Treasured Truth

We have the revelation from God on this side of our circumstance—God’s promise. Then we have the manifestation of that promise on the other side—God’s provision. And today we’ll look further at how our obedience is the bridge that allows us to cross over from promise to provision. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Without God we can’t and without us God won’t. So we have to be participants in His plan. And our obedience is the factor that allows us to participate. It’s the bridge that takes us to our provision. Learn more on today on Treasured Truth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor Ford asks today, “Will you do the unthinkable? Is your faith greater than your fears? Is the promise greater than your problem?” Because, only when all of those things are true, will you then be able to go from God’s promises to His provisions for your life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On today's Treasured Truth, as we look further at how God is our ultimate provider, Pastor Ford will explain that our provision is tied to our obedience. We aren’t going to get what God has for us until we do what God has told us to do. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As we continue to learn about God as our ultimate provider, we’ll see that the provision God has for us is often right in front of us—everybody can see it. But in order for us to see it as His provision, He has to reveal it and manifest it to us through His power as Jehovah-Jireh—the God Who puts what we need, where we need it, until we need it, even when we don’t know that we need it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When God instructed Abraham to sacrifice Isaac He was testing him. But after Abraham demonstrated total faith, God ultimately revealed Himself as Jehovah-Jireh and provided the sacrifice to take Isaac’s place. Today we’ll learn more about the reasons why God tests His children and see how He becomes our Jehovah-Jireh, our provider, in the midst of those tests. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor Ford will remind us today that we should learn to connect the good times and not separate them from the bad times because God loves us always—both in the good times and in the bad. We’ll see that even negative things in our lives have divine purpose and can be part of God’s ultimate provision for us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, as we start to look at Genesis 22 and see how God is our ultimate provider, Pastor Ford asks us to consider this—how many of us have blown our blessing because we have not been prepared for what God has prepared for us? We’ll learn that there’s probably a lot of people to whom God hasn’t given their blessings, because He’s said to them, “You aren’t ready for Me to bless you yet.” Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, as we study John 12 and continue to learn about how Mary broke her alabaster box of fragrant perfume to anoint Jesus, we’ll see the extent of the sacrificial love she was showing to Him by doing that. And perhaps her story will compel us to consider what it is that we will sacrifice for Jesus. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

God has sent us the trials we are experiencing in our lives, and He wants us to see them in the way that He sees them. That’s because He’s shaping us to make us into something that we currently are not. And why is He doing that? Because in the current shape we’re in, God won’t give us what He ultimately does want to give us at the point when we have eventually been conformed to His will. Find out more when you join us for today's Treasured Truth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Others can tell how much we love Jesus by the way we serve Him. They can tell by the way we give to Him. They can tell by the way we worship Him. You see, a lot of us have a fake “Zirconium Jesus.” Because if we all had a real “Diamond Jesus” then there’d be nothing that would keep us from going crazy about the Lord Jesus Christ! Find out what this means on today’s Treasured Truth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As we live the Christian life, we need a love that will sacrifice for the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Because many of us have praise for Christ on our lips, but the rest of our lives doesn’t demonstrate our love for Him. In other words, according to Pastor Ford, we often have high praise, but low living! Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As we wrap up this study from Genesis 2 and take a concluding look at “the perfect guy,” we can thank God for His grace and His power, as He continues the job of shaping us and molding us into His image. As long as we don’t become too stubborn, by not allowing Him to work in our lives, the Lord is continually making us into the people He wants us to be—whether that’s the “perfect guy” or the “perfect gal.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As we continue to look at the character of “the perfect guy,” if you’re a husband, instead of putting down your wife because of her weaknesses, you should rather strive to become her strength in her weaknesses. Then as a husband, you can become like Jesus to your wife. And Pastor Ford will remind us that’s exactly what the Bible says, that a man ought to be like Jesus to his wife. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do you know if you’re on your way to becoming “the perfect guy”? One way is to look at your stewardship in the areas of time, talent, and treasure. Are you following the Lord’s commandments about those areas in the way you’re supposed to be following? The perfect guy has resources that have been given by God and he exercises good stewardship of those resources.” Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There’s power in the name of Jesus. So much so, that when we focus on Him and on magnifying His name, our perspective changes. We will realize that the problems in our lives will become smaller, in comparison to the light of His glory. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Before you make a commitment in a relationship, you should really consider some facts about the person with whom you are seeking a relationship. Pastor Ford will urge us to quit making deep commitments to shallow people. According to him, there’s too many who are making Mercedes investments into “hooptie” people. Find out what the means on today’s Treasured Truth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The perfect guy will be someone in whom Jesus is resident and through whom the power of the Holy Spirit can be observed. So, he has the residency of Christ, and he has transparency. We’ll also see that he has security and liberty. Pastor Ford asks, “What else could you want in a man?” Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nowadays, women often find themselves in relationships with men who don’t really think it’s important for dating to lead to marriage. This seems to be acceptable within today’s popular culture. But as we consider some Biblical principles of dating and relationships, Pastor Ford explains that if a man will not be accountable to anyone, and will not give you his last name, then he won’t be responsible as somebody to be in a relationship with. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’ll hear more of Pastor Ford’s description of the perfect guy, based on Genesis 2, and we’ll see that this person has respiration from God—God breathed in him and gave him the breath of life. The perfect guy also has revelation—he’s a man of the book. And, he has a relationship given by God. These are just a few of the characteristics we’ll learn today as we look at how to identify the perfect guy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.