1: Just Breathe

This week's message from Pastor Jim Burgen is the first in a new series on family, marriage, parenting and other important relationships. As we begin to unpack these areas, however, we need to first revisit our most important relationship: the one we have with God. We need to be filled and inspired by His presence and His word: what we breathe in spiritually is as important to our health and the wellbeing of our relationships as oxygen is to our lungs. The Bible even likens the presence of God to air, wind and life-giving breath (it was the breath of God which spoke the world into order and gave life to humanity in Genesis 1 and 2). Jim then draws upon Jesus? instructions to ?Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness? to remind us that intentionally and actively seeking God gives life to our spirits, just as air gives life to our bodies.