The Church WHO WE ARE The vision and mission of our church (Matthew 28:18-20): • Vision: “We will reach the world for Jesus Christ one person at a time.” • Mission: “We will create biblical disciples in relational environments.” • Definition of a disciple: One who is committed to Following Jesus. One who is committed to Being Changed […]
The idea of the Journey series is to grow as disciples towards spiritual maturity in each of our spheres of life. HEAD: GOD HAS A PROPER ORDER OF SEQUENCE FOR ROLES AND RELATIONSHIPS IN THE HOME. The Word of God, the Spirit of God, and the people of God are what we use to abide […]
The World REVIEW: • We are all called to be and make disciples of Jesus. • We are all on a discipleship journey that involves Sharing, Connecting, Ministering, and Disciple-making (SCMD). • This process gets lived out in the 5 Spheres of our lives based on what we see in the book of Ephesians. • […]
The World • The idea of The Journey series is to grow as disciples towards spiritual maturity in each of our spheres of life. 1. OUR IDENTITY AND PURPOSE IN CHRIST KEEPS US ____________ . Ephesians 1:4-5 (NLT) 4Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without […]
In this episode of the Real Life Overtime podcast, the team dives deep into the critical topic of resilience, particularly in the context of parenting in today’s challenging world. As our culture increasingly drifts away from biblical values, raising resilient children who can stand firm in their faith and navigate life’s difficulties becomes more essential […]
In this special bonus episode of the podcast, Chris Short – Executive Team Leader and Host engages in a candid conversation with North Campus staff members Cory Speer, Adult Discipleship Ministry Leader, and Shelly Reeves, Women’s Discipleship Leader. Together, they dig into the dynamics of Situational Leadership within Small Groups, exploring real-life scenarios that often […]
Review We Americans are so hurried – active all the time –even when we stop we are active The problem with constant activity – it effects our health We often speed right past right past the most important things Proverbs 19:2 (NIV) Desire without knowledge is not good – how much more will hasty feet […]
Discipleship requires that we learn to obey all that Jesus has commanded Resources—Randy Alcorn – The Treasure Principle Matthew 28:18–20 (NIV) 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the […]
Review Vision, Mission, Process 7 Essentials ….1 Abide, 2. Reach the Lost Every disciple Accepts Jesus, Abides with Him and the result is Connection and helping others get and stay connected 3rd Essential— We Connect the unconnected –Its Jesus’ model for discipleship that leads to community In addition to -not graduating from abiding and […]
In this final episode of season 2, our Host Chris Short has a candid conversation with Evan Meske and Fred Bosse’ as they discuss some effective strategies for branching a small group. They emphasize that you can either branch well, or branch quickly, you can’t do both. Some of the topics they cover in this […]
Review – the steps ● Everything starts on the top stair – Abiding ● If I start as a negotiation I am obeying for the wrong reason –to get or to earn ● I start without power or ability if I don’t start with a relationship with God ● I start with surrender –repentanceMatthew 6:9–14 […]
We’re excited to present part two of our Worship as Discipleship Podcast. Our host, Chris Short, Executive Pastor at Real Life Ministries, is joined once again by Aaron Short, Worship Pastor at the Post Falls Campus and Jeremy Ellis, Worship Arts Development Pastor. In this episode, they delve into the topic of worship environments and […]
How do I witness to people from other religions? I need to know who I am, in light of who He is, first! Matthew 4:19 “Jesus said to them, “Come follow Me and I will make you fishers of men” Am I a biblical Christian? A disciple? Then committed to Following, Being Changed, on […]
Genesis 1-3 Matthew 10:32-39 (NLT) 32 “Everyone who acknowledges me publicly (before others) here on earth, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. 33BUT everyone who denies me here on earth, I will also deny before my Father in heaven. Jesus came to reconcile us or to close the gap between us and […]
Did You Know? In the New Testament the word serve and the word minister are translated from the same Greek word, διακονία pronounced dee-ak-on-ee’-ah. This is also where the title Deacon comes from. In Acts 6 the Greek word for minister is also translated as distribution of food (NIV) or the serving of food (AMP). […]
REVIEW The original messengers SHARED the gospel and their lives The results of the original message being shared was that everyone CONNECTED As everyone connected together they MINISTERED to one another THE ORIGINAL MINISTERS Acts 2:41–47 (NIV) – 41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number […]