Family Fest Speaker Podcast

Sheryl Moran - SS23 - Talk 5 - Why?

Why do we exist? 

Our life's purpose is to realize that we are beloved of God and to help others realize they, too, are the beloved of God. 

Each of us is a thought of God. Each of us is willed by God. Each of us is loved by God. Each of us is necessary to God.

Prayer Journal and Additional Resources

Sheryl Moran - SS23 - Talk 6 - How?

Love.

When we enter into a relationship with God, life becomes an adventure of love. Go out in the world and be love, show love.

Prayer Journal and Additional Resources

Kent Williams - WWF23 - Talk 1 - What is God like? Look to Jesus

Jesus is the visible image of the invisible God. He is slow to anger and abounding in love.  As Jesus reveals himself to us, it will transform our lives. God wants to use us in other's lives and all we need to do is lean in.

Kent Williams - WWF23 - Talk 3 -God’s Love part 1

True love offers a choice. God offers us a choice because he truly loves us. Sin is what separates us from God. We have choices.

Kent Williams - WWF23 - Talk 4 -God’s Love part 2

Christ's crucification cleared the barrier to God. We now have a pathway to a relationship with God. We don't have to earn God's love, it's a free gift, given by the blood of Jesus, willfully and gleefully. All we need to do is surrender.

Kent Williams - WWF23 - Talk 5 - ”I love you too”

God wants each of us to know that he loves us infinitely. We can't earn God's love, we can only receive His love. 

Kristina Sakaria Winter Weekend Testimony - WWF23

Kristina Sakaria shares her beautiful testimony here from Family Fest's Winter Weekend family retreat.

Pat Millea - WWJ23 - Talk 1-C.S. Lewis ”Miracles”

God loves you where you are right now. Also, God loves you to much to leave you where you are right now. He is always chasing and pursing us. We need to allow ourselves to be caught. In moments of faith confusion, we simply need to go back to our "Galilee" (the place we first encountered God) or simply pause and allow ourselves to be caught.

Pat Millea - WWJ23 - Talk 2 -C.S. Lewis ”The Weight of Glory”

We are one body of Christ even though we live in a world surrounded by others. There are no ordinary people, we are all connected and impact each other in ways we realize and in other ways we can't possibly understand in the moment. We need to have the strength, the humility, the courage and grace to allow ourselves to die so that we can be left with the perfection of Christ shining though us.

Pat Millea - WWJ23 - Talk 3 -C.S.Lewis ”The Problem of Pain” and ”The Screwtape Letters”

We all have times when we don't feel close to God and experience desolution. When everything we believe is thrown up in the air, are we going to make a move of faith into the void, not knowing if we are going to be caught? What is the point of Fatih?

God is slowly and sometimes painfully teaching us to love as he does- constant and never ending. God gives us himself. We give God our love because he is love.