WHAT’S FIRST IN YOUR LIFE? Exodus 20:1-5 (NLT) – Then God gave the people all these instructions: “I am the Lord your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of your slavery. “You must not have any other god but me. “You must not make for yourself an idol of any […]
Purpose of this series Reminding our people to think biblically about the holidays The end of year giving invitation The first Adam and Eve moment that affected everything else Remember In the beginning – God – and us – we moved away from Him –now we are being led back We follow Him back to […]
FIRST will concentrate on a few specific areas, and challenge us to ask some questions in our lives. What we put FIRST in our life matters. If we choose to put God FIRST in our living and giving… If we choose to touch lives… If we choose to connect people to Christ, and to live […]
Spiritual Realm The 5th Sphere Ephesians 6:10–13 (NIV) — Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, […]
THE BATTLE We are in a war He (Satan) seeks to steal, kill, and destroy He attacks us in many ways He works within confusion, condemnation, accusation, fear, lies, and deception We need to know some things before we dig into this We no longer fight for victory, we fight from it. Colossians 2:13-15 – […]
Eph 6:10-20 The Spiritual Sphere 1. It all comes back to our ABIDING relationship with Jesus Eph 6:10A final word: Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Our strength to spiritually fight comes from our abiding relationship with Jesus We need to learn to rely on His strength, not our own. […]
The World Sphere Abiding is the key Gods person meeting with us via the Holy Spirit Gods direction in the word Gods people teaching—clarifying –supporting –accountability Visuals – what happens when we get abiding wrong – the size of the sphere is not Gods design Next week – the enemies desire to entice us from […]
THE HOME SPHERE Matthew 7:24-27 NIV “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had […]
THIS WEEK: HUMILITY IN THE HOME – BEING A REVOLUTIONARY DISCIPLE IN THE HOME SPHERE It takes humility to … Allow the Church to be your family if you do not have one Learn how to be a disciple from the Church family if you didn’t come from a believing family Learn how to be […]
Acts 11:25–26 (NIV) Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So, for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch. A characteristic of a disciple of Jesus […]
Jim Putman and Lance Wigton sit down to discuss some of the struggles parents go through in this current culture when trying to be and raise disciples of Jesus. To download a transcript of this podcast click below: Home & Family Sphere Podcast Transcript
Vision and Mission Our vision is to “reach the world for Jesus 1 person at a time” Our mission is that “we are going to make biblical disciples in relational environments” Matthew 28:18-20 (NIV) Definition of a disciple Matthew 4:19 (NKJV) A disciple is one that is… Committed to following Jesus-HEAD Committed to being changed […]
The Abide sphere – where it comes from Paul is speaking to the church as a whole –individual and corporate God provided a way for us to have relationship with Himself – He provided Christ – what He did made a way for us God provided a way to be in relationship with Himself through […]
As Christians we sometimes compartmentalize our lives and limit Christ’s work to certain spheres, but in Ephesians we are called to all humility, meaning God gets total control. God wants us to love him with everything we are, in all areas of life. In this series we will be looking at our lives through the […]
This series is based on a new book and the book of Ephesians Definition of revolution-revolutionary 1: A sudden, radical, or complete change A fundamental change in political organization; especially, the overthrow or renunciation of one government or ruler and the substitution of another by the governed Activity or movement designed to effect fundamental changes […]
There are all different kinds of views on economic inequality, and how to close the gap from the rich and the poor. There are all different kinds of views on why poverty exists, and there are all kinds of views on what actually constitutes as someone who is poor or even needy. Capitalism vs. Socialism […]