It may seem like a huge or even rhetorical question. However, may I suggest to you that God is not a stranger to you. Deep down inside of your heart, you have heard His voice before.

When you were afraid and alone, with no one to turn to for help, you heard…"All is going to be okay, don't be afraid"...that was God!

When you were sick in the hospital and the doctors offered no hope, you sensed a power to fight for your life...that was God!

When you did wrong to someone and instead of retaliation, they forgave you...that was God!

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)

God Loves You! And He is constantly telling you how much He loves you in your everyday experiences. However, God desires that you recognize Him for who He really is to YOU!

"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." (Romans 3:23)

Without question, we have all done wrong and felt shameful because of it. The good news is, God is not mad at you!! He knows all the wrong that has been done and the pain and shame that we experience and have caused. God is ready and willing to forgive you and make all things new in your life.

"But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name" (John 1:12)

You too can be a Child of God! Receive His gift of new life in His Son Jesus. Acknowledge God as the One who loves you unconditionally, the One who gives you a better way of living, the One who removes all your shame and guilt. Pray this prayer and watch God come alive in your life:

"Father God, It's me, ____(your name here)_____ I know that I have broken your laws and done what I've wanted to do. I now see according to your word, that my sin has separated me from you. I am truly sorry. I choose to turn my life over to you. Father God, I choose to acknowledge and accept the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross. Thank you Jesus, for giving your life for me. I surrender my life to you. I ask that the blood you shed would take away all of my sins today. Thank you for forgiving me. Father, I believe that your son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer. I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from this second forward. Dear God in heaven, I thank you for your Holy Spirit coming to help me obey You, and to do Your will for the rest of my life. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen."

Welcome to God's family! Now, when you hear God, you can respond to His Voice and Walk with Him. Be sure to email us at knowinggod@pastorterry.com and let us know of your decision!

The Kingdom comes not with observation. ( Luke 17:20) Yea, they Kingdom is with you. Is there evidence of the influence of God existing within you?

We must be carriers of the word!

The influence of God produces Faith. Faith Produces the influence of God.

Mat 17:17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.

Mat 17:18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.

Mat 17:19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?

Mat 17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

The mustard seed is not a lesson of size but rather capacity.

Mar 4:24 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.

Mar 4:25 For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.

Mar 4:26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

Mar 4:27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.

Mar 4:28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

Mar 4:29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.

Mar 4:30 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?

Mar 4:31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:

Mar 4:32 But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.

(Luk 13:19) It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and put in his garden; and it grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches." NKJV

Luk 17:3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

Luk 17:4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.

Luk 17:5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. (increase our capacity to forgive)

Luk 17:6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.

To respond to the Lord concerning world mission your faith capacity has to be increased.