Colossians 1:3–8
Building on last week's Vision Sunday, we now move into a summer series that will lift our eyes to see how the gospel is bearing fruit around the world. What steps will you take to get the most out of this series?
Vision Sunday: From Here to There, Part 2
1 Peter 2:4–12
This Vision Sunday, the "There" to which the Lord is leading us is one of proclamation, demonstration and incarnation. He's calling us to renew our commitment to being a multiplying movement.
Vision Sunday: From Here to There, Part 1
1 Peter 2:4–12
An important part of knowing where we're going is also knowing where we are! 1 Peter 2 helps guide us from the "Here" of this past year to the "There" we'll look at on Vision Sunday.
Extraordinary/Ordinary - Worship
John 4:1–26
As we wrap up this series of learning how to make the extraordinary good news known through our ordinary lives, we learn what the Father was seeking when He sent the Son (and us!) on mission. And we learn the extent to which He will go to find what He is seeking!
Pentecost Sunday - The Spirit of Adoption
Romans 8:9–30
When the Church celebrates Pentecost the way it celebrates Christmas and Easter, she will truly be the Church! On this Pentecost Sunday, we discover five ways the Holy Spirit makes our adoption as daughters and sons the reality of our lives.
Extraordinary/Ordinary - Disappointment
Matthew 11:2–6
As we are on mission with Jesus, what do we do when the disappointment and discouragement of life seem to outweigh the good news? His response to John the Baptist in Matthew 11 is scandalously good news.
Extraordinary/Ordinary - Righteousness
Matthew 25:31–46
Those who follow Jesus in his extraordinary/ordinary ways, He calls "the righteous." What does that mean? What is "righteousness"? As we will see, righteousness is a major theme of following Jesus and a major theme of what it means to be human!
Extraordinary/Ordinary - Work
John 21:1–14
In John 21, the resurrected Jesus shows up at the workplace for Peter and six other disciples. When Jesus shows up at work, we learn a whole lot about how the extraordinary good news impacts our ordinary (work) lives.
Extraordinary/Ordinary - Presence
John 11:1–44
The pandemic has put the church in danger of losing one of its greatest gifts: the ministry of presence, in which you offer yourself through attentive availability. Through his interaction with Mary and Martha around the death of their beloved brother, Lazarus, Jesus shows us how to recapture this gift.
Extraordinary/Ordinary - Going
Luke 10:1–21
We have been given extraordinary good news which we are to make known through our ordinary everyday lives. In Luke 10, we see Jesus sends his followers on a mission with a message, but his greatest concern is their motivation.
How We Know We Are Growing Spiritually
1 John 2:12–14
No matter where you are in your walk with God, you are special and irreplaceable, and John makes sure that his readers know this fact.
A Living Hope
1 Peter 1:3–5
In the face of whatever comes our way, Peter tells us we have been 'born again to a living hope.' When we understand the reason, the reward, and the reality of this hope, that's when life is really worth living!
The Lord's Prayer: Living Into the Prayer (It's Not Rocket Science)
Matthew 6:5–15
In wrapping up the series on the Lord's Prayer, there are a few remaining questions to address so that we might live into the wonderful reality Jesus teaches us to pray.
The Lord's Prayer: Lead Us! Rescue Us!
Matthew 6:5–15
This sixth petition of the Lord's Prayer is the most difficult petition to pray. Difficult because, at first glance, it doesn't make sense. Also because, in the face of temptation, it's not the first thing that comes to mind. But Jesus knows this is a petition the Father longs to answer.
How Then Shall We Love?
Matthew 22:36-40
In the 'greatest commandment,' Jesus teaches us that love is more than words or actions. Love is a lifestyle we live out every day of our lives and on into eternity.
The Lord's Prayer: Your Kingdom Relationships
Matthew6:5–15
It has been said that to forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner is you. When we pray the Lord's Prayer, we realize just how freeing kingdom relationships are!
The Lord's Prayer: Your Kingdom Provision
Matthew 6:5–15
Bread for today. That's a pretty basic prayer. Pretty straightforward. And yet, when we begin to understand what Jesus is teaching us to pray, this actually becomes the most comprehensive prayer we could ever bring before the Father.
The Sending Capacity of a Local Church
Acts 13:1–3
As we saw this past summer in our series in Acts, during challenging times like now, God invites us back to the roots of what it means to be the church. Acts 13 tells us of one ordinary church participating in God's extraordinary mission.
The Lord's Prayer: Bring About Your Good Pleasure
Matthew 6:5–15
If the second petition of the Lord's Prayer, "Your kingdom come," is the boldest, then the third is the most comforting. Who wouldn't want to pray for the Father's will, His 'good pleasure,' to come on earth as it is even now in heaven?!
The Lord's Prayer: Your Reign Unveiled
Matthew 6:5–15
The second petition of the Lord's Prayer, "Your kingdom come," is the boldest petition of the six. When we understand what Jesus is inviting us to pray, we will need to brace ourselves for some explosive results!
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