THIS WEEK: Obey and Experience You come to know God by experience as you obey Him, and He accomplishes His work through you Once you have determined to follow God by faith and you’ve made the necessary adjustments, you must obey Him. When you do what God tells you, no matter how impossible or bewildering […]
Reality 7: You come to know God by experience as you obey Him, and He accomplishes His work through you WE EXPERIENCE God when we are with Him in relationship In that relationship, He reveals Himself and we join Him in what He is doing We cannot experience Him if we won’t surrender to Him […]
This week we are talking about Adjusting. “You must make adjustments in your life to join God in what He is doing.” Definition: To alter or move something in order to achieve the desired result. “You must alter or move something in your life in order to achieve the desired result of joining God in […]
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. […]
Church Is a Team Sport shows proven ways to push believers, new and mature, toward growth as both Christians–and leaders. Making disciples is the crux of the Church Is a Team Sport message. The plan works. Caring for people, following up on stray sheep, and teaching what it means to love God and obey him. […]
This story set follows the story of the disciples as they meet Jesus, follow Him, get to know Him and begin to grow. We will follow Jesus with them in a chronological order, although we will not have time to tell all the stories about Jesus and His disciples in this series. We have chosen […]
In this episode of the Real Life Groups Leadership Podcast, host Chris Short is joined by Real Life Ministries Post Falls Groups Team Leader Fred Bosse’, and Shannon Kay – Real Life Ministries Post Falls Women’s Team Leader. They are talking today about some of the things that can (unintentionally) ruin a small group. The […]
Reality 3 – God invites you to become involved with Him in His work. Every Christian can accept God’s invitation to join Him in His work. How? By processing these four questions Question #1 – What is God inviting me to? Does it have to do with the work of believing in Jesus? Jesus answered […]
The Seven Realities of Experiencing God God is always working He invites us into a relationship with Him (last week) He invites us into His Work God speaks –how? His invitation leads us into a crisis of belief We must adjust our life to join Him When we obey God, we experience Him The Third […]
REVIEW God is always at work around you. John 5:17–20 (NIV) — In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.” For this reason they tried all the more to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he […]
Review God is always working –in the world and in our life –He is intersecting us with Himself and the places He wants to use us – John 5:17–20 (NIV) He has been working in your life personally John 6:44 (NIV) God wants to work in and through you personally – He intersects us with […]
The Seven Realities of Experiencing God God is always working (Last week) He invites us into a relationship with Him He invites us into His Work God speaks –how? His invitation leads us into a crisis of belief We must adjust our life to join Him When we obey God, we experience Him “We may […]
Review – God is always at work Reality 2: God is pursuing a love relationship with us. Think about your daily routine. What do you do habitually that consumes your time and attention? Exodus 3:1-4 (NIV) Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock […]
REVIEW God’s Work Jesus said my father is always at work and so am I He is working all around us and we can look and see where he is working and join him there Ask the wrong questions, get the wrong answers. Instead of asking, “What is God’s will for my life?” ask “What […]
Review We were made to Experience God in very real and tangible ways The truths we’ll cover in this series are foundation to who we are as a church and as disciples of Jesus We hope you will continue on this journey with us as we’re all changed to be more like Christ both personally […]
God is at Work Why this series • My history and the history of this church • Why this is important right now –people are being drawn into the purposes of others –messaging – voices • We can get focused on what we think God isn’t doing –rather than see what He is The Seven […]