What are the opening hours?

10:30am - 11:15am 11:30am - 1pm

https://bit.ly/churchotlg-offering, http://bit.ly/m/thechurchotlg

The Church of The Living God, 1718 E Overton Road, Dallas, TX (2026)

09/07/2026

Today we come to you from the Book of Luke with the story of

“Stretch Out What You’ve Been Hiding.”

📖 Luke 6:6–11

Jesus walked into the synagogue on the Sabbath and saw a man with a damaged right hand.

But Jesus wasn’t the only one watching. The religious leaders were watching too.

They weren’t watching to see whether the man could be helped. They were watching Jesus, hoping He would break one of their Sabbath rules so they could accuse Him.

Think about that.

A hurting man was standing right in front of them, and they were more concerned about catching Jesus doing something wrong than seeing the man made whole.

Jesus knew exactly what they were thinking.

So He told the man:

“Rise up, and stand forth in the midst.”

Come forward.

The man could no longer hide in the crowd. Everyone could see him. Everyone could see his weakness. Everyone could see the hand that didn’t work like it should.

Sometimes that’s the uncomfortable part of healing.

We would rather keep certain things hidden.

Our struggles. Our disappointments. Our mistakes. Our fears.

The places where life has hurt us.

But Jesus sometimes calls us out of hiding because He wants to deal with what we’ve learned to cover.

Jesus isn’t embarrassed by the broken places we try to hide.

Then Jesus asked the religious leaders a simple question, “Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?”

They had become so focused on rules that they were missing the reason behind them.

Jesus saw a person who needed help. They saw a potential violation.

☝🏽 When our religion makes us more interested in rules than people, we’ve missed the heart of Jesus.

Then Jesus looked at the man and said:

“Stretch out your hand.”

Imagine being that man. The one thing Jesus asked him to stretch out was the very thing he couldn’t stretch.

He could have said:

- Jesus, that’s the problem.
- My hand doesn’t work.
- I’ve tried before.

Instead, the man obeyed. He stretched.

And Scripture says, “His hand was restored whole as the other.”

Sometimes faith means attempting what we couldn’t do before because Jesus told us to try again.

Maybe our “withered hand” isn’t physical. Maybe it’s something inside us that we’ve stopped believing can change.

A relationship. A dream. Our confidence. Our ability to trust. Our willingness to forgive. Our hope.

We’ve learned to live around the broken place.

Then Jesus says:

Stretch it out. Bring it to Me. Stop hiding it. Trust Me with it.

The man’s hand was restored. But amazingly, the religious leaders became angry.

They had just watched someone’s life change, and instead of celebrating, they started discussing what they could do about Jesus.

That’s what happens when being right becomes more important than doing right.

Jesus reminds us that faith should make us more compassionate. More willing to help. More aware of hurting people. More interested in restoration.

Key Lessons from the scripture:

1️⃣ Jesus sees the places we’re tempted to hide. Our weakness doesn’t push Him away.

2️⃣ Faith sometimes requires action. The man stretched out the very thing that seemed impossible to move.

3️⃣ People matter more than appearances. Following Jesus should make us more compassionate, not more judgmental.

📖 Scripture Reflections:

✝️ “Rise up, and stand forth in the midst.” (Luke 6:8 KJV)
🕊️ Jesus called the man out of hiding because He intended to restore what everyone else could see was broken.

✝️ “Is it lawful… to do good, or to do evil?” (Luke 6:9 KJV)
🕊️ Jesus reminds us that doing what is right should never cause us to stop caring about people.

✝️ “Stretch forth thy hand.” (Luke 6:10 KJV)
🕊️ Sometimes Jesus asks us to trust Him precisely in the place where we feel weakest.

Maybe there’s something we’ve learned to keep close because it hurts to expose it.

Jesus already sees it. And He’s not asking us to hide it better. He’s asking us to trust Him with it.

So when Jesus says stretch it out, don’t let yesterday’s limitations decide what God can do today.

❤️ Bring Jesus the part of your life you’ve stopped believing can change.

📍 The Church of the Living God, PGT

1718 Overton Rd, Dallas, TX 75216

🕙 Sunday School: 10–11am
🕚 Worship Service: 11–1pm

09/06/2026

The Church of the Living God, PGT (Overton Park) - Sunday

09/06/2026

Today we come to you from the Books of 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, and Matthew with the story of

“Choose Restoration Over Being Right.”

📖 1 Corinthians 4:6–15; 2 Corinthians 5:19; Matthew 18:15–20

Jesus knew that even people who love God would sometimes hurt one another.

Feelings get hurt. Words are misunderstood. Trust gets damaged. Conflict happens.

So Jesus gives His disciples a practical way forward, “If thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone.”

Notice where Jesus begins. Not with everybody else. With the person.

Our natural reaction is often to talk about someone before talking to them. We tell a friend. Then another friend. Soon people who were never part of the problem have become part of the conflict.

Jesus teaches another way. Go directly. Speak honestly. Listen carefully. And do it privately.

Why?

Jesus says, “If he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.”

The goal isn’t to win the argument. The goal is to win back the relationship.

That requires humility from both sides. Paul tells the Corinthians, “What hast thou that thou didst not receive?”

He was confronting their pride. And pride is often what makes reconciliation difficult.

Pride says, they should apologize first.

I’m not calling them. I know I’m right. They need to come to me.

But Paul reminds us that everything we have including the grace we’ve received came from God.

And people who have received grace should learn how to extend grace.

Paul describes what that looked like in his own life: “Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: being defamed, we intreat.”

That doesn’t mean ignoring wrongdoing or allowing people to mistreat us without boundaries. Jesus clearly says wrongdoing should be addressed.

But how we address it matters.

Truth without love can wound. Love without truth can avoid. Jesus calls us toward both. Sometimes the first conversation won’t fix everything.

Jesus gives additional steps, bring trusted people, then involve the church if necessary.

But every step has the same purpose:

Restoration.

That’s the heart of the Gospel itself.

2 Corinthians says, “God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself.”

God didn’t wait for us to become perfect before moving toward us. Through Christ, He made reconciliation possible. And now He has entrusted that message to us.

People who have been reconciled to God should become people who seek reconciliation with one another.

Jesus ends with another beautiful promise, “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”

Even in difficult conversations…Jesus can be in the room. When two people choose humility over pride…Jesus can be there.

When forgiveness begins replacing resentment…Jesus can be there.

When people pray together instead of talking about each other…Jesus can be there.

Key Lessons from the scripture:

1️⃣ Talk to people, not about them. Jesus teaches us to address conflict directly and privately first.

2️⃣ The goal is restoration, not victory. Being right means little if pride destroys the relationship.

3️⃣ Remember the grace we’ve received. Reconciled people should become reconciling people.

📖 Scripture Reflections:

✝️ “Go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone.” (Matthew 18:15 KJV)
🕊️ Healthy reconciliation begins with honest, direct conversation—not gossip.

✝️ “If he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.” (Matthew 18:15 KJV)
🕊️ Jesus defines success as restoring the person, not winning the disagreement.

✝️ “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” (Matthew 18:20 KJV)
🕊️ Even difficult conversations can become holy moments when Christ is at the center.

Maybe there’s someone we’ve been talking about when God is asking us to talk to them.

Before another conversation with somebody else…pray.

Check your heart.

Then, when appropriate, go directly to the person. Not to embarrass them. Not to prove them wrong. But with the hope that something broken might be restored.

Sometimes protecting the relationship matters more than proving you’re right.

📍 The Church of the Living God, PGT

1718 Overton Rd, Dallas, TX 75216

🕙 Sunday School: 10–11am
🕚 Worship Service: 11–1pm

09/04/2026

Today we come to you from the Books of 1 Corinthians and Luke with the story of

“Make Room for Something New.”

📖 1 Corinthians 4:1–5; Luke 5:33–39

The Pharisees noticed something different about Jesus and His disciples.

Other religious groups fasted regularly, but Jesus’ disciples were eating and drinking. Instead of asking what God might be doing, they compared Jesus with what they already knew.

Why aren’t Your disciples doing things the way we’re accustomed to? Jesus answered with a picture they could understand.

“No man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles.”

In biblical times, wine was stored in animal skins. As new wine fermented, it expanded. A fresh wineskin could stretch with it. But an old, hardened skin could not.

Put something new and expanding inside something that had become rigid…and eventually it would break.

Sometimes receiving something new from God requires allowing Him to change something in us.

That’s challenging because we like what is familiar. Familiar routines. Familiar methods. Familiar expectations.

We know how they work. We know what to expect.

Jesus even acknowledges this, “No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.”

Sometimes we resist change simply because the old feels comfortable. But following Jesus requires a heart that remains teachable.

God’s truth doesn’t change, but we should. We should be growing. Learning. Becoming more patient. More loving. More discerning.

More willing to release habits and attitudes that no longer reflect who Christ is shaping us to become.

We cannot ask God to grow us while insisting that nothing about us can change.

Paul gives us another part of that growth in 1 Corinthians.

He says believers should think of themselves as, “Ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.”

Then he gives the standard, “Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.”

Not impressive. Not popular. Not better than somebody else. Faithful.

That matters because change often makes us look around. What will people think? Will they understand? How will I be judged?

Paul had reached a place where human judgment no longer controlled his faithfulness. He understood that ultimately, “He that judgeth me is the Lord.”

Our responsibility is to remain faithful to God, not to satisfy everyone’s expectations of us.

That doesn’t mean ignoring wise counsel or refusing correction. Paul is warning against allowing human opinions, including our own, to become the final measure of our lives.

God sees deeper. He sees what people cannot.

Paul says the Lord, “Will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts.”

God doesn’t only see what we do. He sees why we do it. Our motives. Our pride. Our fears. Our desire for approval.

Even the reasons we sometimes resist what He’s trying to change.

So perhaps the question isn’t simply…God, what new thing are You going to do?

Maybe it’s also… God, what needs to become new in me so I can faithfully follow You into it?

Key Lessons from the scripture:

1️⃣ Stay teachable. Don’t allow familiarity to make your heart resistant to what God is teaching you.

2️⃣ Growth requires change. We cannot continually ask God to grow us while refusing to stretch.

3️⃣ Choose faithfulness over approval. Our ultimate responsibility is to God, who sees both our actions and our motives.

📖 Scripture Reflections:

✝️ “New wine must be put into new bottles.” (Luke 5:38 KJV)
🕊️ God wants hearts flexible enough to grow, learn, and follow wherever He leads.

✝️ “It is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.” (1 Corinthians 4:2 KJV)
🕊️ God isn’t asking us to impress everyone. He is asking us to faithfully manage what He has entrusted to us.

✝️ “He that judgeth me is the Lord.” (1 Corinthians 4:4 KJV)
🕊️ People’s opinions are not the final measure of our lives. God sees the whole story—including our hearts.

Maybe God is bringing us into a new season. A new responsibility. A new opportunity. A deeper level of faith.

And maybe our first instinct is to hold tightly to what we’ve always known.

But new wine requires room to expand. So stay faithful. Stay humble. Stay teachable.

And when God begins stretching something in your life, don’t automatically assume something is going wrong.

He may simply be making room for growth.

Don’t let yesterday’s comfort keep you from tomorrow’s growth.

📍 The Church of the Living God, PGT

1718 Overton Rd, Dallas, TX 75216

🕙 Sunday School: 10–11am
🕚 Worship Service: 11–1pm

09/03/2026

Today we come to you from the Books of 1 Corinthians and Luke with the story of

“When Jesus Says Try Again.”

📖 1 Corinthians 3:18–23; Luke 5:1–11

Peter was finished.

He and the other fishermen had worked through the night and caught nothing. By morning, they were back on shore washing their nets, probably tired and disappointed.

Then Jesus stepped into Peter’s boat.

After teaching the crowd, Jesus turned to an experienced fisherman and said:

“Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.”

Peter knew these waters. He knew fishing. And everything he knew told him there was little reason to go back out.

His response was honest, “Master, we have worked all the night, and have caught nothing.”

We’ve tried. We’ve worked. We’ve given it everything we had. Nothing.

Most of us know that feeling. Sometimes it’s a relationship. A career. A ministry. A prayer we’ve prayed for years. We keep casting the net and pulling it back empty.

But Peter didn’t stop with his disappointment. He said, “Nevertheless at your word I will let down the net again.”

Faith sometimes begins with “just do it.”

I’m tired… let’s just do it.

I don’t understand… I’ll just do it.

It didn’t work before… I’ll just do it.

At your word, Lord.

Peter lowered the nets again, and suddenly there were so many fish that the nets began to break. James and John came to help, and both boats became so full they began to sink.

Same lake. Same boat. Same nets. Same fishermen. But now Jesus was directing the work.

This is where Paul’s words to the Corinthians connect with Peter’s story:

“For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.”

Peter’s experience wasn’t wrong. His knowledge wasn’t terrible. But his experience could only tell him what had happened before. Jesus knew what Peter couldn’t see.

There’s an important difference between having wisdom and becoming so confident in our wisdom that God can no longer teach us.

Sometimes we become certain that we already know how the story will end.

That opportunity is gone. That person will never change. I’ve already tried that. Nothing is going to happen.

Then God says, Go deeper. Pray again. Trust again. Serve again. Forgive again. Try again.

Faith doesn’t mean ignoring what we know. It means remembering that God knows more.

But the real miracle wasn’t the fish. When Peter saw what happened, he fell before Jesus and said, “Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.”

Peter suddenly understood that the Man standing in his boat was far more than a teacher.

And Jesus answered, “Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.”

Peter started the morning looking for fish. Jesus was looking for Peter. And that’s where the story becomes even more powerful.

They brought the greatest catch of their lives back to shore….

“They forsook all, and followed him.”

The blessing was enormous. But once Peter understood who Jesus was, the blessing wasn’t nearly as valuable as the One who gave it.

Remember never become so focused on what Jesus can put in your boat that you miss where Jesus is calling you to follow.

Paul says, “All things are yours… And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.”

Our careers, accomplishments, possessions, opportunities, relationships, and successes all have their place.

But none of them should become our identity. We belong to Christ.

Key Lessons from the scripture:

1️⃣ Don’t allow yesterday’s disappointment to make you deaf to today’s direction from God.

2️⃣ Experience is valuable, but God’s wisdom reaches beyond what we can see or understand.

3️⃣ The blessing is never greater than the One who gave it. Follow Jesus, not simply what Jesus can provide.

📖 Scripture Reflections:

✝️ “Nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.” (Luke 5:5 KJV)
🕊️ Peter didn’t understand what Jesus was about to do. He simply trusted Him enough to obey.

✝️ “Launch out into the deep.” (Luke 5:4 KJV)
🕊️ Sometimes God calls us beyond what feels familiar because deeper faith requires deeper trust.

✝️ “And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.” (1 Corinthians 3:23 KJV)
🕊️ Our ultimate identity isn’t found in what we accomplish or possess. We belong to Christ.

Maybe you’ve been washing your nets. You tried. It didn’t work. And you’ve already decided how the story ends.

But Peter’s empty net wasn’t the end of his story. Listen for God’s direction before you walk away.

If Jesus says go deeper…go deeper. If He says lower the net again… lower it.

And if He fills the boat, remember that the blessing was never the destination.

Peter received more fish than he could carry and discovered something worth leaving it all behind for.

Jesus.

📍 The Church of the Living God, PGT

1718 Overton Rd, Dallas, TX 75216

🕙 Sunday School: 10–11am
🕚 Worship Service: 11–1pm

09/02/2026

Today we come to you from the Books of 1 Corinthians and Luke with the story of

“God Gives the Increase.”

📖 1 Corinthians 3:1–9; Luke 4:38–44

Paul looked at the church in Corinth and saw something troubling. These were believers. They knew about Jesus. They had received the Gospel.

But they weren’t growing the way they should.

Paul tells them, “I have fed you with milk, and not with meat.”

They were still spiritual infants.

And Paul points to this evidence. Jealousy. Rivalry. Comparison. Division.

Some were saying, “I am of Paul. Others, “I am of Apollos.” They had turned God’s servants into competing teams.

Paul’s response was essentially. You’re missing the point. “Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed?”

Paul wasn’t the source. Apollos wasn’t the source. They were servants.

Each had simply done the work God assigned.

Paul says, “I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.”

We have a responsibility to plant and water. But only God can make something grow.

That’s an important lesson because we live in a world that loves measuring who gets the credit.

Who had the idea? Who built it? Who led it? Who has the biggest platform? Who gets recognized?

Even inside the church, we can begin comparing ministries. Preachers. Churches. Singers. Teachers. Leaders.

But Paul reminds us that we’re working the same field.

One person plants. Another waters. Someone else may eventually harvest. And sometimes we won’t even see what our faithfulness produces.

A Sunday School teacher plants something in a child. Years later, another person waters it. A parent teaches their child to pray. Someone else later helps deepen that faith.

A friend shares Scripture. A pastor preaches. A stranger shows unexpected kindness.

Different people. Different moments. Different assignments. Same God.

We don’t always know which part of someone’s story God has asked us to play.

That’s why comparison can become so destructive. The planter can become jealous of the person watering. The person watering can want credit for the harvest.

And everyone can forget that none of them created the life inside the seed. Paul brings us back to the truth, “Neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.”

Our job is faithfulness. The results belong to God.

Then Luke shows us what that kind of faithful service looks like through Jesus.

Jesus enters Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law is seriously ill with a fever. They ask Jesus to help her. Jesus stands over her and rebukes the fever.

Immediately…

it leaves.

And Scripture tells us, “Immediately she arose and ministered unto them.”

She was healed… and then she served.

That’s a beautiful picture of what grace should produce in us.

God blesses us.

God restores us.

God strengthens us.

God forgives us.

God lifts us.

And the question becomes:

What will we do with what God has given us?

God doesn’t only bless us so we can feel better. His grace prepares us to serve.

Then evening comes. Word spreads. People begin arriving. Sick people. Hurting people. Families carrying loved ones who need help.

Luke tells us, “He laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.”

Jesus wasn’t treating people like numbers in a crowd. He touched them individually. One person at a time. One need at a time. One life at a time.

Sometimes we think serving God requires doing something enormous.

But much of ministry happens exactly like this. One conversation. One prayer. One encouraging word. One person helped. One seed planted. One cup of water. One act of kindness.

Never underestimate what God can grow from one faithful act of service.

Then morning comes. Jesus goes into a quiet place. The crowds begin searching for Him.

When they find Him, they don’t want Him to leave. It would have been easy to stay. The people wanted Him there.

His ministry was successful. People were being healed. The crowds were growing.

But Jesus knew His assignment was bigger than the approval of one crowd.

He says, “I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.”

Jesus knew His purpose. And because He knew His purpose, He wasn’t controlled by popularity.

Sometimes faithfulness means leaving what is successful because God is calling us toward what is next.

That matters. Because success can become comfortable. We can become attached to the place where people appreciate us.

The role where we’re recognized. The method that worked before. The season where everything feels familiar.

But Jesus wasn’t asking, Where am I most popular? He was asking, What was I sent to do?

There is a difference. And Paul gives us the same perspective. “For we are labourers together with God.”

We aren’t building our own kingdoms. We’re participating in His. God may ask one of us to plant. Another to water. Another to move into a new field. Another to serve quietly where nobody sees.

The assignment may change. But the purpose remains the same: Be faithful with the work God has placed before you.

Key Lessons from the scripture:

1️⃣ Spiritual growth should move us beyond jealousy, rivalry, and comparison. Mature believers care more about God’s work than receiving personal credit.

2️⃣ Our responsibility is to faithfully plant, water, serve, and obey. God is responsible for producing the increase.

3️⃣ Don’t become so attached to one successful season that you miss where God is sending you next.

📖 Scripture Reflections:

✝️ “I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.” (1 Corinthians 3:6 KJV)
🕊️ We can faithfully do our part, but genuine growth ultimately comes from God.

✝️ “For we are labourers together with God.” (1 Corinthians 3:9 KJV)
🕊️ God’s Kingdom isn’t a competition. We have different assignments, but we’re working toward the same purpose.

✝️ “I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.” (Luke 4:43 KJV)
🕊️ Jesus wasn’t controlled by popularity or comfort. He remained focused on the purpose for which He was sent.

Maybe you’ve been planting something for a long time…and nothing seems to be growing.

You’ve prayed. Served. Encouraged. Taught. Loved. Shown up. Stayed faithful.

And you’re wondering whether any of it is making a difference.

Keep planting. Keep watering. Because the seed doesn’t need us to understand how it grows.

It needs us to faithfully put it in the ground. And maybe someone else will water what you planted.

Maybe someone else will harvest what you watered. That’s okay.

The Kingdom was never supposed to be about who receives the credit. God gives the increase. So don’t waste energy comparing your assignment with someone else’s.

Don’t become jealous because their field seems to be growing faster. Don’t become discouraged because you haven’t seen the harvest yet.

And don’t become so comfortable with yesterday’s success that you stop listening for tomorrow’s assignment.

Plant what God gives you to plant. Water what God gives you to water. Serve the people God places before you.

Then trust Him with what happens next.

Be faithful with your part. Trust God with the growth.

📍 The Church of the Living God, PGT

1718 Overton Rd, Dallas, TX 75216

🕙 Sunday School: 10–11am
🕚 Worship Service: 11–1pm

09/01/2026

Today we come to you from the Book of 1 Corinthians with the story of

“Think Differently.”

📖 1 Corinthians 2:10–16

Paul tells the believers in Corinth something that hits home, “We have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God.”

That means following Christ should eventually change more than where we go on Sunday.

It should change how we think. How we see people. How we handle problems. How we respond when we’re hurt. How we define success. How we make decisions. How we understand what really matters.

Because the world has one way of thinking. God has another.

Remember when God changes our heart, He also begins changing our mind.

Paul explains that there are things about God we simply cannot understand through human wisdom alone. He says, “The Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.”

Think about the ocean. We can stand on the shoreline and see the surface. We can watch the waves. Feel the water. See where the sky meets the horizon.

But beneath that surface is an entire world we cannot see from the shore. Depths. Currents. Life. Things we would never know were there unless we went deeper.

Our relationship with God can be the same way. We can stay on the surface. Know a few Scriptures. Attend church. Know the stories. Understand some basic teachings.

But God invites us deeper. Into wisdom. Discernment. Understanding. Spiritual maturity. A deeper knowledge of who He is.

God doesn’t want us to spend our entire spiritual lives standing at the shoreline. And He doesn’t expect us to discover those depths by ourselves.

He gives us His Spirit. Paul says, “That we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.”

The Holy Spirit helps us understand what God is doing. Sometimes that means seeing something differently than we naturally would.

The world says “Get even”. The Spirit teaches “Forgive”.

The world says “Put yourself first”. Jesus teaches “Serve”.

The world says “Your value comes from what you have”. God says “Your value comes from who you belong to”.

The world says “If someone hurts you, hurt them back”. Jesus says “Love your enemies”.

The world says “Strength means never appearing weak”. God repeatedly demonstrates His strength through weakness.

The Spirit of God teaches us to see life through a different lens. That’s why Paul says, “The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him.”

Some things about following Jesus simply won’t make sense according to the world’s calculations.

Giving when we could keep. Forgiving when we could retaliate. Serving when nobody notices.

Remaining honest when dishonesty would benefit us. Praying for someone who mistreated us.

Choosing humility when pride would feel better. Trusting God when we cannot see what happens next.

From one perspective, those things may look foolish. But faith isn’t always about doing what makes the most sense according to the world.

Sometimes faith means trusting that God sees something we don’t.

☝🏽 Spiritual maturity is learning to ask not only, “What do I think?” but “Lord, how do You want me to see this?”

That question can change everything. When someone disappoints us, Lord, how should I see this?

When an opportunity doesn’t work out, Lord, what might You be teaching me?

When we’re deciding what comes next, Lord, what do You want?

When we’re angry, Lord, how should I respond?

When life changes unexpectedly, Lord, help me see beyond what I can see right now.

Because our first reaction isn’t always our best reaction. Our emotions are real. But they aren’t always reliable guides.

Our experiences matter. But they don’t give us the whole picture.

Our wisdom has value. But it has limits.

God sees what we cannot.

And Paul ends with an extraordinary statement, “But we have the mind of Christ.”

Think about what that means. We are being taught to think more like Jesus. To see people more like Jesus sees them. To value what Jesus values. To respond the way Jesus would respond.
m To care about what Jesus cares about.

And that doesn’t happen overnight.

It’s transformation. Day by day. Prayer by prayer. Scripture by Scripture. Decision by decision.

The Spirit begins reshaping our thinking.

The goal isn’t simply knowing more about Jesus. It’s increasingly learning to think like Jesus. That becomes especially important when life doesn’t go according to our plans.

Our natural mind immediately asks, Why is this happening? What did I lose? What happens next? How do I fix this?

But the mind of Christ teaches us to also ask, What can God do here? What can I learn? Who can I serve? How can I remain faithful? Where is God asking me to trust Him?

Sometimes the situation doesn’t immediately change. But God changes how we walk through it. And that can change everything.

Key Lessons from the scripture:

1️⃣ The Holy Spirit helps us understand things that human wisdom alone cannot reveal.

2️⃣ Following Christ means allowing God to reshape how we think, respond, decide, forgive, serve, and see others.

3️⃣ Having the mind of Christ means continually learning to view our lives through God’s truth instead of simply following our first reaction.

📖 Scripture Reflections:

✝️ “The Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.” (1 Corinthians 2:10 KJV)
🕊️ God invites us beyond surface-level faith into deeper understanding through His Spirit.

✝️ “We have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God.” (1 Corinthians 2:12 KJV)
🕊️ We don’t have to view life only through the values and assumptions of the world. God’s Spirit teaches us another way.

✝️ “But we have the mind of Christ.” (1 Corinthians 2:16 KJV)
🕊️ Spiritual growth should gradually change our thinking until our attitudes, decisions, and responses increasingly resemble Jesus.

Maybe today we’re facing something we don’t understand. A change we didn’t expect. A decision we aren’t sure how to make. A person we’re struggling to forgive. A door that closed. A season that doesn’t make sense yet.

Before reacting… ask God to change the way you see it. Lord, give me the mind of Christ. Help me see beyond my emotions. Beyond my assumptions. Beyond my fears. Beyond what everyone else says I should do.

Teach me what You want me to learn. Show me what You want me to see.
m And help me respond in a way that looks more like Jesus.

Because sometimes our greatest spiritual breakthrough isn’t God changing what’s happening around us. It’s God changing what’s happening within us.

Before asking God to change the situation, ask Him to change how you see it.

📍 The Church of the Living God, PGT

1718 Overton Rd, Dallas, TX 75216

🕙 Sunday School: 10–11am
🕚 Worship Service: 11–1pm

The Church of The Living God

09/07/2026

09/06/2026

09/06/2026

09/04/2026

09/03/2026

09/02/2026

09/01/2026

Address

Opening Hours

Telephone

Website

Alerts

Contact The Place Of Worship

Shortcuts

Share

Category

Listing takedown request