In this series on Bethel’s cornerstone values, Pastor Bill shares that God wants to do more than we could ever imagine or dream. God is better than we think, therefore we have to change the way we think. He encourages us to live in a state realizing that God wants to do more in us, through us, and for us than we ever thought was possible.

hallelujah king forever

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we thank you for the cross

hi i have the privilege of talking to

you about some of our

core values as a church family and these

are some of my favorite subjects so this

is a real joy for me today

the four ideas the four concepts that

are pillars of thought for us are

cornerstones of our belief system is the

goodness of god

nothing is impossible jesus blood

paid for everything everything was

settled at the cross and

every person is significant i want to

talk to you about the goodness of god

god is better than we think so we have

to change the way we think

he doesn’t change personalities he

doesn’t go from a kind loving father to

angry father who wants to abuse and

and torment people there’s this

concept running around that is really

disruptive to that

revelation of god’s nature i personally

think the

greatest vacuum in human consciousness

has to do with our living realization of

how good god really is

i want to encourage you to consider that

god

as a father is so kind and so

wonderfully encouraging and

strengthening he

wants things to change there’s no

question but he he is a patient loving

god who works

in and through and with his people to

bring about those changes

beliefs have to have behaviors

that illustrate those beliefs and it’s

my conviction that if we

really believe that god is as good as we

say he is

then we really have to manifest that

confidence by dreaming big it means that

we live

in this this state realizing that god

wants to do more

in us through us and for us than we ever

thought was possible

in fact he promised us in scripture

beyond all we could ask or think

that’s beyond the reach of my prayer

life asking beyond the reach of my

imagination

beyond what i could think that’s his

covenant with us

and when we live that way we begin to

dream we start thinking what could be

possible in our lifetime

what could we see happen through our

family through our family line what

could we see happen in our city

what might be possible in our church or

through this

ministry that i’ve embraced uh dreaming

to see the uh the the larger things not

just more

people or more money it’s it’s the

impact on humanity what kind of

significant role could we play if we

really believe that god was good

that’s the invitation i want to bring to

you i want to invite you

to explore the goodness of god because

our faith

only functions where we know he is good

and so it’s a vast territory to explore

if we see how good god is we will

as a on a journey we will

explore to see what god might do in our

lifetime

just because he’s better than we think i

encourage you let’s change the way we

think let’s explore his goodness

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