Key Takeaways:

• God-Centered Focus: Ensure that the church honors God, with leadership that demonstrates a love for God and openness to the Holy Spirit.

• Community Connection: Look for a church where you feel accepted and can build genuine, trusting relationships.

• Purpose Alignment: Choose a church that supports and nurtures God's purpose for your life, allowing you to grow in faith.

• Church Is People, Not Place: Understand that a church is not just a service or a building but a community of people on a spiritual journey together.

• Listening to God's Call: Sometimes, God's guidance may lead you to a new church community for your spiritual growth and fulfillment.

Notable Quotes:

• “Is God honored in this church? Does the leadership love God and follow Jesus?”

• “The church is not a service or a building. It's a group of people in relationship to God and each other.”

• “For your life's purpose to be fulfilled, sometimes God calls you to move churches.”

• “It was about the people God was connecting me to and who I could learn from and grow with.”

The God of the Bible is a talking God. All throughout the Scriptures, God is seen talking to people. First to the prophets, then most fully in Jesus and today through his Holy Spirit. When we choose to follow Jesus, the Spirit speaks to remind us of all that Jesus established and apply it to our lives.

So how does the Spirit speak? How do we know it’s God? And what happens afterwards? Join Rev Dr Tania Harris as she explores what the Spirit is saying to us. Everyday God Conversations will encourage you weekly to reflect on the God-conversations of Scripture, the ultimate God-conversation in Jesus and to hear from the Holy Spirit yourself. Remember, it was never meant to be a one-way conversation!

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