Copy this questionnaire into the comment box and answer each one as if someone was asking you that question and truly wanted to know the answer to it. Answer as though this person knows very little about God or Christianity. I am interested in finding out how some of you would answer some of these. Have fun

#1 Who is God and what is He like?

#2 What is the Trinity?

#3 Who is Jesus?

#4 Why did He die on the Cross?

#5 How do I know He really rose from the dead?

#6 Who is the Holy Spirit and what does He do?

#7 How do I get plugged in to the power of the Holy Spirit?

#8 Is the Bible really God’s Word and does it relate to my life?

#9 What is truth and can I know it with certainty?

#10 What is sin and how does it impact me life and my relationship with others?

#11 Why does God allow evil in the world?

#12 What is a Christian and how does a person become one?

#13 If Jesus is the only way to Heaven, are all other religions wrong?

#14 What about the people who have never heard about the Gospel?

#15 what is The Great Commission and how does it relate to me?

#16 Is there a real Heaven and hell and what about they like?

#17 Is there a judgement day and what difference should it make in my life?

#18 Can I really be forgiven for all my sins, even the really bad ones?

#19 Will God ever leave me or forsake me?

#20 Who are satan and his demons?

#21 How do I engage in spiritual warfare?

#22 What is the Church and why should I be involved?

#23 What are Spiritual Gifts and how do I discover mine?

#24 How should the return of Christ impact my life?

#25 What is prayer and how do I do it?

#26 Why should I study my Bible and how do I do it?

#27 How do I defend my faith?

#28 Who am I, where did I come from, and what is my purpose?

#29 Which is true, creation or evolution, and why does it matter?

#30 How can I worship God in everything I do?

I just want to hear what you all have to say i’ll be waiting for answers!

GET UP AND DANCE

My generation is beginning to rise
You better go hide yourself and cover your eyes
Because it is going to get very ugly
Mostly because it’s going to be satan’s defeat.
Get up and jump and let everyone know
What side you stand on, and where you’re gonna go.
Whether up or down, it is your choice.
So make one today, and let me hear your voice say:

Jesus is the man, the one for who I stand.
He gave it all for me, just so that I could be.
I owe my life to Jesus Christ, and He died for my sins.
He did that so that we could say that we can live again

We are now living for Christ and that’s how it should be
Let everyone hear your voice and let everyone see
That Christ has changed your life for the best
And that you have passed the ultimate test.
Just be on fire for God and don’t turn back
Don’t care what people say but instead listen to Christ
Let the world know, you won’t go back again
To all the stuff you did before with all your old friends

Life can bring you down sometimes, and I understand
But stay strong and keep it going on, cuz God is coming again
And we will sing a song on the day of victory
A song that all God’s children will sing in unity.

Satan has stolen so much from us.
But that’s about to stop because God’s with us
You thought you could get away from God’s mighty power
But we’ll see who’s going to laugh in the end.
Your gonna die and burn forever

Man I love to remind you of your future.
You had your fun but it’s our turn
Jesus said I was the light so I’m just gonna shine through
Brother and sister in unity

Satan is as scared as can be
We are coming for you, so you better run away
Or we’ll get you by the throat and throw you away
I am so sick of your perverted ideas
And how you so easily whisper in our ears
But now that’s all over and we have won
Satan we rebuke you in the name of the son.

A Shattered World Coming Together

We are being awaken so you better back away
Our God is rising us up and we are here to stay
We shall not be moved as easily as before
We will blow your face right off, anyone keeping score?
Your reign is coming to its end so enjoy it while it last
Because when it’s all over you’ll be like broken glass

We’ll tear you to pieces for all you’ve done to us
We’ll step all over you for all the times you’ve cussed
The time will come, and it will be your time to pay
Your gonna get it. You hearing what I say?

God’s people are coming together, and nothing will stop us now
You better be scared when you see us as a crowd
We are so fed up with you and all your stupid junk
I told you to leave us alone but you didn’t listen you punk
Take your hands off my brothers and sisters or I’ll have to cut it right off
You better just listen to me now or you’ll deal with the boss

Author of sin, Author of death
nothing good comes from you
You just don’t respect the things of God
Or did you forget?
He created death for the beast and you at it

I hope you remember everything while you’re burning
for all you’ve done to us I can’t wait to see you hurting
The pain, the sickness, tears and the heartbreaks
I hope you feel it all until it’s all you can take
For eternity you shall suffer, while we worship our God
Because you have been caught. you’re just a big fraud

This one goes out to everyone out there
Are you willing to give everything you love and care
To join the fight, the fight of a generation
To fight for the rights that God gives us as Christians
This is our battle, this is our call to war
So join in, sit back and come watch satan fall.

God is always looking for someone to shine through. If asked by God, would you be willing to go through the hardship in order for Him to shine? Is your financial income more important than for God to shine? I believe that God is ready and willing to bless each and everyone of us, if only we will let His light shine through the process!

Are you willing to be setup?

I want to specifically address the hard time that we are experiencing financially. I was just having a meeting with one of my worship leaders and the subject of trials and persecution came up. Then we went on the subject of the financial state that we are in as a nation. Maybe you are reading this and you have lost your job for what ever reason, I know that this may be hard to believe or to think about. You may say, well that is easy for you to say Phil because you still have a job. Please just try to hear me out.

What if… God is trying to set you up?

Honestly, just take a second and think about it. Wha if God is trying to set you up for a blessing. What if in order to bless you, God had to remove you from where you were? What if He’s got something better for you? What if you dare to believe that God is a good God? What if…?

Same thing happens so many times in Christianity. People find them self in a season that they really like and complain when the season changes.

We must keep in mind that without season change a few things will happen:

- You will get too comfortable where you are.

- If there is no season change, nothing will grow.

- You will loose respect and greatfulness towards the season you are curently in if you stay there.

Remember when you are all sweaty and have sunburn to thank God for the season you are curently in but also thank him for the next season that is to come!

As most of you know, OCC is following the ONE PRAYER series along with Craig Groeschel @ Lifechurch.tv and currently 1872 other churches all across the world in order to become Jesus’ answer to His prayer in John 17:20-24.

This year’s theme for One Prayer is: God is…

We have already looked, together as a church, at the fact that God Is: Able as well as God Is: Moving. On Monday of this week, i was working at the bakery and i was just thinking and meditating on this word of God Is… As i was pondering on this fact, something came to mind that was quite shocking to me, yet very true. I starting to think about how God Is… (in one way) UNable. Let me explain.

Though God IS very able to DO anything, BE anything and BECOME anything we need Him to be, (up to a certain extent of course), in a sense, God is very UNable as well. Numbers 23:19 clearly states that God is not a man that He should lie as well as stating the fact that He is unable to break promises.

In Joshua 9 we clearly see that God cherishes convenants and that He is a God of covenants. God is UNable to break covenant.

All throughout Scriptures we see that God is UNable to be unfaithful.

Here are a few more – God Is Unable:

• To Sin
• To Be Where Sin Is
• To Deceive
• To Go Against Free Will
• To Be Unjust
• To Be Unfair
• To Ignore His Children
• To Hate His Children
• To Break Any Commandments
• To Make Mistakes

And that is just to name a few. Let me know your thoughts!

So tonight, i am starting this new message series entitled, “Effective Growth”. I am super excited about this because we are going to be hitting a few different areas in each of our lives in which growth is required.

• Growth is required in our spiritual lives.
• Growth is required in our social lives.
• Growth is required in our relationships.
• Growth is required in our professional lives.

Our personal lives are not the only thing that needs growth, we are also going to be look at

• How to effectively grow our influence.
• How to effectively grow as a ministry.
• How to effectively grow as a small group or life group.

Hope you come pumped and ready to receive tonight. All of our messages are all downloadable, streamable and also posted on podcasts which can all be found at www.getagripministries.ca