Feast Series: Rested | Talk 7: Rest in God's Love by The Feast Radio

We are now in Talk 6 of our series RESTED. Here’s a review of the amazing lessons we’ve learned so far: Talk 1, titled Rest, established that there’s a great pandemic going on, called Overworking but Underliving. Talk 2, titled Work, shares that the Sabbath bestows two essential blessings: 1) a rhythm of rest; and 2) a rhythm of relationship. The key message: God wants to work with you. Talk 3, titled Time, gives God’s good schedule for us to have a good time for work and rest. The key message: Follow God’s Rhythm of Restoration. Talk 4, titled Jubilee, points out that Sabbath gives us time and space to remember our core identity—that we’re the Beloved of God. The key message is: Remember who you are. Talk 5 is about Jesus, how He declared that He is the Messiah, created His Jubilee Team–and included us as part of the team. The key message: Your Jubilee has begun. Talk 6 is about taking the Sabbath seriously. The key message: God is giving you Real Rest.

Here’s a review of the amazing lessons we’ve learned so far: Humanity has a problem and it’s huge: Overworking but underliving. And God has the antidote. It’s called Shabbat—a rhythm of rest and relationship. Last week, we learned that in the Bible, there were four Sabbath practices: (1) the weekly Sabbath; (2) seven annual festivals; (3) the Sabbath Year; and (4) the Jubilee Year. And the biggest Sabbath is the Jubilee where three phenomenal things happen: (1) all debts are erased; (2) all slaves are released; and (3) all lands are returned to their original owners. It’s pretty radical. So, the goal is about ending poverty, creating abundance for all, and building a community of equals—with Jesus as King. The Sabbath is much more than taking a vacation—It’s about bringing people back to the abundance of the Garden. Talk 5 is about Jesus, how He declared that He is the Messiah, created His Jubilee Team– and included us as part of the team. The key message: Your Jubilee has begun.

This is the fourth episode of our seven-week series, RESTED. Talk 1, titled Rest, established that there’s a great pandemic going on, called Overworking but Underliving. Talk 2, titled Work, is the antidote to this pandemic: the Sabbath—which bestows two essential blessings: 1) a rhythm of rest; and 2) a rhythm of relationship. The key message: God wants to work with you. Talk 3, titled Time, gives God’s good schedule for us to have a good time for work and rest. The key message: Follow God’s Rhythm of Restoration. Talk 4, titled Jubilee, points out that Sabbath gives us time and space to remember our core identity—that we’re the Beloved of God. The key message is: Remember who you are.

This is the third installment of our ongoing Feast Talk series, RESTED. Talk 1, titled Rest, established that there’s a great pandemic going on, called Overworking but Underliving. The antidote is the Sabbath– which bestows two essential blessings: (1) a rhythm of rest; and (2) a rhythm of relationship. To appreciate the Sabbath, we must study about work. This was Talk 2, with the key message:God wants to work with you. So, God gave us a good schedule where we can have a good time for work and for rest. This is the topic of Talk 3, yes, titled Time. The key message is:Follow God’s Rhythm of Restoration.

This is the second installment of our brand-new Feast Talk series, RESTED. Talk 1, titled Rest, established that there’s a great pandemic going on, called Overworking but Underliving. The antidote is the Sabbath– which bestows two essential blessings: (1) a rhythm of rest; and (2) a rhythm of relationship. To appreciate the Sabbath, we must study about work. The key message of Talk 2 is God wants to work with you.

We open today our brand-new series: RESTED. This is a 7-Talk course that will save your life and family. Warning: Your lifestyle today may be destroying, little by little, your health, your joy, your inner peace, your family, and your relationship with God. This series will wake you up before it’s too late and shift your direction. The key message: Let God be God.

WELCOME to the conclusion of our transformational series, FEEL. The goal of our teaching series is: To learn how to lead your emotions better so that you can love God, love others, and love yourself more. We already tackled the five talks: Talk 1 about Shame; Talk 2 Fear; Talk 3: Anger; Talk 4: Sadness; and Talk 5 is Jealousy. We add the conclusion: Talk 6: Happiness What is happiness? Here’s a simple definition. Happiness is a feeling of goodness. We experience through the many simple joys of life. But there is also a happiness that is so much deeper called overflowing joy. The key message of Talk 6 is Taste and see that the LORD is good. (Psalms 34:8 NLT)

WE are now in Talk 5 of our Feast Talk series for May 2024, titled FEEL: Why Your Emotions Matter. The goal of our 5-part teaching series is: To learn how to lead your emotions better so that you can love God, love others, and love yourself more. We already tackled four talks: Talk 1 about Shame; Talk 2 Fear; Talk 3: Anger, and Talk 4: Sadness. The topic of Talk 5 is Jealousy. Jealousy is not just that nervous feeling when we see our romantic partner get attracted to someone else. It’s broader than that. Jealousy is that uncomfortable feeling of seeing someone have something you want but don’t have. It may be a bad feeling. But like the other emotions we have studied, Jealousy brings us special gifts. The key message of Talk 5 is Entrust your desires to God.

WE continue our Feast Talk series for May 2024, titled FEEL: Why Your Emotions Matter. The goal of our 5-part teaching series is: To learn how to lead your emotions better so that you can love God, love others, and love yourself more. Talk 1 Shame is about believing you are flawed and therefore unworthy of acceptance and belonging. The key message of Talk 1 is You are already loved. Talk 2 Fear is about how God wants us to deal with fear. The message of Talk 2 is God’s Love Is Your Safe Place. Talk 3 is about Anger. Anger doesn’t feel good so, many see anger as a bad emotion. But like Shame and Fear, Anger becomes bad when we manage it badly. The key message of Talk 3 is Be angry but do not sin. Talk 4 is about Sadness. A lot of people try to get rid of sadness. But like other emotions we have studied, sadness brings us special gifts. The key message of Talk 4 is The Lord heals the broken.

WE continue our Feast Talk series for May 2024, titled FEEL: Why Your Emotions Matter. The goal of our 5-part teaching series is: To learn how to lead your emotions better so that you can love God, love others, and love yourself more. Talk 1 Shame is about believing you are flawed and therefore unworthy of acceptance and belonging. The key message of Talk 1 is You are already loved. Talk 2 Fear is about how God wants us to deal with fear. The message of Talk 2 is God’s Love Is Your Safe Place. Talk 3 is about Anger. Anger doesn’t feel good-so, many see anger as a bad emotion. But like Shame and Fear, Anger becomes bad when we manage it badly. The key message of Talk 3 is Be angry but do not sin

WE continue our brand-new Feast Talk series for May 2024, titled FEEL: Why Your Emotions Matter. The goal of our 5-part teaching series is: To learn how to lead your emotions better so that you can love God, love others, and love yourself more. Talk 1 is titled Shame. Shame is the intensely painful feeling of believing you are flawed and therefore unworthy of acceptance and belonging. The key message of Talk 1 is You are already loved. In Talk 2 of our series, we explore fear. What is fear? And how does God want us to deal with fear? The message of Talk 2 is: God’s Love Is Your Safe Place.

WELCOME to our brand-new Feast Talk series for May 2024, titled FEEL: Why Your Emotions Matter. When it comes to our feelings, we have two big problems: We have trouble labeling them, andwe have trouble leading them. Labeling means identifying them. Naming them. Discerning them. For a lot of people, their feelings remain one giant, convoluted, chaotic blur. Sadly, when you cannot label your feelings, you cannot lead them well. The goal of our 5-part teaching series? To learn how to lead your emotions better, so that you can love God, love others, and love yourself more. Talk 1 is titled Shame. Shame is the intensely painful feeling of believing you are flawed and therefore unworthy of acceptance and belonging. Shame signals that your identity is being threatened. Every emotion carries a special gift. And what is the gift of shame? To tell you that something is threatening your identity and needs your attention. The key message of Talk 1 is You are already loved.

OUR Easter Talk has three parts: Part 1: The Story of Two Disciples; Part 2: New Jerusalem Is Coming Down; Part 3: The 5th Problem in the Corinth Church. Backgrounder: Before His crucifixion, Jesus was in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover (a traditional feast commemorating the Jews’ liberation from slavery in Egypt). Jesus’ followers welcomed Him waving palms (now celebrated as Palm Sunday). Two followers of Jesus, Cleopas, and a friend, left their home in Emmaus and went to Jerusalem also to celebrate the Passover. Even before the day of the Passover feast, Jesus, accused of rebellion against the Roman Empire that colonized Israel, was arrested by Roman soldiers and eventually crucified Him. Because their Master was crucified, the two followers of Jesus were so devastated that they decided to walk back to their home in Emmaus. Along the way, Jesus, then already Resurrected from death, appeared and walked with the two followers–who did not recognize Jesus. Talk 1 of our Lenten Feast Talk points out that The Walk to Emmaus is a symbol of someone walking away from God and the person’s spiritual family. Messy Saint Talk 1: Confused Army Talk 2: Proud About Sin Talk 3:Correct But Still Self-Centered Talk 4:Gifted But Divisive Talk 5:Walk Back to Jerusalem Messy Saints Love Thy Neighbor (Even if They Drive You Nuts) Solving the problems in 1 Corinthians Talk 5: Walk Back to Jerusalem Notes: To recognize Jesus, the followers–and we, to-day–need to go back to Jerusalem. When Jesus walked with the two followers, this means that though we are walking back to Jerusalem, Jerusalem is also coming back to us. In Tagalog, sinasalubong natin. We’re walking to welcome it back.

WELCOME to the 4th installment of our series, Messy Saints, where we investigate the five troubles in the Corinth church. The first was how they were forming cliques. Second was bragging about sexual sin. Third was fighting about food offered to idols. And their fourth problem—our talk for today—is they had gifted but divisive members. So, Talk 4 is titled Gifted but Divisive. In 1 Corinthians 12: 8-10, Paul says the people of Corinth are gifted. These guys were speakers, healers, prophets, discerners, tongue-interpreters, miracle workers. But behind all their problems is one big problem: Pride was dividing their community. So, Paul tells them what the Corinthians need is Love for one another–defining Love in his letter to them in 1 Corinthians 13:1-8-13 and 14:1 NLT—one of the most popular passages in the entire Bible and perhaps the most beautiful literature on love. The passage is usually quoted during weddings. But Paul is not simply talking about romantic love. The key message of Talk 4 is Love is your highest goal.

WELCOME to Talk 3 of our Feast Talk series MESSY SAINTS. In this series, we talk about the five troubles of the little church in Corinth. So far, we’ve tackled the first two: In Talk 1, Division, and in Talk 2, Sexual Sin. Talk 3 delves into the third one: Food offered to idols. In Corinth, people worshipped gods. And they would offer animal sacrifices to them regularly. The people were divided on the issue of whether to eat meat sacrificed to idols. The apostle Paul advised that instead of being divided over the issue of who’s right, the people should work on how to strengthen their relationships. Talk 3, titled Correct But Still Self-Centered, focuses on the key message, “Others First.”

WELCOME to Talk 2 of our brand-new series MESSY SAINTS. The series is titled MESSY SAINTS because it’s based on 1 Corinthians, the apostle Paul’s letter to the Corinth church where he mentioned dark secrets about them. Last week, we said that 1 Corinthians tackles the five troubles in the Corinth church—problems that we still face today, 2000 years later. In Talk 1, titled Confused Army, we unpacked the first problem—Division—which usually is about pride. In Talk 2, we unpack the second trouble in the Corinthians’ church: Sexual Sin. Talk 2 is titled Proud about Sin because we brainwash ourselves to make sin acceptable, and later on, admirable, to the point that we’re proud of it. Just like the Corinthians did. But Paul told them if one sins sexually, one sins against one’s own body. He said, “Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God. You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore, honor God with your body.” (1 Corinthians 6:18-20 NIV) You don’t own your body. You are God’s House. You’re a long-term guest, living in His Holy Temple, through His gracious hospitality. The key message of Talk 2 is The Owner is in the House.

WELCOME to our brand new series MESSY SAINTS. The series is titled MESSY SAINTS because it’s based on 1 Corinthians, the apostle Paul’s letter to the Corinth church where he mentioned dark secrets about them. NOTE: The Corinth church is not like a parish or an organization. It’s a home church like our Feast Lights! Each home church would have between 10 to 30 members, and altogether, a total of 150 members in Corinth. Talk 1 is titled Confused Army because the members fight each other in church– it’s like the church has an autoimmune disease. Autoimmune disease happens when the body’s natural defense system can’t tell the difference between your own cells and foreign cells, causing the body to mistakenly attack normal cells. What happened in the Corinth church is very much like the story of Christianity. We have a 2000-history of division. Paul’s advice on how to resolve the Corinthians’ conflicts is also the key message of Talk 1: Go back to the Cross.

WE’RE now in the sixth and last part of our series, TABLE TALKS. Talk 6 presents the ultimate answer to the question unpacked in previous talks: What does spiritual maturity really mean? This Talk is crucial for The Feast because how we define spiritual maturity will define how we do church. If we have a wrong understanding of spiritual maturity, we’ll end up building the wrong church. Talk 6, titled The Greatest Metric gives yes, the important metric or measurement of spiritual maturity or what we call holiness. We come to know this in the command of Jesus in John 15:12: “Love each other as I have loved you.” (John 15:12 NIV). So, the simple way to holiness is to Love like Jesus– which is the key message of Talk 6. How do we know we are doing this right? What’s the metric of holiness? Talk 6 presents 9 Signs of Spiritual Maturity.

WE’RE now in the fifth part of our series, TABLE TALKS. Jesus said we should pray in private (Matthew 6:6). But for some reason, God thinks this is not enough During Pentecost, the Holy Spirit birthed the Church. And house churches started happening. Since that time, early Christians met each week to pray together, break bread, and listen to God’s Word. Two thousand years later, we’re still doing this at The Feast. Within large Feasts, we build Light Groups of 5 to 15 persons that meet each week for prayer and sharing. But we also have Feast Lights which are like mini-Feasts that gather in homes, offices, schools, prisons, cafes—where people pray together, listen to a talk, and share together. Some grow big, but most stay small. These small groups meet regularly, know each other, journey together, and pray for one another. That’s church! The key message of Talk 5 is Church is God’s idea.