Are we ready to live a life that transcends our daily struggles? Today, we will be invited to embrace the Spiritual Disciplines and Holy Habits that shape us into the people God calls us to be, living a life of mission and service, by living a life on mission. We will reflect on our collective…
Tag: Faith
Spiritual Disciplines ~ The Purpose of Study?
Today’s message is to continue our series on the spiritual discipline of study and discuss the purpose of studying God’s Word. Understanding, as we have already seen, the study of the Word of God is not merely an academic exercise but a transformative spiritual discipline aimed at shaping and changing our lives. Through the insight…
Fasting ~ How and How Not?
We are continuing where we left off last week. Today, we will continue to discuss the spiritual discipline of fasting, particularly how and how not to fast. In this, we will briefly recap last week’s message and learn about starting small, doing it for God, being missional and doing something, being intentional, and making sure…
P.R.A.Y. ~ Ask ~ Unanswered Prayer
In this sermon, “P.R.A.Y. ~ Ask ~ Unanswered Prayer,” we will delve into the problematic topic of unanswered prayer, emphasizing that all prayer is answered, though not always as we hope. We will highlight the importance of prayer to commune with God and draw on the P.R.A.Y. method – Pause, Rejoice/Remember, Ask, Yield. As we…
The Peculiar Kingdom of God & Its People ~ Treasure, Light, & Masters
Today, as we open the Word of God. We will continue our series over the sermon on the mount, found in Matthew chapters five through seven, regarding the peculiar kingdom of God and its people. In particular, we are continuing today in the sixth chapter of Matthew’s Gospel, in the third part of Jesus’ sermon,…
The Peculiar Kingdom of God & Its People ~ When You Fast
Today, as we open the Word of God. We will continue our series over the sermon on the mount, found in Matthew chapters five through seven, regarding the peculiar kingdom of God and its people. In particular, we are continuing today in the sixth chapter of Matthew’s Gospel, learning about how we have been called…
The Peculiar Kingdom of God & its People ~ Giving to the Needy
Today as we open the Word of God. We will be turning once again to the sermon on the mount as we have been spending this year looking at the Words of Jesus in this sermon of sermons. We are returning to the third section of the sermon found in Matthew 6:1-18 that we entered…
The Peculiar Kingdom of God & its People ~ Faith Without Hypocrisy
This morning we will return to our series in the Sermon on the Mount and explore more of the theme we discussed a couple of weeks ago on Pentecost. In particular, as we turn to the sixth chapter of Matthew, causing us to ask even more that question about who it is we are living…
Resilient Faith ~ Has Meaningful Faith Relationships
Over the past several weeks we have been looking at what it means to have resilient faith. Faith that can stand firmly for Christ no matter what it may face in this world. Even if. Even if it would cost us everything. We have been looking at what it means to have this faith, and…
Resilient Faith ~ Practices Cultural Discernment
Resilient faith in Christ, faith that can stand boldly in the face of the pseudo-Babylonian anti-faith culture we live in is a faith that not only knows how to discern ethics, right from wrong, good from evil in a Godly manner. It is a faith that seeks to put such discernment into practice every day,…
