Be Imitators of God
November 17, 2025 · 43m
What is God’s dream for your life?
What kind of person did He redeem you to become?
In this deeply pastoral and prophetic message, Pastor Rick opens Ephesians 5:1–2 and calls us back to the core identity of every follower of Jesus:
Be imitators of God as beloved children.
This message walks through:
1. The turbulence of transformation
Why following Jesus often feels like a bumpy flight and why it’s worth holding on until the plane lands.
2. How your life drifts toward your true vision
Are you trending toward your ambitions or God’s redemptive purpose?
3. What it practically means to imitate God
Sacrificial love
Overflowing life
Christlike joy, peace, and light
Serving where Jesus serves
Extravagant generosity
Holiness, obedience, and union with the Father
4. The difference between frustration and flourishing
Rick unpacks the two ways Christians try to live the Christian life:
Law and works which leads to striving and frustration
Faith and hearing which leads to Spirit-empowered transformation
5. The key phrase that changes everything
As beloved children.
Your identity and your status in Christ determine your capacity to imitate God.
You do not imitate God to earn His love.
You imitate Him because you already have it.
6. A practical seven-day challenge
Rick invites the church to take seven days to speak gospel identity over their lives and watch the Spirit reshape them from the inside out.
Key Passage
Ephesians 5:1–2
Therefore be imitators of God as beloved children and walk in love just as Christ loved us.
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What kind of person did He redeem you to become?
In this deeply pastoral and prophetic message, Pastor Rick opens Ephesians 5:1–2 and calls us back to the core identity of every follower of Jesus:
Be imitators of God as beloved children.
This message walks through:
1. The turbulence of transformation
Why following Jesus often feels like a bumpy flight and why it’s worth holding on until the plane lands.
2. How your life drifts toward your true vision
Are you trending toward your ambitions or God’s redemptive purpose?
3. What it practically means to imitate God
Sacrificial love
Overflowing life
Christlike joy, peace, and light
Serving where Jesus serves
Extravagant generosity
Holiness, obedience, and union with the Father
4. The difference between frustration and flourishing
Rick unpacks the two ways Christians try to live the Christian life:
Law and works which leads to striving and frustration
Faith and hearing which leads to Spirit-empowered transformation
5. The key phrase that changes everything
As beloved children.
Your identity and your status in Christ determine your capacity to imitate God.
You do not imitate God to earn His love.
You imitate Him because you already have it.
6. A practical seven-day challenge
Rick invites the church to take seven days to speak gospel identity over their lives and watch the Spirit reshape them from the inside out.
Key Passage
Ephesians 5:1–2
Therefore be imitators of God as beloved children and walk in love just as Christ loved us.
If this message blessed you, like, subscribe, and share it with someone who needs to rediscover God’s dream for their life.
To CONNECT with our church, submit a PRAYER REQUEST, download FREE encouraging material, GIVE to this ministry or FOLLOW US on social media, click the link below!
https://linktr.ee/radiantcentralcoast
