Recap Reality #1-God is at work all around us Reality #2-God desires a personal relationship with us Reality #3-God invites us to join Him in His work Reality #4-God speaks to us (Holy Spirit, word, prayer, circumstances, mature believers) Reality #5-The Crisis of belief The 1st 4 weeks have been about the character of God. […]
Are you dateable? No matter where we turn, the conventional wisdom of this world seems to tell us that marriage is the answer. Finding love—and ultimately getting married—is often the goal presented to us in novels, by our parents, in movies, by our friends, and even in church. We are all looking for something more […]
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 […]
In this world many find it hard to stay committed to each other for the long haul in a marriage. It is even harder to stay committed to a church, where you’re dealing with the personalities of not just one person but many. Many may not be mature at loving others or even have a […]
WHY THIS SERIES? Our goal is to teach the truth and equip believers while remaining unified as the family of God. Our challenge in this series – stand firm as the family of God while speaking and living out truth in humility and with wisdom outside of it.Jesus warns his disciples about future realitiesJude 3-4 […]
God’s Design • Our goals for this series: Teach the truth – Equip the saints –Wake people up – Disciples make Disciples • To be unified as the Family of God • To act wisely amongst non-Christians Jesus describes the end times: Matthew 24:10–14 (NIV) Jude 3–4 (NIV) God gave us His Word as a […]
Personal Testimony – Dr. Christopher Yuan articulates a biblical view of sexuality through the narrative of his personal transformation from an agnostic gay man to a Bible professor. He has a message of redemption through Jesus and casts a vision of not embracing our sexuality, but embracing Christ, and shattering the social concepts of gay and […]
• 1 Corinthians 10—as an example and a warning for us • God leads –how –our part faith • God supplies – daily – enough • God is setting the course and supplying for their needs –now He begins to set up a culture –environment based on His standards –the Law Let’s look at the three […]
The Home and Family Sphere includes the group of people that make up our family of origin and/or family of choice. This is where we have the chance to learn how to submit to and love others, and practice humility as we model following Jesus in our day to day life and relationships. Built […]
Delivered: God Leads REVIEW Continuing in our series through Exodus. Remember that the Old Testament is full of foreshadowing that points towards the New Testament and the coming of Jesus Christ. This week we are covering Exodus 13 & 14, talking about how God leads His people. At this point, God has led his people […]
God Leads Review – A true story with future ramifications 1 Corinthians 10:1–11 (NIV) The big picture – God wants to rescue us—then and now A forgetful people –Egyptians and Israel—leads to slavery A rescuing God – the showdown between the Lord and the devil –10 plagues The Passover – a just and forgiving God […]
Jesus is our example of leadership and submission• We need to have humble leadership and humble followership in every sphere
Don’t confuse your sin and bad choices with “God’s will”
• Don’t abandon God’s methodology of reaching the world even though it hurts sometimes
