When we experience a series of losses and things don’t seem to go our way, it’s easy for self-pity to take over. But an encounter with God can move us to hope and courage as we see what is possible with God’s strength working despite our weakness.
Judges 6:11-24 // [outline]
Genesis 3:17-19 // [outline]
Selfishness hurts relationships and often spoils the good in our lives. But it’s difficult to recognize in ourselves and even more difficult to root out. This message looks at how we can relate to God in such a way that we can break free from the selfish patterns we’re prone to.
Some people will look to Jesus, but try to approach Him as a peer, on their own terms. They pick and choose the teachings that they already agree with. This message looks at a group of people who chose to accept Jesus’ hard teachings and in so doing found life and hope that wouldn’t have otherwise been possible.
Frustration can easily turn into grumbling but when it does, it often poisons the good in our life and keeps us from seeing a way forward. This message looks at the help Jesus gives in breaking free of that negativity to the hope that He gives.
Even when we seem to have everything we need, there’s a longing that we feel. There’s a spiritual hunger that we often try to feed with more stuff or more accomplishments or more relationships. But the hunger remains. In this message, we look at Jesus’s teachings about this hunger and how it can be satisfied.
John 21:15-19 // [outline]
The storms of life often take us by surprise. We feel abandoned by God and struggle to make sense of what’s happening. This message looks at how God meets us in those storms and can change us through them if we respond to the help that He gives.
The miracle of Jesus’ feeding of the 5000 is famous. But few people understand what Jesus was trying to show the world through this amazing event. This message looks at Jesus’ compassion and the way He satisfies the hunger of the human heart.
John 6:1-15 // [outline]
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is unparalleled in human history. It’s an event so astounding that it has amazed people since the first century. It amazed Jesus’ followers but it shouldn’t have because he had told them repeatedly that it would happen. According to Jesus, there’s another resurrection coming and He’s told us in advance so we can prepare for this one and not be amazed when it happens.
Jesus’ death at the cross has fascinated and intrigued people for 2,000 years. The responses of the people around Jesus in His final hours mirror our own and give us insight to the love of God and His call on our lives.
Matthew 26:1-16
“The Year of Living Biblically,” is a book that became a sitcom, chronicling one person’s attempt to follow the Bible as literally as possible. It seems to conclude that most people either don’t take the Bible very seriously or instead pick and choose the parts they want to obey. The Bible, itself, however doesn’t recommend any of these options. This message looks at how the various parts of the Bible fit together and how they’re intended to be applied.
Galatians 3:15-29 // [outline]
The Bible presents a radically new way to live - a life of faith, energized by God’s power. But old ways die hard and many Christians live more by self-effort than faith. This message looks at how to live the life God calls us with the power that He provides.