Follow The Leader Series Pt. 1 "The Invitation” Series

From Genesis to Revelation God has being calling for man. God called to Adam in Genesis and in Revelation the Bible says Re 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. There is a calling taken place in these last days to come, a call to follow, and seek the face of God.

We are living in a time when people are looking for someone or something to follow, a mission to complete them that will give them hope and reason to dream. Look around you and listen to people they are seeking answers and direction. It doesn’t matter who you are it makes no difference if you are Donald Trump, Bill Gates, or the President of the United States everybody is searching and looking for answers that can lead them and show them a better way.

This series of sermons will take you back to your roots to fall in love again with your “first love”.

There is an invitation that God is sending out to all mankind in these last days to come and follow Him, to repent and become a child of God. Not only is this invitation for those in the world but also to those in the Church.

Many of us have forgotten that we are to still follow Him. Christ is still the way, and He is still the truth and the life. He may think you have gotten so big that you can go out on your own, but I hate to bust your bubble you still need Him.

From the verse I read to you in James we read that God desires a relationship an intimate relationship with His creations. I believe that we forget that we were created for the Lord and that He desires to have fellowship with us. We are the apple of God’s eye, His one true love.

My heart has been so heavy toward my relationship with the Lord, and the relationship that the body of Christ has with Him.

The Lord desires us and the same commune and fellowship that we enjoy every day with friends and family. The one that sticks closer than a brother, the one that we call Abba Father desires the same fellowship.

God’s heart is yearning for His people. How it must grieve Him to know that His children only seek Him for an exchange of demands that bring instant gratification and personal gain.

Our walk with God should be much deeper than our wallets. What has happened is our daily lives and our daily walk have become confused with one another; we carry the burdens of our lives into our worship and devotion to God, church is now work, our relationship with God is work! Praising and worshipping the Lord; work, praying; work, fasting; work.

Anything that is to build a relationship is work and imposes on our time. What has happened to this generation, where is the desire?

The Lord desires us and He wants our affection to be toward Him the Bible says: Col 3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. David said in Ps 27:8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. Ps 42:1 As the hart (deer) panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: Ex 34:14 (KJV) For the Lord to be jealous there must be a love for us and a deep desire. This is His unwavering desire. It is He that has issued the invitation, for He longs to be known by His children. Since the fall of man it has taken thousands of years, intricate preparations, and a huge price to open the way for this kind of close relationship.

Adam who knew the Lord openly walked and talked with God in the garden enjoying the very presence of God, but that relationship was severed by an act of rebellion and now sin destroyed a once beautiful relationship that would be carried over to all mankind. Now men and women cannot see or know God as Adam and Eve once had.

The Lord however was not so easy to give up on His Love for us, but was determined to bring back that fellowship so with great passion and compassion the plan of redemption was put into action.

At the price of His son Jesus, he would lay down His life so that we can be reconnected to the Lord. He paid the price that would liberate us from darkness and bring us back to His marvelous light. Paul said it best in 1Co 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s