Fullness #5 – Fullness and Grace

Fullness #5 – Fullness and Grace

Grace is a word of beauty, mystery and depth. Grace is like oxygen to the lungs; it is able to soften a heart. Grace brings healing and hope, and grace can transform a life.   FULLNESS: FULLNESS AND GRACE Message by Bill Johnston – August 26, 2018 John...
Fullness #5 – Fullness and Grace

Fullness #4 – Fullness and Compassion

Whereas empathy is identifying with someone else’s story, compassion motivates a person to enter the story and to do something about it. Compassion leads to action. Compassion, in its fullest expression, changes lives.   FULLNESS: FULLNESS AND COMPASSION Message...
Fullness #5 – Fullness and Grace

Fullness #3 – Fullness and Freedom

We have freedom when we trust God in the midst of our problems and challenges. Freedom is experiencing the power of being released, of having “no strings attached,” of being outside of the box, of carrying no more weight, guilt or shame. It is the profound gift that...
Fullness #5 – Fullness and Grace

Fullness #2 – Fullness of Joy

Being happy is very different than experiencing joy. Joy is the byproduct of the life of God in us; a gift that cannot be contained, and that inspires life and joy in others. Pastor Bill Johnston distinguished between happiness and joy in his second message in the...
Fullness #5 – Fullness and Grace

Fullness #1 – Fullness of Life

This weekend, Pastor Bill Johnston began a new message series entitled “Fullness.” Fullness conjures up all kinds of images – super sized coffee mugs, a full tank of gas, bowls overflowing with fruit, or a river in flood season. But fullness...