEY OF FAITH IS MYSTERIOUS
Mark 4:26-29 (NCV)
Then Jesus said, “The kingdom of God is like someone who plants seed in the ground. Night and day, whether the person is asleep or awake, the seed still grows, but the person does not know how it grows. By itself the earth produces grain. First the plant grows, then the head, and then all the grain in the head. When the grain is ready, the farmer cuts it, because this is the harvest time.”
John 3:8-9 (NCV)
The wind blows where it wants to and you hear the sound of it, but you don’t know where the wind comes from or where it is going. It is the same with every person who is born from the Spirit.” Nicodemus asked, “How can this happen?”
John 6:65 (NIV)
If the Father does not bring a person to me, that person cannot come
2: THE JOURNEY OF FAITH IS ORGANIC
Mark 4:28-29 (NCV)
First the plant grows, then the head, and then all the grain in the head. When the grain is ready, the farmer cuts it, because this is the harvest time.
1 Corinthians 3:6-7 (NCV)
I planted the seed, and Apollos watered it. But God is the One who made it grow. So the one who plants is not important, and the one who waters is not important. Only God, who makes things grow, is important.
3: THE JOURNEY OF FAITH IS A JOURNEY
Galatians 6:9 (NIV)
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.