Life Baptist Church – Pasadena

Happy Valentine’s Day and Happy Chinese New Year! Pastor Daniel spoke yesterday about the relationship between love and faith. In 1 Cor 13:7, it reads, “It (love) always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.” Why does love always protect, trust, hope and persevere? To answer that, we looked at the faith of the Canaanite woman in Matthew 15.

This woman was in a dire situation. Her daughter was suffering from demon-possession. She cried out to Jesus for mercy and instead of offering immediate mercy, Jesus says 3 interesting things. First, Jesus did not answer a word. In other words, he ignored her. She was a Canaanite woman, a half breed despised by the Jews. Plus, she was a woman who was often ignored in that culture. And on top of everything else, her daughter was demon-possessed which people thought was a sign of being cursed by God.

How many of us would have walked away at that point?
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Abraham JDSN spoke from Exodus 15 and talked about 2 journeys that we all embark on — a physical journey and a spiritual journey. The physical journey is marked by bitternesses and conflicts and other problems, but spiritually we all have a choice to look beyond the physical and hold onto the tree of life (which is a foreshadowing of the cross). Anything that makes us bitter is in fact an invitation to go to Jesus. That is always a choice. Even disappointments can be sweet if they make us turn to Jesus.

Afterward, we enjoyed a wonderful time of fellowship at Abraham JDSN’s house as we rooted for the New Orleans (Christian) Saints! Colts, who dat?

A file containing the reading schedule has been posted in the footer of the site. Let’s be inspired!

Today, we talked about how in Christ, we have been blessed with every spiritual blessing in Christ (Eph 1:3). Yet, we believe that our glass is half empty. We ask God many questions and there is often only silence. Where is God and why is he silent? First, it is because he wants to correct our wrong view of seeing our lives as half empty glasses. Second, it is because he wants to cultivate in us a greater hunger for him.

Abraham JDSN spoke this past Sunday about 4 loud voices we commonly tune into. The voices include: Satan, circumstances, self, subconscious. He urged us to listen for the still small voice of God (Elijah), which is soft because it is a voice of mercy, not a loud voice of judgment.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Instead of our regularly scheduled 11am service, we will be having a combined service with LBC WLA tomorrow (12/27) at 4pm in West Los Angeles/Santa Monica.
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We will be having a combined service with LBC in West Los Angeles (Santa Monica) for this Sunday only, 11/22, at 4pm.
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Mary Poplin recommended Heidi Baker to me, and so I looked up her book online and bought it this week. Heidi Baker is often called the “Mother Teresa of Mozambique,” and now I know why. According to Mary, Heidi actually grew up in an affluent part of So. Cal, Dana Point, but has dedicated her life to living in the poorest of poor neighborhoods.  This book is her testimonial reflections on the Beatitudes, but I don’t know how to describe, without giving too much away, how amazing it is. 

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I have been reading 3 books:  Prayer, by O Hallesby, Rules of Engagement by Derek Prince, and Compelled by Love, by Heidi Baker.  Here are some of my favorite parts of these books:

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This past Sunday, Brother Ray talked about the 3 components of the calling of all believers: 1) freedom to consider the call, 2) empowerment for the call and 3) the promise of God’s presence as we obey the call.  It ended with some prophetic words from A.W. Tozer who challenged believers to move out of the realm of the mind into concrete obedience.