Sermons on Free Will

Prayer of Forbearance

When we talk about the prayer of forbearance, we are talking about prayer that is characterized by patience, endurance, and long-suffering (or another way to think about it is would be “suffering long”). In your community groups this past week, you talked about some of the reasons why God does not answer prayer as quickly…

Created in God’s Image

God will be the focus of this study. Of course we will learn about many other historical characters as we crisscross the pages of Scripture, but God is the Hero of this story. The Bible is His book and it is One Big Story. We will begin our study of this One Big Story in the beginning—the very beginning—when God created man and woman in His own image. God made man in His image so that man would be able to know God and communicate with Him. It is God’s desire to know everyone personally. That’s why He created us!