When the church comes together it should be for the building up of the body of Christ. Sometimes we make church about us and what we can get out of it. We should be peacemakers — no division in our hearts, no holding on to grudges or bitterness — that desire to use our spiritual gifts, services and activities to serve others. No one person has all the gifts, so we must work together to continue the mission and ministry of Jesus in the Earth.

The Tree of Life, planted in the Garden, demarcates a point in time, before which, God always was. He was complete and had need of nothing. Creation was meant to reflect His character. Man was meant to be in line and in synch with God, but sin entered into man's heart. Through history and even today man tries in his own strength to reconcile his relationship with God — an impossible task. In His mercy and love, God plants another tree in time — the old Roman cross.

God is calling us to a "Crazy Generosity." It isn't one birthed out of the Law, compulsion or guilt, but a generosity driven by the grace of God. We shouldn't have to be commanded to give. When we fully understand Christ's love and generosity toward us, we can't help but pour out all that we can for others. 

Crazy faith is believing that the best is yet to come. Before God can bring the best in our lives, he must do something deeper in our lives. He needs to take away the one thing that is holding you back. God wants to give us victory but we must allow him to remove that one thing that is holding us back from complete devotion. God also sometimes asks us to add one thing to our lives to bring his best. In Acts, before Pentecost the disciples needed to add a new member, Matthias to replace Judas.

Sometimes its hard for Christians to lead non-Christians to Christ because they are so unlike Jesus. When Christians become religious they tend to follow a lot of rules and develop a head knowledge of God but their heart grows cold and indifferent. When we are intimate with Jesus the Love of Christ will flow through us and those who don't know Christ will be drawn to His presence and love. Jesus promises us an abundant life.

In the first part of this four-week series, Pastor Gary Wilkerson looks at the life of Abraham. Terah, Abram's father, took his destiny into his own hands and ends up settling in place short of his goal. Such is the case when we strive to realize selfish ambitions in our own strength. Abraham on the other hand, hears a word from God and receives the grace to see the promises fulfilled. Release your life into God's hands and He is faithful to fulfill His promises—greater than we could ever hope or imagine.

 Today, if you need something from God, let's come with boldly to Jesus. Even when we are not worthy, Christ is our righteousness and we have confidence to pray.

If you put three geniuses in a room, they could not create something from nothing — only God can. It is man's role to arrange the things of creation in ways that bring honor and glory to God. Because of sin, man has failed in this role — primarily in the area of relationships. God placed man and woman in the garden to bring him glory. God asks us to be present with one another. Our presence always has implications, whether positive or negative. At Christ's birth it was time to create again. Jesus created something new. He wasn't just rearranging what was there.