Welcome to the Jesus Image podcast.

Now I want you to turn to your neighbor and just tell them Jesus loves you.

Just say hello.

All right.

You're going to need to tell them that because the message I'm bringing to you really carries the fear of the Lord.

So it's like, you just need to remind them that they're very loved

first. Pastor Jess and Michael, it's an honor to be back here again to preach. I could say

something funny about Pastor Jess, but I love her too much. Do you see that kind of kindness coming out of me?

The forgiveness of God? Tonight we're going to go through a lot of scripture, but I want to sort of

set up what I feel to share with you. And then I really firmly believe the strong presence of God's

love and power like this will touch your heart.

And I really, I don't know who closed worship, but when you close, she said I feel that beauty and fear of God.

And I preached a message here in April of last year about being disciples by the father and coming

under the father's pruning hand and how God prunes us to receive us, never to punish us.

It's always to, it is punishment in the moment, but it's to receive us. And tonight,

I kind of want to do a part two of that message. And it's a deeper place. We're going to go

through a lot of scripture, but I want to set this up for you first. I've been feeling this

sort of sense that Christianity is losing its direction

a little bit. That's why I'm very thankful for Pastor Michael and Jesson, the constant preaching

of Jesus. Because the direction of the Lord, of Christianity, it's to the feet of God. It's to

heaven. It's unto eternity. It's not just for

this life. It's for eternity. It's for souls. It's not just for the temporary fixes we get,

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