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Have you been born again by believing in Jesus, or are you still trusting in yourself? 📖 "You must be born again." — John 3:7

Nicodemus was one of the most respected and religious men in Israel, yet Jesus told him that religion, morality, and knowledge were not enough. Everyone must be born again. Our greatest problem isn't that we need to try harder—we need new life. Sin has separated us from God, leaving us spiritually dead and unable to save ourselves.

But God, in His great love, made a way. Just as the Israelites looked to the bronze serpent and lived, we are called to look to Jesus, who was lifted up on the cross in our place. When we believe in Him, God forgives our sins, gives us a new heart, fills us with His Spirit, and grants us eternal life. New birth is more than a moment—it is the beginning of a transformed life that continually grows to reflect Christ.

Nicodemus had religion, knowledge, and influence—but Jesus told him he still needed new life.

Our greatest need isn't to become better people—it's to become new people.

Because God loved the world, He sent His Son to take our place on the cross so that everyone who believes in Him would have eternal life.

Gospel Response: God loved a broken, sinful world so much that He sent His only Son to save it. Jesus lived the perfect life we could never live, died the death we deserved, and rose again so that everyone who believes in Him would not perish but have eternal life. Stop trusting in your own goodness, religion, or efforts to earn God's favor. Look to Christ. Believe in Him. Be born again. Through faith alone, God forgives your sin, gives you new life, and begins transforming you into the person He created you to be. The invitation is simple: Look to Christ. Believe in Him. Be born again.

📖 "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life." — John 3:16

🌿𝕋ℝ𝕌𝕃𝕐 🌿 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒻𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝓉𝒽 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒾𝓂𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒻𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓈

📖 John 3:1-21

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Are you following Jesus because of what He can do for you—or because of who He is? In John 2, Jesus reveals His glory through two powerful signs. At the wedding in Cana, He turns water into wine, showing that He abundantly provides for those who are empty. In the temple, He drives out corruption, revealing His zeal to purify what belongs to God. These miracles weren't merely displays of power—they pointed to Jesus Himself.

The crowd was amazed by the signs, but many believed only because of the miracles. Jesus knew their hearts. Genuine faith isn't sustained by constantly chasing the next miracle; it grows through a daily relationship with Christ. The greatest miracle isn't simply what Jesus does for us—it's how He transforms us from the inside out.

Jesus is our Provider when we're empty and our Purifier when we're broken.

The question isn't, "Can Jesus perform another miracle?" The question is: Do you trust Him because of what He does—or because of who He is?

Gospel Response: Don't chase miracles. Follow the God of miracles. As you walk with Him each day, He transforms your heart and strengthens your faith.

Jesus came not only to meet our temporary needs but to transform our eternal condition. Through His perfect life, sacrificial death, and victorious resurrection, He provides abundant life for the empty and purifies sinful hearts. The gospel calls us to trust Jesus not simply for His miracles, but because He is the Son of God who loves us, walks with us through every trial, and is making us new. As we follow Him each day, our faith grows—not because we continually see new signs, but because we continually know the God of miracles.

🌿𝕋ℝ𝕌𝕃𝕐 🌿 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒻𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝓉𝒽 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒾𝓂𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒻𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓈

📖 John 2

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What are you looking at—and are your eyes fixed on Jesus or the things of this world? John the Baptist's message was simple: "Behold the Lamb of God." His life was never about drawing attention to himself but about pointing others to Jesus. Throughout John 1, Jesus repeatedly invites people to "Come and see" and "Follow Me." Those who respond discover far more than where Jesus is staying—they see the glory of God revealed in the Son.

Like the first disciples, we are often tempted to fix our eyes on our circumstances, fears, relationships, careers, or the brokenness around us. But Jesus calls us to lift our eyes above the distractions of this world and behold Him. As we follow Christ, we see God's glory, experience His grace, and are transformed to point others to Him.

John the Baptist's message was simple: "Behold the Lamb of God."

Jesus' invitation is just as clear:

➡️ "Come and see."

➡️ "Follow Me."

The question isn't what you're looking at—it's who you're looking to. When we fix our eyes on Jesus instead of our circumstances, fears, or the distractions of this world, we see the glory of God and find the hope, grace, and life only He can give.

Gospel Response:

Will you come and see... and then go and tell?

Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world and the Son of God who reveals the glory of the Father. Through His perfect life, sacrificial death, and victorious resurrection, He opened the way for us to know God and receive eternal life. The invitation of the gospel is still the same today: Come and see. Follow Jesus. Believe in Him. When we fix our eyes on Christ instead of our circumstances, we find the hope, life, and glory that only He can give, and our lives become a testimony that points others to Him.

🌿𝕋ℝ𝕌𝕃𝕐 🌿 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒻𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝓉𝒽 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒾𝓂𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒻𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓈

📖 John 1:29–51

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Are you looking to Jesus—and do you believe He is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world? When religious leaders asked John the Baptist, “Who are you?” John refused to make himself the focus. Instead, he humbly pointed everyone to Jesus. John understood that his identity, purpose, and ministry were not about gaining recognition but about preparing the way for Christ. His testimony declared, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!”

The people were searching for a Messiah who would rescue them from their circumstances and free them from Rome, but Jesus came to provide the rescue they needed most—freedom from sin. He is not a weak or defeated Lamb; He is the victorious Lamb, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who conquered sin, Satan, and death through His sacrifice and resurrection.

Like John the Baptist, our lives and testimonies should point away from ourselves and toward Jesus. We may never fully see the impact of our faithfulness, but God sees how every prayer, act of service, gospel conversation, and step of obedience fits into His greater story. The question is not simply whether we know who Jesus is but whether we believe—and whether that belief transforms how we see ourselves, our purpose, and the world around us.

Gospel Response: Jesus is the Son of God and the Lamb of God who came to take away the sin of the world. He lived the perfect life we could not live, died the death we deserved, and rose from the grave so that we can be forgiven, made righteous, and given new life. Through His sacrifice, Jesus defeated sin, Satan, and death and secured eternal victory for everyone who believes.

Stop looking to people, success, money, comfort, or the things of this world to save or satisfy you. Look to Jesus. Believe that He is who Scripture says He is, trust in His finished work, and allow that truth to transform your identity and purpose. Then, like John the Baptist, humbly and faithfully use your life to point others toward the Lamb of God.

🌿𝕋ℝ𝕌𝕃𝕐 🌿 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒻𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝓉𝒽 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒾𝓂𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒻𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓈

📖 John 1:19-29

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What is truth? In a world filled with competing voices, opinions, and shifting definitions, Jesus doesn't simply teach truth—He is Truth. The One who spoke creation into existence is still speaking life today. The Creator who breathed life into the world is breathing new life into all who receive Him. He doesn't just improve broken lives—He recreates them. Will you reject Him like so many did... or receive Him and become a child of God?

Key Truths:

🌿 Jesus is the eternal Creator and fully God. Before creation began, Jesus existed with the Father and is Himself God. Everything was created through Him, and all creation is sustained by Him.

🌿 Jesus is the Truth that every other truth must be built upon. Our answers to life's biggest questions depend on the foundational truth of who Jesus is—not on culture, opinions, or personal feelings.

🌿 The Creator is recreating what sin has broken. The same God who breathed life into creation now breathes new spiritual life into those who trust Christ through the Holy Spirit.

🌿 Jesus is the Light that overcomes darkness. Darkness cannot overcome His light. He exposes sin, reveals truth, and leads people into life.

🌿 Everyone must respond to Jesus. Like those in John's Gospel, we all have a choice: reject Him or receive Him. Those who receive Christ by faith become children of God.

🌿 Truth is found in a Person, not merely a principle. Christianity is not believing in belief, good works, or religion—it is trusting in Jesus Christ alone.

Gospel Response: What truths are shaping your life—and do they lead you to Jesus? Jesus is not merely a teacher of truth—He is the Truth. The eternal Son of God entered our broken world, lived the perfect life we could never live, died the death we deserved, and rose again so that everyone who believes in Him can receive new life. The Creator who spoke the universe into existence now recreates hearts through His grace. You are not saved by your effort, your religion, or even the strength of your faith—you are saved by Jesus alone. Receive Him, trust Him, and allow Him to restore you into the person He created you to be.

🌿𝕋ℝ𝕌𝕃𝕐 🌿 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒻𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝓉𝒽 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒾𝓂𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒻𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓈

📖 John 1:1-18

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Will you pursue lasting contentment in Christ, or keep chasing the temporary "filthy scraps" of this world?

Key Truths:

📌 Contentment is not a feeling—it is learned by trusting Christ's sufficiency in every circumstance. Paul rejoiced because Christ was enough, not because his circumstances improved.

📌 Your emotions reveal what you're believing. If your feelings don't align with God's truth, don't ignore them—trace them back to the beliefs and desires driving them. Roots always produce fruit.

📌 "Filthy scraps" are anything you pursue more than Christ for satisfaction. Whether obvious sins like money, status, and pleasure or subtle idols like nostalgia, anything that replaces Christ will ultimately leave you discontent. 📌 Anxiety often grows from two thoughts: "I don't want to lose this" and "I need more of this." The more we cling to worldly treasures, the more anxiety we create.

📌 Cast your anxieties on God by bringing Him into your thoughts. Instead of dwelling on fear alone, begin with "Oh Lord..." and pray your anxieties back to God, allowing His presence to reshape your perspective.

📌 Contentment is not complacency. Contentment finds peace in what God has given while continuing to pursue Christ. Complacency settles for less than what God desires.

📌 Contentment is a direction, not a destination. It is a lifelong pursuit of Christ, not a place you eventually arrive and remain.

📌 God's character is your anchor during tragedy. When suffering comes, remember who God is and how He has faithfully carried you in the past. The cross proves His love even when you don't understand your circumstances.

📌 Daily disciplines cultivate biblical contentment. Prayer, meditating on Scripture, gratitude, healthy boundaries with technology, fasting, journaling, and authentic Christian community help redirect your heart toward Christ.

📌 Contentment grows through intentional obedience. Determine where you're discontent, discern the root, define your identity in Christ, discover God's truth with others, and depend completely on Him.

📌 Only Christ can satisfy the God-shaped hole in your soul. Every "filthy scrap" promises peace but cannot deliver what only Jesus can provide.

📌 Humble heroes fight for contentment by pursuing Christ over the world. As believers reject Satan's lies and embrace Christ's sufficiency, they become lights that push back the darkness around them.

Gospel Response: Jesus has already done everything necessary to make you His own. Because of His death and resurrection, you have a new identity, a new purpose, and the power of the Holy Spirit to live differently. Live up—not by striving for God's approval, but by living from the victory Christ has already won. In every circumstance, humble yourself, think like Christ, rejoice in Him, trust His peace, and find your contentment in Him alone.

⏫ 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗨𝗣 ⏫

📖 Philippians

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"When you don't have the job, the health, the money, or the answers—you still have Jesus. And He is enough." Will I find contentment by changing my circumstances, or by trusting that Christ is sufficient in every circumstance?

Key Truths: The world teaches us that contentment comes from having more—more comfort, more control, more success, or more security. But Paul reminds us in Philippians 4 that true contentment is learned, not achieved. Despite prison, persecution, rejection, and hardship, Paul discovered that Christ was enough. Contentment is not complacency or passivity; it is finding the strength of Christ in every circumstance and trusting God's provision, purpose, and presence regardless of what we face.

📌 Contentment is not Christ changing your circumstances; it is finding Christ sufficient in your circumstances.

📌 True contentment is learned through trusting God in every season, not achieved by gaining more.

📌 Christ-sufficiency, not self-sufficiency, is the source of lasting contentment.

📌 God often works through people and circumstances, not around them.

📌 Contentment is not complacency, laziness, or passivity—it is Christ's strength empowering us to faithfully engage every circumstance.

📌 The lies of Satan produce bitterness, fear, and isolation, but God's truth produces joy, purpose, and perseverance.

📌 We may not always receive the circumstances we want, but we always receive the presence of Christ.

📌 Contentment is an internal response of faith to an external circumstance.

Gospel Response: Jesus entered our broken world, endured suffering, carried our sin, died on the cross, and rose again so that we could have life in Him. The gospel does not promise perfect circumstances, but it does promise the presence of Christ. Because of Jesus, we can face every trial, temptation, and hardship knowing that He is with us, He is for us, and He is enough. Contentment is not having everything you want—it's having Christ and knowing He is enough.

⏫ 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗨𝗣 ⏫

📖 Philippians

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Will I allow my circumstances to define my identity, or will I let God's truth transform who I am so it changes what I do? Truth transforms who we are, and who we are changes what we do. When our identity is rooted in Christ, we can learn contentment, overcome fear and temptation, and live out God's calling with confidence.

What if your greatest struggle is actually God's training ground for your greatest purpose? Too often we let our circumstances, failures, fears, or insecurities define who we are. But God's Word reminds us that our identity is not found in what we've done—it's found in Christ. Truth transforms who we are, and who we are changes what we do.

When we know we are children of God, we can stop living like victims of our circumstances and start living out the calling God has placed on our lives. Through prayer, Scripture, fasting, rest, and daily dependence on Him, God teaches us contentment and equips us to make an impact for His kingdom. You have a purpose. You have a calling. And God is still at work in your story.

Gospel Response:

What lie have you been believing about yourself, and what would change if you fully embraced who God says you are in Christ?

Jesus lived the life we could not live, died the death we deserved, and rose again so that we could be forgiven, transformed, and empowered for God's purposes. Because of Christ, we are no longer defined by fear, failure, temptation, or circumstances. We are called children of God, equipped by the Holy Spirit, and sent into the world with purpose. The response is to reject Satan's lies, embrace God's truth, and build a life that reflects our identity and calling in Christ.

⏫ 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗨𝗣 ⏫

📖 Philippians 4

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Will I let my pain, sin, and struggles define me, or will I see myself through God's truth and step into the purpose He has for me? God can use anyone, but He chose you. Your story is not defined by what you've lost or what you've been through—it is defined by what Christ is doing in you and through you.

In this message, we are challenged to reframe our role in God's story. Too often, we view ourselves as victims of our circumstances or villains defined by our failures. But through Christ, God calls His people to live as victorious servants who overcome through His power.

Using examples like David facing Goliath, Gideon hiding in fear, Joseph enduring betrayal, and Paul persevering through suffering, the sermon reminds us that God does not waste our pain. The hardships, failures, and wounds of our past can become the training ground for God's future purpose in our lives. Pain that becomes permanent produces bitterness, but pain surrendered to God can produce purpose.

Satan seeks to define us by our struggles, insecurities, addictions, failures, and wounds. But Scripture declares a different identity. Believers are forgiven, free, empowered by the Holy Spirit, chosen by God, and called to good works that He prepared in advance for them. God didn't randomly choose someone to accomplish His purposes—He intentionally chose you.

Because Christ has already defeated the enemy, believers no longer have to cower in fear. Instead, they are called to rise up, walk in their God-given identity, and bring light into the darkness by serving others, carrying burdens, sharing the gospel, and helping others find freedom and healing.

Gospel Response: Jesus has already won the victory. Through His death and resurrection, He defeated sin, death, and Satan. If you belong to Christ, your identity is no longer found in your past, your pain, or your failures. You are forgiven, free, empowered, and called by God for His purposes. Stop believing the enemy's lies and start believing God's truth. Rise up in faith, embrace who Christ says you are, and step into the mission He has prepared for you.

⏫ 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗨𝗣 ⏫

📖 Philippians

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You can replace Satan's lies with God's truth because God's Word and God's power are greater than any lie the enemy can speak over your life. What lies from Satan are shaping your thoughts, and are you replacing them with God's truth? In Philippians 4:9, Paul challenges believers to follow what they have learned, received, heard, and seen in him. This sermon focused on how Paul overcame the lies Satan used to attack his identity, calling, and confidence. Though Paul faced accusations about his past, insecurities about his weaknesses, and doubts about his worthiness, he consistently replaced those lies with God's truth.

Many believers struggle with similar lies:

"I can't change."
"I shouldn't change."
"I will never change."
"I can't control my thoughts."
"My feelings determine truth."
"God's Word isn't enough."

📌 Reveal the thought and bring it into the light.

📌 Repent of how the lie has affected you, others, and your relationship with God.

📌 Resist Satan by filling your mind with Scripture and surrounding yourself with God's people.

📌 Remind yourself daily of God's truth until new pathways of thinking are formed.

Just as trails are formed by repeatedly walking the same path, our minds develop patterns. God's truth creates new paths that lead toward freedom, peace, and victory in Christ rather than fear, shame, insecurity, or pride.

Gospel Response: Jesus didn't come simply to help us think better—He came to rescue us from the power of sin and lies. Because of Christ's death and resurrection, Satan no longer has authority over those who belong to Him. The gospel reminds us that our identity is not defined by our past failures, our feelings, or the lies we believe, but by what Christ has done for us.

Bow before Jesus today. Identify the lie you've been believing, replace it with God's truth, and trust that through Christ you can experience lasting transformation and victory.

⏫ 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗨𝗣 ⏫

📖 Philippians 4:9

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What happens when pain becomes permanent? Will it produce bitterness… or will God use it for victory? In this message from Philippians 4:9, we see how Paul faced imprisonment, rejection, hunger, suffering, and hardship—yet still lived with peace and contentment in Christ. Paul’s life reminds us that the magnitude of our suffering does not determine the outcome of our lives—God does.

This sermon explores how the roots of our lives produce fruit. When our roots are diseased by Satan’s lies like shame, insecurity, fear, greed, bitterness, or anxiety, they produce unhealthy fruit in our lives. But when we are rooted in God’s grace and truth, He produces peace, healing, humility, joy, and contentment through us.

We also walk through practical gospel-centered steps to:

• Replace Satan’s lies with God’s truth

• Reframe your story in God’s story

• Re-pattern your mind around Christ

• Rejoice instead of complaining

No matter what circumstance or struggle you are facing today, Jesus can bring healing, peace, and victory. Your pain does not have to define you—Christ does.

“The God of peace will be with you.” — Philippians 4:9

Gospel Response: Your pain does not define your future. Stop letting pain, shame, fear, or insecurity define your identity. Bring your wounded roots before Jesus, allow His grace to heal what Satan has distorted, and trust that God can use even your hardest circumstances for victory and His glory. God can take even the hardest circumstance and grow something beautiful through it.

⏫ 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗨𝗣 ⏫

📖 Philippians 4:9

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Think Soundly - DWELL ✝️ What are you filling your mind with—Satan’s lies or Christ’s truth? The world is full of fear, division, anxiety, and lies—but Philippians 4:8 calls us to dwell on what is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, and praiseworthy. Stop focusing on the mud and start looking for the evidence of God’s goodness. Peace isn’t found in controlling your circumstances. Peace is found in Christ.

👉 Give God your chaos.

👉 Trust His truth over your fear.

👉 Rejoice in what He is doing.

📖“Dwell on these things.” — Philippians 4:8

Gospel Response: Stop dwelling on fear, chaos, and the lies of this world. Surrender control to Jesus, trust His truth over your feelings, and fill your mind with what is good, pure, and praiseworthy. True peace is not found in circumstances—it is found in Christ alone.

⏫ 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗨𝗣 ⏫

📖 Philippians 4:8

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How is God calling you to use your everyday life, skills, and influence to speak Jesus and make disciples?

Key Truths:

God calls every believer to live on mission, not just pastors or missionaries.
There is no divide between “sacred” ministry and everyday work—God can use business, school, family life, and skills for His glory.
Jesus met both physical and spiritual needs, and the church is called to do the same.
Meeting immediate needs can create opportunities for long-term transformation and discipleship.
The gospel should motivate believers to live differently and actively make disciples where they are.
Sustainable ministry equips local believers to continue the work long after mission teams leave.
God uses different people with different gifts and callings to accomplish His mission.
Prayer, generosity, serving, and going are all vital parts of participating in God’s kingdom work.
The Holy Spirit equips believers with gifts, fruit, and power to serve others and proclaim Christ.
The church is called to “speak Jesus” boldly in homes, workplaces, communities, and nations.

Gospel Response: Jesus lived the perfect life we could not live, died the death we deserved, and rose again so we could have new life in Him. Because of the gospel, we are not called to sit still—we are called to go. Surrender your gifts, time, work, and influence to God, and ask Him to use your everyday life to speak Jesus boldly wherever He sends you. ➡️ Let's Go! discoverwbc.com/missions/

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What is guarding your heart and mind—your feelings, your circumstances, or the peace of God in Christ?

Key Truths:

God’s peace is not just a feeling—it is a protector that guards your heart and mind.
You don’t need a temporary emotional fix—you need truth that transforms how you think.
God’s peace surpasses your situation, not by removing it, but by rising above it.
Peace guards right thinking, so circumstances don’t turn into anxiety.
What fills your mind matters—truth must replace Satan’s lies.
God is your guard, and His Word is your weapon—you are both protected and equipped to fight back.
Anxiety grows when you try to control everything; peace comes when you surrender control to God.
You must ask: What am I trusting to guard me instead of God?

Gospel Response: Stop chasing a feeling of peace and start trusting the God of peace. In the gospel, Jesus lived perfectly, died in your place, and rose in victory—so you don’t have to be ruled by anxiety, lies, or chaos. Because you are in Christ, God Himself guards your heart and mind.

Surrender what you’re trying to control, tear down the false “guards” (money, control, comfort, identity), and fill your mind with what is true, honorable, and pure. When Satan speaks lies, fight back with truth.

Rest in this: God’s peace doesn’t just comfort you—it protects you. And because Christ has already won, you can trust Him in every circumstance and let His truth shape how you think, not just how you feel.

⏫ 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗨𝗣 ⏫

📖 Philippians 4:7

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Anxiety is a heart divided by a thousand concerns—trying to carry burdens you were never meant to hold. What are you trying to control that actually belongs to God? In Philippians 4:6, we are told not to worry about anything, but instead to bring everything to God with prayer and thanksgiving. The issue isn’t having concerns—it’s allowing those concerns to control us.

The root of anxiety often comes from:

Trying to control what only God can control
Carrying responsibilities God never gave you
Being consumed by insecurity, pride, or “filthy scraps” of this world

The solution is learning the difference between:

Your responsibility (what God has called you to do)
Your influence (what you can affect but not control)
God’s responsibility (what only He can carry)

When we confuse these, anxiety grows. When we surrender them, peace begins.

Gospel Response: Release control and trust Jesus with what you were never meant to carry.

Empty yourself of false control, idols, and overwhelming concerns. Bring every burden to Christ in prayer with a thankful heart. Trust that Jesus alone can carry what you cannot—and will guard your heart with His peace.

⏫ 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗨𝗣 ⏫

📖 Philippians 4:6

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Like an olive tree that is pressed to produce oil, our lives reveal what’s inside when we face pressure. Paul calls us to “let your graciousness (gentle grace) be known to everyone” even in suffering, because the Lord is near. When you are pressed by life’s difficulties, what comes out of you—gentle grace or bitterness? Seasons of hardship don’t determine our response—our roots do. If we are rooted in Christ, grace will flow out. If not, bitterness will surface.

Gospel Response: Receive and rest in the grace of Jesus so that His grace flows out of you.

👉 If you’ve never trusted Christ → Turn from your way and receive His mercy and new life.

👉 If you’re being pruned → Embrace God’s work of removing what doesn’t reflect Him.

👉 If you’re in a hard season → Trust that God is refining you, not abandoning you.

If you feel pressure → Root yourself deeper in Christ so grace—not venom—comes out. Jesus didn’t respond to suffering with retaliation—He responded with gentle grace at the cross. Because of His grace toward you, you can now extend grace to others.

⏫ 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗨𝗣 ⏫

📖 Philippians 4:5

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Rejoice in Every Season 🙌 How can we truly rejoice in Christ when life is filled with suffering, struggle, and brokenness? Because of the resurrection of Jesus, what seems like loss, pain, or “filthy scraps” can be transformed into something good—so we can rejoice in Christ in every circumstance.

Key Truths

Rejoicing is a Command, Not a Feeling:
“Rejoice in the Lord always” is not based on circumstances.
Paul commands joy even while in prison.
Joy is rooted in Christ, not comfort.
We Rejoice Because We Are Not Alone:
God is always present in our suffering.
The community of believers reminds us we are not forgotten.
Even in the valley, the Shepherd is with us.
Christ, Not Circumstances, Is Our Source of Joy:
Contentment is learned (Philippians 4:11–12).
Whether in abundance or need, Christ is enough.
Circumstances fluctuate, but Christ remains constant.
The Gospel Transforms Our Suffering:
The resurrection turns “dung into manure” (pain into growth).
What Satan intends for destruction, God uses for good.
The cross looked like defeat—but became victory.
Our Response Reveals Our Heart: Instead of rejoicing, we often respond with:
Grumbling - Blaming (God or others)
Despair
Self-condemnation (insecurity)
Pride (arrogance)

But the gospel calls us to:

Humble dependence on Christ
Rejoicing even while lamenting
Humility is the Key to Rejoicing"
Arrogance: “I’m strong, I can handle this.”
Insecurity: “I’m weak, I’ll never overcome.”
Humility: “I am weak, but Christ is strong in me.”

True joy comes when we rely on Christ’s strength, not our own.

Rejoicing is Spiritual Warfare:
Our response to suffering is a witness to others.
Rejoicing in hardship defeats Satan’s purposes.
Joy is evidence of the Holy Spirit at work.

Gospel Response: Jesus entered our suffering, died in our place, and rose again—proving that brokenness is not the end. Because of Him:

We are never alone
Our suffering is not wasted
Our weakness becomes the place of God’s power
Our future is resurrection, not defeat

So we respond by:

Turning from self-reliance to Christ
Rejoicing in Him (not our circumstances)
Trusting that God is transforming our pain for His glory

Where in your life are you tempted to complain instead of rejoice? What “filthy scraps” is God trying to transform into growth? What would it look like this week to rejoice in Christ in that situation?

Rejoice in Christ—whether you wear a crown or bear a cross—because the resurrection guarantees that God is working all things for good.

⏫ 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗨𝗣 ⏫

📖 Philippians 4

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Humiliation leads to exaltation - Jesus emptied Himself, became a servant, and endured the cross—and because of that, God highly exalted Him. Will you humble yourself and bow before King Jesus now, or continue living for yourself through insecurity or arrogance?

In the same way, we are called to:

👉 Empty ourselves

👉 Serve others

👉 Endure the cross God has given us

Not to gain status—but to gain Christ.

We are often trapped in:

📌 Insecurity → trying to prove our worth

📌 Arrogance → trying to protect our worth

Both are rooted in the same problem: A life focused on self instead of Christ

Gospel Truth: The resurrection changes everything: You don’t need to prove yourself. You don’t need to promote yourself. You don’t need a resume before God. Because, Jesus’ finished work is your identity, your worth, and your hope. Every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord—the question is when.

Gospel Response: Bow before Jesus now. Empty yourself of pride, insecurity, and self-centered living. Trust in Christ alone—not your performance, not your identity, not your worth.

Follow Him by surrendering your life, serving others, taking up your cross, and finding your confidence not in yourself, but in this truth. “I am exalted by God through Christ.”

⏫ 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗨𝗣 ⏫

📖 Philippians 2:9-11

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Follow the Humble Savior ✝️ The humble don’t chase a crown—they follow Jesus to the cross, trusting the crown will come. Are you seeking a crown for yourself—or are you willing to take up the cross and serve like Jesus?

We all wrestle with two extremes: - Arrogance → chasing glory, recognition, and status - Insecurity → fearing humiliation and avoiding service

But both keep us focused on ourselves.

Jesus shows a completely different way:

He emptied Himself
He took the form of a servant
He humbled Himself to the point of death on a cross

The King became a servant— not to be served, but to serve. True humility is not thinking less of yourself—it’s being so secure in Christ that you can focus on others.

Gospel Response: Confess where you’ve been pursuing kingship instead of servanthood—and follow Jesus into humility.

👉 Lay down your need for recognition or approval

👉 Stop fearing how others see you

👉 Find your identity fully in Christ (not in status, success, or opinion)

👉 Choose to empty yourself, serve others, and endure whatever “cross” God places before you

Because: Jesus emptied Himself for you—so you can live securely in Him and give your life away for others.

Empty → What do you need to let go of?

Become → Who is God calling you to be? (a servant)

Endure → What cross are you called to carry?

⏫ 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗨𝗣 ⏫

📖 Philippians 2:5-8

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We often live shaped by what we see in ourselves—either arrogance (thinking too highly) or insecurity (thinking too lowly). But both are rooted in the same problem: thinking about ourselves too much. Paul calls us to something different—humility. Not seeing ourselves as less, but thinking of ourselves less and seeing ourselves rightly in Christ. Jesus chose the cross so we can receive the crown, and we choose our cross so others can find their crown. Who is defining your identity—and what do you see when you look in the mirror?

Jesus modeled this perfectly: He emptied Himself, took on the form of a servant, and went to the cross - so we could receive life, identity, and a crown through Him.

Now we follow Him by:

👉 Laying down selfish ambition

👉 Letting go of empty pursuits (“filthy scraps”)

👉 Fixing our eyes on Christ instead of ourselves

👉 Considering others above ourselves

Gospel response: When Jesus holds your mirror, you stop living for yourself and start living like Him. Hand over the mirror to Jesus. Stop letting culture, other people, your past, or your own thoughts define who you are.

Instead: Let Jesus show you who you are in Him, move from slave → son/daughter, see not who you were, but who God is making you to be and walk in humility by focusing on Christ and serving others because; Jesus chose the cross so we could receive the crown - now we take up our cross so others can find theirs.

⏫ 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗨𝗣 ⏫

📖 Philippians 2:3-4

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In Philippians 2:1–2, we see that our salvation in Christ transforms our unity with God and with others. Because we have encouragement in Christ, the Father’s unconditional love, and fellowship with the Holy Spirit, we are not left alone in suffering, trial, or temptation. Instead of letting insecurity or arrogance divide us, Christ leads us into humility—a confident security in who God is and what He has done. Humility is what drives unity, and the humble example of Jesus, who endured the cross for us, shows us how to live selflessly for the good of others. Will you let insecurity and arrogance divide you, or will you walk in the humility of Christ that leads to unity?

Gospel response: Follow the humble Savior who gave His life for you and was raised victorious. Ask God to expose insecurity or arrogance in your heart, replace Satan’s lies with the truth of Scripture, and help you walk in humility, unity, and confident security in Christ.

⏫ 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗨𝗣 ⏫

📖 Philippians 2:1-2

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In Philippians 4:2–3, Paul addresses broken relationships in the church and calls believers to agree in the Lord. This sermon reminds us that division causes pain, suffering, and disunity, but Christ brings reconciliation and peace. Our unity is not found in preferences, personalities, or opinions, but in Jesus alone. As believers, we are called not only to pursue unity ourselves, but also to help others find reconciliation in Christ. A healthy church is made up of people who are united in the gospel and committed to building one another up. Are you helping bring unity to the church, or are you contributing to division?

Gospel response: Ask God to reveal whether you are helping protect the unity of His church or causing division. Repent where needed, seek reconciliation, and let Christ change your heart so you can help bring healing and unity to others.

⏫ 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗨𝗣 ⏫

📖 Philippians 4:2-3

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In Philippians 4:1, Paul calls us to stand firm in the Lord. Not in success. Not in comfort. Not in fear. Not in the “algorithms” feeding our anxiety. What are you standing firm on—Christ’s truth or the world’s lies? The world can feel like quicksand—pulling us into comparison, pride, despair, and constant striving. But transformation begins with humility—letting go of “filthy scraps” and pursuing the true prize: Jesus.

When we stand firm in Him, we find:

✨ Peace in chaos

✨ Joy in suffering

✨ Gentleness over harshness

✨ Contentment instead of craving

The gospel moves us from guilt to gracious repentance—because Jesus lived for us, died for us, and rose again to free us.

Gospel Response:

👉 Identify the lies playing on repeat in your mind.

👉 Notice how those lies have shaped your actions toward God and others.

👉 Turn to Jesus with honest repentance—because He lived the life we couldn’t, died the death we deserved, and rose again to free us. The gospel moves us from guilt trips to gracious repentance, and from self-help to Spirit-powered change—standing firm, not in ourselves, but in Christ.

Stand firm. Not in yourself. In Christ.

⏫ 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗨𝗣 ⏫

📖 Philippians 4: 4-9

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Paul says our words, actions, and influences are always pulling people toward a destination. That’s why he tells the church to imitate faithful examples and to pay careful attention (know the goal) so we can recognize what’s moving us toward Christ—and what’s pulling us toward “dung” (the empty promises of the world). Where is your way of life headed—and who are you helping get there?

Paul contrasts two paths:

👉 Enemies of the cross: their end is destruction, their “god” is appetite, their glory is shame, and their minds are set on earthly things. The core issue: they’re placing saving power in something other than the cross.

👉 Citizens of heaven: they live as people who belong to another kingdom, waiting for Jesus and trusting His power to transform them—ultimately into resurrection glory.

So the big call is: watch who you imitate, watch who you’re becoming, and watch who you’re leading—because your trajectory shapes others too (kids, spouse, coworkers, friends, church family).

Gospel Response: You can’t save yourself by cleaning up your influences—but what Christ has done changes what we do. We were once enemies, and yet Jesus died to reconcile us to God (Romans 5:10).

📌 Run back to the cross—trust Jesus, not your “stomach,” shame, success, pleasure, or performance. 📌 Invite a “citizen of heaven” into your life—ask a mature believer to step into your relationships and help you honestly assess where you’re headed and who’s shaping you.

📌 Surround yourself with gospel-centered influences so you can lead others toward life, not destruction.

⏫ 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗨𝗣 ⏫

📖 Philippians 3:17-21

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Paul challenges us with a simple but sobering question: Do you think you’ve arrived… or are you letting God keep growing you? Maturity isn’t pretending you’re sinless. Maturity is honesty that leads to repentance—not hiding.

📖 “Let all of us who are mature think this way…” (Phil. 3:15) In other words: don’t live on spiritual autopilot. Live up to the truth God has shown you. Keep in step with the Spirit.

Because the world’s “prizes” always disappoint:

✅ Success → anxiety & comparison

✅ Money → greed & fear

✅ Fame → insecurity & image-management

✅ Power → anger & control

But Christ promises something better: 🕊️ peace in chaos • contentment in all circumstances • joy even in suffering • authentic community

Gospel Response: You aren’t made right by what you’ve accomplished—but by what Jesus has accomplished for you. He lived perfectly, died for our sin, and rose again… so we can stop hiding and start walking in freedom. Identify one truth from Scripture—and take one concrete step of obedience to live it out.

⏫ 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗨𝗣 ⏫

📖 Philippians 3:15-16

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Run On Purpose 💪 Paul’s picture is simple: life isn’t a casual trail-run where you wander wherever you feel—it's a race with one path and one prize. Paul admits he’s not “there” yet, but he runs with everything he’s got because Christ has already taken hold of him. That changes how we run: not to earn the prize, but because the prize is promised and secured.

Paul contrasts two ways of living:

Running aimlessly (no clear “why”)
Running backward to “filthy scraps” (old sins, old status, old confidence in the flesh)
Running forward toward the prize—righteousness in Christ and resurrection life with Christ

And the key mindset shift is humility: the path to the prize goes through the cross, not around it. Suffering, setbacks, and refinement aren’t interruptions—they’re part of the race God is using to form us into Christ’s image.

When we pursue the right prize we will know the right path! What are you running for—Christ’s prize, or the filthy scraps behind you?

Gospel Response: Jesus didn’t just point to the prize—He ran the race for us: He lived the life we couldn’t live, died the death we deserved, and rose again in victory over sin and death. Because Christ has taken hold of you, you don’t run to prove yourself—you run in faith, repentance, and obedience with your eyes fixed forward.

So respond today by:

👉 Repenting of whatever you keep turning back to (the “dung/filthy scraps”).

👉 Trusting Christ alone for righteousness (not your performance).

👉 Pursuing Him with purpose—forget what’s behind, reach for what’s ahead. Taking a next step (resources/discipleship like Alpha, community, accountability) so your “why” reshapes your “how.”

⏫ 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗨𝗣 ⏫

📖 Philippians 3:12-14

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Filthy Scraps vs. the Prize 🏆 This week in Philippians 3, we were challenged to put everything on the table and ask: Is this feeding my soul… or is it just “filthy scraps”? Stop satisfying your soul with filthy scraps—pursue the Prize: Jesus.

📖 “I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.” - Philippians 3:8

Gospel Response: Repent of whatever you’re using to satisfy your soul, and trust Jesus as your greater treasure—so you can be found in Him, not in your own righteousness. The world offers “more”—more status, more noise, more cravings… but none of it can satisfy like Jesus. Real freedom starts when we’re found in Him, not chasing what was never meant to fill us.

👉 Ask God to reveal what needs to be laid down.

👉 Walk in humility.

👉 Don’t do it alone—confess, repent, and pursue Christ together. Expose the “filthy scraps” — name what’s competing for your heart (addictions, excess, unhealthy relationships, pride/status).

⏫ 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗨𝗣 ⏫

📖 Philippians 3

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You don’t clean yourself up to come to Jesus. You come to Jesus, and He makes you clean. In John 15:1–3, Jesus says He is the True Vine—real life is found by staying connected to Him. And because of His Word, believers can walk in the confidence of this promise: “You are already clean.”

Forgiveness isn’t earned. Freedom isn’t achieved. Life is found by staying connected to the True Vine.

👉 Stop striving.

👉 Start abiding.

👉 Live from grace, not for it.

📖 “You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.” — John 15:3

Gospel Response: - Overcoming Lies with Truth: Where has guilt started turning into shame—and what truth from God’s Word do you need to believe instead? - Morning & Night Journaling (“I’m guilty… God’s grace… I’ll live different”): Will you intentionally name your struggle, receive God’s grace, and choose one “victorious step” to live differently today?

⏫ 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗨𝗣 ⏫

📖 John 15:1–3

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When resolutions fail, grace still stands. 🙌 Israel made strong commitments in Nehemiah 10—but by Nehemiah 13 they’re already breaking them. Nehemiah returns and finds worship neglected (temple compromised, Levites unsupported), Sabbath ignored, and compromise spreading through unhealthy alliances. He responds with firm leadership and new rules, but the core problem remains: external pressure can’t transform a heart. Nehemiah is a great leader, but he isn’t the Savior—this chapter is meant to point us to Jesus, the only One who can purify, forgive, and change us by the Holy Spirit.

Am I trying to change through rules and resolutions, or am I seeking true heart transformation from Jesus?

Gospel Response: Jesus did what we can’t do. He forgives and frees us, then gives us His Spirit to live differently. So don’t just add more rules—confess your sin, trust Christ, and depend on the Spirit for real change and a life that shines His light in a dark world. Will you commit to a heart transformation in your life?

🧱 ηєнємιαн 🧱

📖 Nehemiah 13:1-31

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Dedication of the Wall 🧱 As the Nehemiah series nears its close, the church is reminded that God is a promise keeper—He brought His people back, restored worship, raised up leaders, rebuilt what was broken, and stirred obedience in their hearts. Nehemiah 12 captures a milestone moment: the wall is finished, opposition has been overcome, and God’s people don’t simply admire what they accomplished—they dedicate it to the Lord with public worship.

The dedication is marked by thanksgiving, singing, and joyful celebration, with the Levites and singers gathered and two large processions marching on the wall giving thanks. Before the celebration, the priests and Levites purify themselves and the people, highlighting that worship is not merely outward activity but must flow from an inward reality—clean hands and a pure heart. In Christ, believers are made clean, yet we still must examine the heart: unconfessed sin and “going through the motions” can make worship hollow.

If God has done the work—equipping, enabling, restoring, and sustaining—will my life respond with worship that is heartfelt, joyful, and generous (not just attendance and routine)?

Gospel Response: Because Jesus lived the perfect life we couldn’t live, died to forgive and free us, and rose to give us new life, we don’t worship to earn God’s favor—we worship from God’s favor.

👉 Return with a clean heart: confess sin, lay down bitterness, and refuse “meaningless offerings.”

👉 Recommit to worship in community: don’t settle for isolated convenience when God calls His people together.

👉 Rejoice with God-given joy: praise Him for what He has accomplished—even when life feels heavy.

Release grateful generosity: give time, treasure, and talents because we are His sheep—not to become His sheep. God built more than a wall—He rebuilt a people. Our right response is worship.

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📖 Nehemiah 12:27-47

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Jesus Chose Obedience Over Comfort. In Matthew 26:37–39: Jesus is grieved, troubled, asking for the cup to pass…“Yet not as I will, but as you will.”

Thank God Jesus didn’t choose comfort. Because His discomfort—His suffering, sacrifice, and obedience—secured: forgiveness, hope, and the promise of true eternal comfort for those who believe.

Gospel Responses:

1) Repent: Identify where comfort has become an idol. Not just guilt—turning.

2) Reorder: Submit your schedule to God: prayer + Word, service, simplicity + Sabbath. Obedience when God calls you to stay or go somewhere uncomfortable

3) Renew: Like the “tithe” of people moving into Jerusalem: offer your whole self to God—time, home, gifts, habits, plans.

God may sacrifice our comfort—but never our good—because He’s after holiness, order, and hope.

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📖 Nehemiah 11–12:26

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Are you trying to live on promises you’ve made to God…or resting in the promise God made to you in Jesus? In Nehemiah they made a covenant they couldn’t keep. In Jesus, God makes a covenant He will keep—forever.

Gospel Response: Stop bargaining with God (“I’ll do better if…”). Come to Jesus with honest faith: He was born, lived perfectly, died for sinners, and rose again—so you can be forgiven and freed. Not just believing He exists—believing He is the Son of God and your Savior. This Christmas, the best news isn’t that we can finally “get it together.” It’s that Jesus came because we can’t—and He gives life anyway.

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📖 Nehemiah 9–10 + Luke 2

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Nehemiah 9 | From Guilt to Grace 🧱 As God’s people gather after hearing the Word, they don’t rush past their failure—they confess it. But this chapter makes one thing unmistakably clear: guilt and shame are not repentance. Biblical repentance doesn’t start with how bad we feel or getting caught—it starts with who God is. The people rehearse God’s faithfulness from creation, to Abraham, to Exodus, to the wilderness—over and over declaring: “We were unfaithful, but You were not.”

Their confession moves in a gospel pattern:

Who God is – gracious, compassionate, slow to anger
What God has done – saved, provided, protected
What they have done – rebelled, forgotten, failed

Yet again and again, God responds with mercy. Even when they turned away, He did not abandon them. This chapter points us forward to Jesus—the One Israel longed for—who would finally deal with sin once and for all, replacing shame with forgiveness and guilt with freedom. True repentance doesn’t trap us in despair. It lifts us toward grace.

When you face your sin, does it drive you toward guilt and shame—or toward the grace of God?

Gospel Response: Jesus came to do what repentance alone could never finish. He takes the guilty and makes them forgiven, the bound and sets them free. Will you turn to Christ—not hiding in shame, but trusting His mercy to make you new? You are not defined by what you’ve done — you are defined by what Jesus has done for you.

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📖 Nehemiah 9

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God’s Word Shapes His People 📖 After rebuilding the wall, the people of God gather—not to work, but to worship. Ezra opens the Book of the Law, and from daybreak to noon, they stand, listen attentively, and weep as they hear God’s Word. But Nehemiah and Ezra remind them: “Do not grieve, because the joy of the Lord is your strength.” (Nehemiah 8:10)

As the Word is read, explained, and applied, revival breaks out. Families study together, leaders teach one another, and obedience leads to celebration. The people rediscover joy—not in what they built, but in the God who built them. God’s Word doesn’t just inform us—it transforms us. It moves from head to heart to hands, shaping who we are and how we live. Will you let God’s Word shape you—and His joy be your strength?

📖 “Do not grieve, because the joy of the Lord is your strength.” — Nehemiah 8:10 (CSB)

Gospel Response: Jesus is the Living Word who restores us through grace. Will you draw near to Him daily—hearing, reading, studying, memorizing, and meditating—until His truth becomes your greatest joy and strength?

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📖 Nehemiah 8

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From Foolish to Free ⛓️‍💥 We’ve spent weeks walking with Nehemiah—a valiant warrior, humble servant, and faithful leader—and yet even his best efforts couldn’t bring spiritual restoration. The wall was rebuilt, but the people’s hearts still needed renewal. Now in Titus 3, Paul shows us what Nehemiah couldn’t do: only Jesus can change who we are from the inside out.

We were once foolish, deceived, enslaved to sin, and hurting others out of our brokenness. But when the kindness and mercy of God appeared, He saved us—not by works of righteousness we had done, but according to His mercy. Through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit, we are not only forgiven, but set free. We are no longer slaves of Satan—we are children of God, sealed by His Spirit and secure for eternity.

Now we live out good works not to earn salvation, but to reflect it—to show the world who our Father is. Do you still see yourself through the lies of your old life, or through the truth of who you are in Christ?

Gospel Response: - Jesus didn’t come for the perfect—He came for the broken. - Will you believe today that you’re not a slave, not a fraud, not an imposter — but a child of God, made new by His mercy and sent to do His good works?

📖 “He saved us—not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to His mercy—through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.” — Titus 3:5 (CSB)

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📖 Titus 3:3-8

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Finish Strong: From Shame to Security 🧱 In just 52 days, the wall was rebuilt—what once brought shame now brought strength. Nehemiah’s faithful consistency turned intimidation into victory, and his leadership inspired God’s people to move from ruins to renewal. God used Nehemiah’s discipline, grit, and prayer to accomplish what seemed impossible—showing that when we trust Him, even the enemy must take notice. Like Nehemiah, we’re called not just to protect walls, but to purify hearts—to build lives that honor God inside and out. What small distractions or lies do you need to remove so you can finish the work God’s called you to?

Gospel Response: Jesus did what Nehemiah couldn’t—He purified our hearts completely. Through His death and resurrection, shame is broken, freedom is given, and purpose is restored. Trust Christ to rebuild what’s broken in you.

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📖 Nehemiah 6:15–7:73a

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Stand Firm: Strong Hands, Firm Identity 💪 When the enemy turns to rumors, fear, and manipulation, we don’t come down—we keep building. Pray it. Say it. Stay at it. 🙏 Where’s your section of the wall—and will you keep building when opposition speaks?

📖 “Now, my God, strengthen my hands.” (Neh. 6:9)

Gospel response: Jesus faced the fiercest lies and still went to the cross for us. Risen and reigning, He gives a new identity—forgiven, free, and sent—and the strength to stand firm. Come to Him today and ask for a new heart and strong hands.

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📖 Nehemiah 6:1-14

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Fuel Ministry & Protect the Vulnerable🧱 Nehemiah confronts injustice inside the city; calls for repentance and restitution; models generous leadership. Steward time, talents, treasures to lift the oppressed (Prov 31:8–9; 1 Jn 3:17). Where is your “section of the wall,” and how will you build it with prayer, protection, generosity, and grit?

Look to Christ, receive grace, and reflect His heart: serve, speak up, and stay the course. Who is God calling you to protect—and how will you fuel ministry this week with your time, talents, and treasures?

Gospel Response:

Look to Christ, the One who “emptied Himself” for us. Receive His grace, then reflect His heart: speak up (Prov 31:8–9), share what you have (1 Jn 3:17), and serve generously so others can thrive.

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📖 Nehemiah 5:1-19

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Stand Firm in the Fight ⚔️ When the enemy attacks, God’s people don’t back down—they pray, plan, and protect. Nehemiah reminds us that our God fights for us (Nehemiah 4:20). When the walls begin to rise and the voices begin to rage, we keep building—with a tool in one hand and a sword in the other—trusting that the Lord is our defender and strength. How is the enemy attacking your family, your faith, or your community—and are you ready to fight back with prayer, protection, and perseverance? Where is the enemy attacking?

📖 “The work is extensive and spread out… but when you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us!” — Nehemiah 4:19–20 (CSB)

Gospel Response:

Will you stand firm in Christ, take up the armor of God (Ephesians 6), and trust that Jesus—the One who overcame sin, Satan, and death—will fight for you and through you?

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📖 Nehemiah 4:1-23

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Rebuild Together! What’s your role in God’s kingdom? Nehemiah 3 shows how God places us in a context, surrounds us with community, and gives us a commission. Every household took a section of the wall—and the work was finished together. What “section of the wall” has God placed in front of you—and who’s beside you to build it?

Gospel Response: Will you look to Jesus—the Greater Builder—trust Him by grace through faith, and take one faithful step to make disciples where you live, work, and serve?

👉 Context - Where has God placed you?

👉 Community - Who is your community around you? Get Connected!

👉 Commission - What are your gifts?

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📖 Nehemiah 3:1-32

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God’s Plan, Our Opposition 🧱 When God gives a plan, He sees it through. Nehemiah paused to pray, assessed the ruins, invited others in, and kept building—even when mockers showed up. His reply? “The God of the heavens will grant us success.” (Neh 2:20). When God lays a work on your heart, will you seek Him, invite help, and keep going when opposition grows?

Gospel Response:

👉 Trust the Promise-Keeper (Phil 1:6).

👉 Lead people to Jesus, not yourself.

👉 Take one faithful step this week—pray, recruit a helper, lay the first “brick.”

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📖 Nehemiah 2:9-20

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Rebuilding What’s Broken 🔥Your chaos might be God’s canvas. 🎨 Nehemiah 2:1–8 reminds us that what looks like disorder in our lives can become the setting for God’s greatest work. Like Nehemiah before King Artaxerxes, we’re called to:

🙏 Prepare through prayer.

📖 Plan with wisdom.

⚔️ Take bold risks in faith.

💬 Trust that God can turn our fear into faith and our chaos into something beautiful.

Even in the presence of a secular king, Nehemiah prayed first—and God’s gracious hand was on him.

Gospel Response: Are you ready for the moment God might use to turn your chaos into His canvas?

📖 “The king granted my requests, for the gracious hand of my God was on me.” — Nehemiah 2:8 (CSB)

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📖 Nehemiah 2:1-8

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Rebuilding What’s Broken 🧱 When life is falling apart, God is the one who restores. This week we began our new series in Nehemiah 1, learning that:

👉 Mourning isn’t weakness—it’s recognizing God’s strength.

👉 Fasting declares that this world can’t satisfy—only God can.

👉 Prayer is how we rebuild what sin and suffering have torn down.

Nehemiah shows us that when walls crumble, families fracture, and hope fades—we run first to the God who restores.

Gospel Response: Where do you go when everything seems to be falling apart? Will you mourn, fast, and pray—trusting the God who rebuilds?

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📖 Nehemiah 1:1–11

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We’ve journeyed through Romans and seen this truth: God is righteous, we are sinful, and yet through Christ we are declared righteous. Paul closes the letter the same way he opened it—centered on the gospel. Where are you placing your strength—in the world, or in the gospel of Jesus Christ?

📖 The gospel strengthens us (Romans 16:25).

📖 The gospel fulfills the Scriptures (16:26).

📖 The gospel unites Jew and Gentile in faith (16:26).

📖 The gospel gives all glory to God (16:27).

Romans reminds us that salvation isn’t about our strength, works, or identity—it’s about Jesus Christ, who chose us, died for us, and now fills us with His Spirit. To Him be the glory forever! 🙌

Gospel Response:

Where are you looking for strength?

Are you united with others in the gospel?

Does your obedience point people to Christ?

📖 Because in the end, “To the only wise God, through Jesus Christ—to Him be the glory forever!” (Romans 16:27).

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📖 Romans 16:25-27

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As Paul closes his letter (Romans 16:1–23), he reminds us that the gospel unites people from every background—men and women, rich and poor, Jews and Gentiles, political leaders and slaves. Phoebe carried the letter. Priscilla and Aquila risked their lives. Junia proclaimed Christ boldly. Ordinary people, united by faith, made an eternal impact. Who are you encouraging, praying for, or partnering with in the Gospel?

The call is the same for us today:

➡️ Know and disciple one another.

➡️ Encourage and stand with one another.

➡️ Stay united in Christ, even in a divided world.

Gospel Response: God’s mission is not a solo effort. Like the early church, we’re called to stand side by side—using our gifts, honoring one another, and working together for His glory. Will you stand firm, live boldly, and let the gospel shine wherever you go?

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📖 Romans 16:1-23

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🎙️ Podcast: Sabbatical Reflections

The Biblical Meaning of Sabbatical: Rooted in the Sabbath principle: God created all of creation to need rest (fields, crops, humans).

👉 Scripture shows that without rest, land and people become barren or unfruitful.

👉Rest is God’s design—not weakness but a gift for renewal.

👉 Sabbatical is like an extended Sabbath: physical, mental, and spiritual restoration.

The Church’s Role:

⛪ Sabbatical was encouraged by Matt’s pastoral team, not forced as a “fix.”

⛪ WBC showed overwhelming love, support, and no jealousy.

⛪ The church saw it as an investment in Matt’s health and shepherding.

⛪ Rest led to physical healing (autoimmune exhaustion symptoms disappeared).

Three Key Takeaways:

Affirmation of Calling

Matt wrestled with insecurity about leadership and adequacy.
God reaffirmed his pastoral calling and clarified his gifts.
Came back energized, focused, and confident to lead WBC.

🕰️ True rest doesn’t come from vacations, money, or pleasures of the world—true rest comes from being with the Lord. Sabbatical provided tools and spiritual disciplines to thrive, not just survive.

🕰️ Challenge: fight for rhythms of rest, renewal, and time with God and family.

🕰️ Sabbatical is not just time off—it is a God-given rhythm of affirmation, transformation, and restoration that allows leaders and believers alike to live from rest in Christ, not for rest.

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A call to follow Christ is a call to mobilize. ➡️ Remember that wherever you go, the gospel should be there. Where is God calling you to join in His mission—through prayer, giving, or going?

Paul challenges the church to:

➡️ Disciple those inside the church.

➡️ Share the gospel with those outside.

➡️ Support the mission through giving, encouraging, and praying.

📖 “My aim is to preach the gospel where Christ has not been named.” — Romans 15:20 (CSB)

💬 Gospel Response: Like Paul, we’re called to live sent. Whether across the street or across the world, let’s be faithful to make Christ known. What role is God calling you to in His mission? Are you going, giving, encouraging, or praying?

🌍 Together, we carry the gospel here in Carroll County and to the ends of the earth.

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📖 Romans 15:14-33

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“Unity in the Community” Will you choose love over your freedom? 🤔 Paul calls us to lay down our freedoms for the sake of others. The kingdom of God isn’t about eating and drinking—it’s about righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. If Christ loved your brother or sister enough to die for them, will you love them enough to limit your liberty for their good?

Gospel Response:

👉 Don’t judge—keep your eyes on Christ.

👉 Don’t be a stumbling block—walk in love.

👉 Bear one another’s burdens—build each other up.

📖 “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” —Romans 15:13

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📖 Romans 14:13–15:13

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“Unity in the Midst of Differences” 🤝 Do you let non-essential issues divide your relationships? Are you judging others instead of welcoming them? Are your eyes fixed on Christ and His eternal kingdom? The Roman church wrestled with disputes over food, days, and practices. Paul reminds them (and us) that these non-essentials should never divide the body of Christ.

Gospel Response: What matters most?

👉 Welcome one another in love.

👉 Stay curious, not judgmental.

👉 Keep your eyes on Christ, who unites us by His cross.

📖 "For none of us lives for himself, and no one dies for himself. If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord." —Romans 14:7–8 (CSB)

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📖 Romans 14:1-12

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Are you living as if the night still defines you—or are you walking in the light of Christ’s return? 🌅 “Wake Up and Put On Christ” 🌅 Paul reminds us that the night is nearly over, and the day is near. As followers of Jesus, we aren’t called to drift through life in darkness but to wake up, cast off sin, and clothe ourselves with Christ. ✨ Let’s be a people ready for His return, walking not in fear or compromise, but in the armor of light.

Gospel Response:

👉 Wake up and see the times clearly.

👉 Cast off the deeds of darkness.

👉 Put on the Lord Jesus Christ and live in His light.

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📖 Romans 13:11-14

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What does it really look like to love our neighbor in light of Christ’s return? In Romans 13:8–10, Paul calls believers to owe nothing but love—a love that goes beyond obligation and reflects the heart of Christ. This kind of love isn't passive; it's active, sacrificial, and central to fulfilling God’s law.

What does love look like in action? Not passive. Not selective. Radical love—the kind that fulfills the law, reflects Jesus, and refuses to repay evil for evil.

💥 This love:

✔ Disarms hate

✔ Dismantles pride

✔ Points enemies to Christ

🕊️ In a world full of division, we owe only one debt: love.

We are reminded that this love ethic is not rooted in worldly definitions but in Jesus’ example—love that is patient, kind, and merciful, even to those who oppose or inconvenience us. As we live in the tension of the “already but not yet,” awaiting Christ’s return, we are to live daily with urgency and compassion, embodying a love that points to God’s kingdom.

Loving our neighbor is not abstract. It’s intentional—loving the person who cuts us off, the one we disagree with, the hurting, the overlooked. It’s the mark of a true Christian and the testimony the world needs. As Francis Schaeffer wrote, “The church must be a loving church in a dying culture.”

Gospel Response: If Jesus fulfilled the law by loving us completely, how can we reflect His love today—by showing mercy, extending grace, and loving others the way He loved us?

📖 “Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Love, therefore, is the fulfillment of the law.” —Romans 13:10 (CSB)

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📖 Romans 13:8-10

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Can you trust God enough to submit to imperfect authority? Paul says yes—because God is over the government. God institutes authority to create order, which is a blessing in a world marked by sin. While governments may fail, God does not. Submission does not mean silence in the face of injustice—it means honoring God’s design while trusting Him to bring justice in His time. We obey government unless it directly contradicts God’s Word (Acts 5:29), and even then, we respond with courage, humility, and gospel truth.

✅ He places leaders.

✅ He brings justice.

✅ He alone is worthy of our ultimate hope.

Gospel Response: Romans 13:1–7 challenges our modern assumptions about power, politics, and allegiance. In this passage, Paul reminds believers that God is over the government, and therefore, submitting to governing authorities is ultimately an act of trust and worship toward God, not blind obedience to people. So pay taxes. Show honor. But worship God alone—not the donkey, not the elephant, but the Lamb who was slain.

📖 “Let everyone submit to the governing authorities, since there is no authority except from God.” —Romans 13:1

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📖 Romans 13:1-7

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What does sincere love look like in a world full of pride, pain, and revenge? How do we live and love in a way that reflects the heart of Christ? Not fake, not proud, not passive. But genuine, humble, fierce, and kind.

❤️ Love that outdoes in honor.

🙏 Love that prays through pain.

🤝 Love that shows up for strangers—and even enemies.

📖 “Let love be without hypocrisy. Detest evil; cling to what is good… Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.” —Romans 12:9, 21

Gospel Response: Paul moves from the spiritual gifts of the body to the defining characteristic of the Christian life: love—a love that is genuine, humble, and countercultural. This kind of love cannot be faked or forced. It must come from a renewed heart—one transformed by Christ.

This is radical love: Not the kind that plays it safe, but the kind that disarms hate, dismantles pride, and points enemies to Jesus.

Why live this way? Because Jesus loved us while we were still sinners (Romans 5:8). He bore injustice without retaliating and laid down His life for us. His love changes us, and through us, He changes the world.

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📖 Romans 12:9-21

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How are you using your gifts to serve the Body of Christ? Are you sitting on the sidelines—or stepping into the role God has given you? You are gifted by God… not for your own spotlight, but for the Body of Christ. You’re one part of a bigger story. And when every part works together, the church grows in strength and love.

Paul says:

✅ Be humble—don’t think more or less of yourself.

✅ Be active—use your gift for God’s glory.

✅ Be unified—we belong to each other.

Gospel Response: In light of God’s mercy, Paul says not only to live as a sacrifice (v.1–2), but also to think rightly about yourself and your place in the church (v.3–8). You are not the center of the story—but you are part of the body. And the body needs every part to function.

You have been given gifts—spiritual, unique, God-ordained—not for self-promotion but for building up the church. Whether it’s teaching, encouraging, giving, leading, or serving—your gift matters.

👉 So walk in humility, not comparison.

👉 Walk in boldness, not hesitation.

👉 And remember: Your purpose is not found in isolation—it’s found in connection, service, and grace-driven contribution. Y

ou’re not meant to sit the bench. You’re called to play your part.

📖 “Now as we have many parts in one body… in the same way we who are many are one body in Christ.” —Romans 12:4–5

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📖 Romans 12:3-8

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Worship isn’t just a Sunday song—it’s a surrendered life. Paul says: In view of God’s mercy…Offer your body, be transformed by the renewing of your mind, and live as a living sacrifice.

This is what real worship looks like. Not conformed. But transformed. Because Jesus didn’t just die to save you—He rose to change you.

📖 “Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” —Romans 12:2

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📖 Romans 12:1-2

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Can you trust God when you don’t understand Him? Paul says YES. Not because life is simple—but because God is wise, rich in mercy, and sovereign in all things.

📖 “For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever.” – Romans 11:36

Gospel Response: Stop counseling God. Start worshiping Him. You don’t have to know the plan—just trust the One who does. Faith means trusting God is good even when life isn’t. You’re not asked to figure everything out—you’re invited to worship the One who already has.

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📖 Romans 11:32-36

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Who’s the farthest from God that you know? Romans says: Don’t count them out. God’s not done. Grace still works. Resurrection power is real. 🙌 Let your life in Christ attract, not repel. Show others not what they lack, but what they can gain in Jesus: resurrection, renewal, and belonging in the family of God.

📖 “God has the power to graft them in again.” —Romans 11:23

Gospel Response: Your story could be the spark for someone else’s salvation. Romans 11 shows us that God’s plan is bigger, deeper, and more gracious than we can imagine. Even in rejection, He is working redemption. The Jews' rejection led to the Gentiles’ inclusion—but now God calls Gentile believers to live in a way that draws Jews (and others) back to Him.

Paul reminds us:

💬 Don’t be arrogant. You were grafted in by grace.

💬 Don’t be ignorant. God’s plan is still unfolding.

💬 Let your life attract—not distract—from the gospel.

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📖 Romans 11:11-31

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Is anyone ever too far gone for God’s grace? 🕊️ Have you given up on someone—or even yourself—thinking, “God can’t reach them (or me) anymore”? Salvation is not a reward for trying hard, being moral, or cleaning yourself up. It is grace—completely undeserved, unearned, and unconditional. Even when we are blind, deaf, rebellious, and lost, God is not finished. He patiently pursues and powerfully saves. Grace means Jesus did it all, and we simply believe and receive.

Gospel Response: So don’t give up. Not on yourself. Not on others. God’s mercy can overcome even the deepest rejection. Romans 11 reminds us that God's grace is never based on our goodness but on His faithfulness. Paul, once a persecutor of Christians, is living proof that no one is beyond God’s reach. Just as God preserved a faithful remnant in Elijah’s day, He is still preserving and pursuing hearts today.

✅ If He could rescue Paul, He can rescue you.

✅ If He preserved a remnant in Elijah’s day, He’s preserving one now.

✅ If you feel alone in your faith—He sees you.

📖 “If by grace, then it is not by works. Otherwise grace ceases to be grace.” —Romans 11:6

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📖 Romans 11:1-10

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Who will preach the gospel to the people around you? Your coworkers, neighbors, teammates, and even family—how will they hear unless someone tells them? You may feel unqualified, untrained, or afraid—but Paul reminds us: the power is not in the preacher, but in the message. Our job is to be faithful messengers. God handles the results.

Gospel Response: God’s plan of salvation is simple yet stunning: “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” (Rom. 10:13)

➡️ But how will they call on Him unless they believe?

➡️ How will they believe unless they hear?

➡️ How will they hear unless someone preaches? That someone is you.

So go. Preach. Love. Share. You’re not saved by preaching—you preach because you’re saved. Let’s live on mission and make it known: Jesus lived. Jesus died. Jesus rose. So they can live too.

📖 Romans 10:14–15 | Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

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📖 Romans 10:14-21

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Who is truly Lord of your life? Is it Jesus—or something else silently calling the shots (fear, addiction, approval, success)? “Jesus is Lord.” It’s more than a phrase—it’s a declaration that reorders your entire life. So… what (or who) has been calling the shots?

🕊️ Salvation isn’t about earning.

🗣️ It’s about believing and confessing.

💥 Freedom comes when Jesus is Lord and everything else bows.

📖 “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” —Romans 10:13

Gospel Response: Jesus is not just a rescuer from sin; He is Lord. In a world full of idols and personal "lords" demanding our allegiance, Paul calls us to a radical shift: confess with your mouth “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, and you will be saved. (Rom. 10:9).

Salvation means freedom—from guilt, shame, and the slavery of sin. It’s not earned. It’s not deserved. It’s received by faith in the One who fulfilled the law, gave up His life, rose in power, and now freely gives His righteousness to all who believe.

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📖 Romans 9:30 – 10:13

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Why doesn’t everyone believe in Jesus? How can we trust God's justice and goodness when He chooses whom to save? This week in our Romans series, we wrestled with a deep truth: God is sovereign—and He chooses whom to save. 🙌 It’s not about our goodness. It's not about our effort. It's all about His mercy. And that’s GOOD news—because if salvation depended on us, none of us would make it. 💔 We may carry unceasing anguish for loved ones far from Jesus. But Romans 9 reminds us: God is working, and His plan is good.

Gospel Response: Though we wrestle with God's sovereignty—His right to choose whom He will have mercy on—we submit with gratitude, knowing that none of us deserve salvation. The miracle is not that God doesn’t save everyone, but that He saves anyone. His choice is not based on our works or worthiness, but purely on His mercy. Through Jesus Christ, God calls both Jews and Gentiles to Himself—not by birthright, but by faith. Our role is not to understand every detail, but to trust and to go, proclaiming the gospel with hope that He will work through us to save others.

Let’s trust Him. Let’s go and proclaim Christ. ⁣

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📖 Romans 9:6-29

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Do you carry a burden in your heart for those who are far from Christ, and do you believe God is still faithful to save them? Be zealous for the salvation of others. In Romans 9:1–5, Paul expresses deep sorrow and unceasing anguish over his fellow Israelites who have rejected Christ. Though they had every spiritual advantage—adoption, covenants, the law, temple worship, and even the lineage of the Messiah—they still missed Jesus. Paul’s grief is not theological detachment but heartfelt desperation. He even says he would give up his own salvation if it meant his people would be saved. His anguish stems from the eternal reality that those apart from Christ are separated from God. Yet, he affirms that Christ—who came in the flesh and is God over all—is the only hope.

Gospel Response: We are reminded that only Jesus, not Paul or Moses, could bear the weight of salvation. Jesus alone lived, died, and rose again so that we—regardless of our background—might be reconciled to God. Like Paul, we are called to have a zealous, gospel-driven love for the lost. Our burden for others must compel us to live and speak with urgency, trusting not in ourselves but in the faithfulness and sovereignty of God to save.

Do you long for those who are far from Christ to come near?
Do you believe God is faithful and able to save them?
Do you feel the weight of their eternal separation without Him?

Let that burden shape your life, your prayers, and your witness—because Jesus is Lord over all, and He alone saves.

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📖 Romans 9:1-5

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How can I be sure that God still loves me—especially when life feels broken? We often equate pain, failure, or hardship with separation from God's love. But Paul ends Romans 8 with a powerful declaration: nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus. Not condemnation, not opposition, not suffering, not even death. Like a broken bone that must be reconnected to heal, our souls were once painfully separated from God—but He did everything required to reconnect us.

God gave His one and only Son, Jesus, who died in our place, was raised to life, and now intercedes for us. That means when shame, failure, or adversity try to pull us away, Jesus steps in and says, “I’ve got them.” Even when we doubt ourselves, God's love does not waver. His love is not based on our performance—it’s grounded in the finished work of Christ.

Gospel Response: Jesus was condemned so you never have to be. He died for your sin, rose for your life, and intercedes daily to secure your place with God. No matter what you face—trials, grief, guilt, shame—God’s love holds you. Let that love reshape how you see your identity, your mission, and even your enemies.

Are you letting shame or circumstances make you doubt God's love?
Do you believe Jesus' sacrifice truly covers all your sin—past, present, and future?
Will you live with unshakable confidence in God’s love, even in your hardest moments?

You are not just surviving—you are more than a conqueror through Him who loved you.

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📖 Romans 8:31-39

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Can anything separate us from the love of God? Pain in separation reflects our deep design for union with God. Jesus endured condemnation and death on our behalf, erasing ours. God's love is not only emotional but also sacrificial and eternal. Nothing—internal shame, external adversity, or even death—can separate us from Christ’s love.

We are sustained not by circumstances but by the presence and advocacy of Jesus.

Gospel Response: Live with deep confidence in God’s love. Let it shape your identity, your response to suffering, and your mission in the world.

God's love for us is unshakable, proven through the giving of His Son, Jesus Christ, who died, rose, and now intercedes for us. This love is greater than any opposition, accusation, condemnation, or suffering we face. Though life may bring distress, danger, or loss, none of these can sever our connection to Christ. Through Jesus, we are more than conquerors, and His love is the constant, sustaining force in our lives. God didn’t just save us once; He sustains us continually, offering a love that will never let go.

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📖 Romans 8:31-39

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More Than Conquerors ✝️💪 Are you facing your trial alone, without hope, or without meaning? Romans 8 calls us to honest faith in the face of suffering—not to pretend all is well, but to believe that God is working all things together for our good. The Christian life acknowledges pain but clings to purpose, hope, and presence.

Everyone will suffer. But in Christ: We don’t suffer without hope – because of God’s promise of future glory. We don’t suffer without meaning – because even pain has a purpose in God’s plan. We don’t suffer alone – because the Spirit groans with us and the Church surrounds us.

Gospel Response: Come to the One who redeems every hurt.

➡️ Are you facing your trial alone? Jesus is with you.

➡️ Are you facing your trial without hope? There’s glory ahead.

➡️ Are you facing your trial without meaning? God has a plan.

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📖 Romans 8:12-30

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"Spirit-Led, Not Self-Help" 🔥 Are you still trying to live for God by self-help—or are you walking in the power of the Spirit? In Romans 7, we saw the frustration of trying to obey God through our own strength—failing again and again. But Romans 8 shifts everything: 👉 “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus.” You are not a slave to sin. You are not condemned. You are now Spirit-filled, Spirit-led, and Spirit-empowered to walk in freedom. A slave to sin set free.

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📖 Romans 8:1-11

✝️ Gospel Response: You are not in the flesh because it died with Christ. You are in the Spirit because you rose with Christ.

You are not condemned — don’t live like you are.
You are not powerless — the Spirit of God lives in you.
You are not alone — you are a child of God with new life.
Take people to this passage when they are struggling with their identity.
Take people to this passage when they are struggling with a sin.

How does the Holy Spirit actually help us overcome sin struggles?

Conviction
Teaching and Reminding
Sanctifies Us
Producing Fruit
Intercession

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Romans 7 is not primarily about a believer’s struggle with sin, but about an unregenerate person’s futile attempt to gain righteousness through the Law. Paul uses this example to show that although the Law is good and holy, it cannot save. Instead, the Law exposes sin and leads the person to recognize their need for Christ.

Key Points:

➡️ Romans 7 describes a person who delights in God’s law but remains enslaved to sin—revealing the Law’s inability to save.

➡️ This person is not yet in Christ; their cry of wretchedness leads them to Jesus, the only true remedy.

➡️ Paul’s focus is on the goodness of the Law, not the struggle of a Christian with sin.

➡️ Therefore, Romans 7 is not the best passage to use when addressing sin struggles in believers.

Better Texts for Encouragement in Struggle:

📖 1 Corinthians 10:13 – God provides a way out of every temptation.

📖 Ephesians 6:10–20 – Be strong in the Lord, put on the armor of God to stand against spiritual warfare.

📖 Romans 8 & Galatians 5 – These speak more directly to the battle between flesh and Spirit in the believer.

Theological Consensus: Many early and modern scholars (Origen, Chrysostom, Augustine, Moo, Bird) support the view that Romans 7 depicts an unregenerate person.

Martin Lloyd-Jones offers a slightly different view, yet still aligns with the notion that the person is not yet living in the Spirit.

Gospel Implication: Trying to be saved by the Law leads only to sin and death. True freedom and salvation come only through Christ. As believers, we are not sinners who occasionally overcome—but overcomers who occasionally sin.

Instead of using Romans 7 to justify ongoing sin struggles, we should use it to point to the insufficiency of the Law and the all-sufficiency of Jesus. For Christian encouragement amid struggle, turn to Spirit-empowered passages like Romans 8, Galatians 5, and Ephesians 6.

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"The Law Isn’t the Problem — Sin Is." Our slavery to sin makes the law look bad. The reason we could not be saved through the law is not because the law is evil, but because we were slaves to sin.

What it means to us:

✔ Remember, you are free from the Law.

✔ Remember, you are free from slavery and death.

✔ Do not let your flesh influence your life.

Gospel Response:

✝️ You are not under the Law — don’t blame it.

✝️ You are not a slave to sin — don’t live like one.

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📖 Romans 7:1-25

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Who is your master today — sin or God? We are all slaves to something. Either we are slaves to sin, leading to death, or slaves to God, leading to righteousness and life. Grace doesn’t free us to sin — grace frees us from sin to live for God. We’ve been transferred from the reign of death to the reign of life in Christ. Freedom in Christ means we now serve a new Master—one who leads us to peace, sanctification, and eternal life.

Gospel Response: Because of Jesus, you are no longer a slave to sin. You have been set free to live a new life, bearing fruit for God's glory. The gift of eternal life is yours — walk in it!

➡️ The Gospel has the power to overcome sin, suffering, and death. If you believe and follow Christ Jesus, you do too.

➡️ The Gospel removes shame from your life and now through the Holy Spirit, He will lead you through conviction of what you need to work on.

➡️ The Gospel is the greatest gift you have ever been given, go tell someone this week about that great gift and then do life with them shoulder to shoulder.

"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." —Romans 6:23 (CSB)

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📖 Romans 6:15-23

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With Christ we die and with Christ we arise. Our salvation isn’t based on what we’ve done, but on what Christ has done. Through one man’s sin (Adam), death entered the world. But through one man’s obedience (Jesus), grace and righteousness overflow to many. God's gift is greater than the trespass.

The result? We are no longer condemned—we’re reconciled and made righteous in Him.

➡️ We don't earn salvation.

➡️ We receive it.

➡️ We don't boast in our works.

➡️ We boast in the work of Jesus.

Gospel Response: Are you still trying to earn what God has already offered freely? Will you receive the gift of grace through Jesus Christ— who took your place, bore your sin, and gave you life?

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📖 Romans 6:1-14

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From Enemies to Family - We are reconciled to God not because of what we’ve done—but because of one righteous act: Jesus’ death for sinners, enemies, and the ungodly. Reconciliation is relational, not just theological—God restored the relationship with us while we were still His enemies. Christ died for us at our worst, not when we were good, worthy, or had it all together. Salvation is not earned by works, baptism, prayer, or actions—but by God’s grace and love alone.

Through Jesus, we move from:

Enemy ➝ Child

Sinner ➝ Righteous

Condemned ➝ Justified

Death ➝ Eternal Life

The law exposed more sin, but where sin multiplied, grace multiplied even more. The death of the Son brings life to sons and daughters. Don’t rely on what you did to answer “Am I saved?”—rest in what He did. Do you know about God, or do you truly know Him as your Father?

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📖 Romans 5:1-5

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God’s Work, Our Hope! Our hope is not built on our works but on God's work - especially in our suffering. "God's work is our hope."

➡️ Justified by faith

➡️ Now we have peace with God

➡️ We have access to His grace

➡️ We stand, not strive

➡️ We boast — not in ourselves, but in: Hope of His glory, Our afflictions, God alone

Why boast in suffering? Because:

➡️ Affliction → Endurance

➡️ Endurance → Proven Character

➡️ Proven Character → Hope

➡️ And hope does not disappoint (v.5)

You have:

✅ Peace with God

✅ Access to the Father

✅ Love poured out in your heart

✅ Grace to stand

✅ A hope that will not fail

“Rejoice in hope, be patient in affliction, be constant in prayer.” Romans 12:12

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📖 Romans 5:1-5

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In this episode, we explore the challenge of moral dilemmas and how to help others navigate difficult decisions with wisdom and faithfulness. Drawing from Liederbach’s definition of moral dilemmas—where multiple absolute moral norms seem to be in conflict—we ask the crucial question: How do we help people discern what is truly good and right? Rather than giving quick answers, we must guide people through the full biblical process of discernment: through God’s Word, God’s Spirit, and God’s People. This means considering the intentions, actions, consequences, and virtue formation involved—looking at the whole, not just the parts.

Main Points:

Virtue Ethics is a strong foundation for Christian ethics.
Intentions matter (Peter Abelard: “God considers not the action, but the spirit of the action.”).
Actions should align with God’s truth (Deontological ethics: “Do the right thing because it is right.” – Kant).
Consequences matter, not to justify actions, but to examine the fruit of life and love.
Virtue formation is the long-term impact of our decisions (Bonhoeffer: “What is worse than doing evil, is being evil.”).

Key Takeaways: Moral guidance is not just about answering, “What should I do?” but guiding people through the spiritual discipline of meditation, community discernment, and prayerful contemplation. True wisdom comes from time with God and His people—not from reactive decision-making. We help people discern whether they are dealing with immaturity or iniquity. One needs guidance; the other needs repentance. Faithfulness in action means we act in love, regardless of desired or undesired outcomes. We don’t measure goodness by results alone—but by intention, action, consequence, and the virtue being formed. Courage is needed to accept biblical but undesired results, knowing that God is forming character in the process.

📖 “His divine power has given us everything required for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness.” – 2 Peter 1:3 (CSB)

Gospel Response:

Don’t just seek answers—seek discernment.
Don’t just look at what is easy or desirable—look at what forms Christlike character.
Disciple others by helping them reflect, listen to God, and walk in truth, even when it’s hard.
Remember: God works all things together for good—not just the things we like.

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This week, we explored how both Abraham and David show us that faith—not works—makes us right with God. It's not about what we've done, but about who we trust. Abraham believed, and it was credited to him as righteousness—before he did anything religious. David, after great sin, still found grace through faith. God doesn’t justify us because we’re strong, perfect, or have it all together. He justifies us when we trust Him to do what we cannot.

✝️ Faith isn’t something we earn—it’s trusting God to be who He says He is.

✝️ Grace is getting what we don’t deserve.

✝️ Faith leads to belonging—we become God's people not by behavior, but by belief.

Main argument: Faith is credited as righteousness.

Supporting argument: Abraham was justified before circumcision.

Supporting argument: Abraham was justified before there was the mosaic law.

Supporting argument: Abraham was the father of many nations.

Trusting God isn't about how much the promise makes sense to you, it's about who made the promise.

Paul's conclusion: We should have faith like Abraham, because righteousness will be credited to us too.

Whether you feel like Abraham (at the beginning, waiting) or David (in the aftermath of failure), the answer is the same: trust God.

💬 Gospel Response: Faith may not always make sense—but it always leads to hope, belonging, and life in Christ.

✝️ What do you not trust in God?

✝️ How have you tried to belong to God?

✝️ Are you trusting in your works—or in Jesus?

✝️ Do you believe that God can bring life where you see death?

✝️ Will you stop striving and start trusting?

📖 “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” – Romans 4:3

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📖 Romans 4:1-21

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🔥Boasting in Christ Alone 🔥This message calls us to confront the human desire to boast in who we are and what we do—and lay it down at the feet of Jesus. Paul reminds us in Romans 3:27–31 that we are justified by faith, not by our good works or religious performance. Salvation isn’t about what we’ve accomplished—it’s about what Christ has done for us. We don’t stand before God with a list of accomplishments—we stand with Jesus, the only one worthy of boasting.

Just like the Jews of Paul’s day, we too are tempted to base our identity on external markers—our background, our behavior, our success. But Paul clears it up:

“Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded... a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.”

When we boast in our own strength, we rob God of the glory only He deserves. Boasting in Christ alone leads us to humility, deeper faith, and authentic witness to the world around us.

💬 Gospel Response: This week’s message reminds us: The only thing we bring to God is our need—and Jesus is more than enough.

✅ Humble yourself before God – Admit you have nothing to offer but need everything Jesus has done.

✅ Trust in God's saving power – Believe that His grace, not your effort, is what justifies and sustains you.

✅ Boast in Christ, not self – Let every part of your life point to His work, not your own.

📖 Romans 3:27–28 "Where then is boasting? It is excluded... for we conclude that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law."

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📖 Romans 3:21-31

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🔥 The Collision of Wrath & Grace 🔥At the cross, God’s wrath and grace collided, revealing His righteousness—not through our works, but through faith in Jesus. God is right and has made me right. Do you trust in the work of Christ on the cross, where God’s wrath and grace collided to reveal His righteousness?

📖 “But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed... through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe.” – Romans 3:21-22

✅ God’s righteousness:

1️⃣ Revealed apart from the law

2️⃣ Available to all through faith

3️⃣ Sourced from Jesus’ sacrifice

4️⃣ The ultimate collision of wrath and grace You don’t see how gracious God is until you see how wicked you are.

💭 Gospel Response: Do you trust in the work of Christ on the cross?

🔥ℝ𝕆𝕄𝔸ℕ𝕊🔥 📖 Romans 3:21-31

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Abiding in Christ and Finding True Peace: Are you resting in God’s righteousness or relying on your own?

Key Points:

🔹 Understanding Our Need for God – Paul reveals in Romans 3:1-20 that all people, regardless of background, fall short of God's glory. Our unrighteousness does not change God's faithfulness.

🔹 Faith vs. Works – The Jews were given the law and God’s presence, yet they failed to internalize it. Like holding medicine but never taking it, simply knowing about God is not enough—we must abide in Him.

🔹 God’s Judgment is for All – Sin is universal. It is not limited by nationality, status, or personal morality. Paul dismantles the idea that religious privilege exempts anyone from God’s judgment.

🔹 Our Righteousness Comes Through Christ – We cannot justify ourselves before God through works. True righteousness comes by faith in Jesus Christ, the only one worthy to stand before God on our behalf.

🔹 Shifting Our Perspective on God’s Goodness – Instead of questioning God’s goodness based on our struggles, we should see our pain as an opportunity to trust Him more. His grace uses even our failures for good.

Gospel Response:

✅ Depend Fully on Christ – We all stand before God, but only through faith in Jesus are we justified. Instead of clinging to our own righteousness, we must trust in His.

✅ Long for God’s Presence – Like the psalmist in Psalm 42, we should desire to stand before God, not in fear, but in confidence through Christ.

✅ Live in Humility and Faith – Instead of questioning God’s fairness, recognize that our righteousness depends on Him alone. Let go of control and trust in His sovereignty.

Are you trusting in your goodness, or are you resting in Christ’s? Let go of self-reliance and surrender to the righteousness that only comes through faith in Jesus.

🔥ℝ𝕆𝕄𝔸ℕ𝕊🔥 📖 Romans 3:1-20

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𝐂𝟓𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩: 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐥, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, & 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡

C5 stands for Care, Counsel, Community, Commission, and Church. Our mission is to equip leaders to care for those entrusted to them, counsel them towards God, and foster strong biblical community. The goal? Never leave someone solely in care or counsel, but instead guide them into a supportive, thriving community.

🎙️ Welcome back to the podcast!

Today, we’re diving into C5 Leadership—a framework designed to equip church leaders to care well, counsel wisely, build Christ-centered community, commission others, and ultimately establish healthy churches both locally and globally. Our primary focus is Westminster Baptist Church, but these principles extend to all believers seeking to lead well in their churches and communities.

Key Discussion Points:

Speaking Truth in Love: (Ephesians 4:15) Paul instructs believers to speak the truth in love, allowing us to grow into Christ, our head. This involves both truth and love—one without the other can lead to either harshness or false comfort. Truth without love can be destructive. Love without truth can lead to compromise and apathy.
The Challenges of Speaking Truth in Love: How do we balance truth and love, especially when correction is needed? Does intent matter more than words? Is it okay to call someone out in a group, or should it be private? What’s the role of relationship in delivering truth?

Practical Takeaway: ✅ Seek first to understand before speaking. ✅ Approach conversations with humility and a heart posture of love. ✅ If correction is needed, consider context and relationship before addressing the issue.

Truth vs. Lies: How Do We Filter What We Hear? Before speaking truth, we need to discover truth. How do we uncover truth? Through God’s Word—filtering everything through Scripture. By asking good questions—digging deeper into situations. Through wise counsel—seeking input from godly people.

Practical Takeaway: ✅ Don't rely on perception alone—investigate before speaking. ✅ Ensure your words align with biblical truth before giving advice or correction. ✅ Surround yourself with wise, godly people who help refine your perspective.

The Role of Community in Speaking Truth in Love: Speaking truth in love is best done in relationship. Community leaders (life group leaders, discipleship leaders, ministry heads) must navigate when, where, and how to correct and encourage others.

Public vs. Private Correction: Some situations require one-on-one conversation (Matthew 18 principle). Others may benefit from group discussion for accountability and teaching.

Practical Takeaway: ✅ Develop trust and relationships before offering correction. ✅ Know when to speak privately vs. bring issues to a group setting. ✅ Allow trusted voices to sharpen your approach before speaking.

The Opposite of Love: Hate or Apathy? Is hate the opposite of love, or is it apathy? Apathy (not caring) is dangerous—it means we don’t love enough to help someone grow. Hate, in the biblical sense, is not always sinful—God “hates” sin because it destroys life. Acceptance without truth isn’t love—it’s apathy.

Practical Takeaway: ✅ Love actively seeks the best for others, even when truth is hard. ✅ Apathy says, “Do whatever you want,” but true love leads people toward life in Christ. ✅ Be willing to engage in tough conversations with grace and wisdom.

Implementing This in Your Leadership (Care, Counsel, Community): Leaders must move toward people, even in difficult situations. Growth requires both truth and love—one without the other is ineffective. Humility is key—we don’t have all the answers, but we can point people to Christ. Be a good Berean—know God’s Word so you can filter truth properly.

Practical Takeaway: ✅ Commit to listening before speaking. ✅ Lead with grace, wisdom, and Scripture. ✅ Recognize that growth is a process—it’s slow, messy, and requires patience.

Final Thoughts & Call to Action: How are you speaking truth in love? Are you filtering what you hear through God’s Word? Are you leading with humility, patience, and wisdom?

Drop your thoughts in the comments or send us questions—we’d love to hear from you! Thanks for joining us today.

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This podcast episode focuses on Romans 1:16-17, emphasizing that the gospel reveals both the power and righteousness of God, making it something believers should not be ashamed of. Pastor Matt explains that Paul wrote to a mixed audience of Jews and Gentiles in Rome, addressing their struggles with unity and confidence in the gospel within a politically and intellectually dominant society. Paul boldly declares his lack of shame in the gospel because it demonstrates God’s power for salvation and His righteousness.

Key points:

➡️ The Gospel's Power: The gospel is transformative, overcoming sin, Satan, and death, not just in the future but in the present (the "already, not yet" theological concept).

➡️ God’s Righteousness: This refers to both God's faithfulness and the way He makes people righteous through faith, not works.

➡️ Faith Over Works: Salvation has always been by faith, as seen in Habakkuk 2:4, which Paul quotes to emphasize that righteousness comes through faith, for both Jews and Gentiles.

➡️ Challenges and Mockery: Paul faced rejection and ridicule for following Christ, but he saw the gospel as a source of glory, not shame.

Relevance Today: Reflect on whether you are ashamed of the gospel in how you live, share, and believe in it, especially in a skeptical world. Trust in God’s power and righteousness, live out the gospel boldly, and grow spiritually through study and community.

🔥 ℝ𝕆𝕄𝔸ℕ𝕊 🔥 Sermon Series: Podcast

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🎙️ Welcome to the Leadership Podcast

Care Like Christ: Physical Care

𝐂𝟓𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩: 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐥, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, & 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 with Pastor Matt and Pastor Bill

📖1 Kings and John 11

Today, we're continuing our discussion on C5 Leadership, part of Westminster Baptist Church's discipleship efforts to commission people for building healthy churches in Carroll County and beyond.

C5 stands for Care, Counsel, Community, Commission, and Church. Our mission is to equip leaders to care for those entrusted to them, counsel them towards God, and foster strong biblical community. The goal? Never leave someone solely in care or counsel, but instead guide them into a supportive, thriving community.

Focus of the Episode: Physical Care
We explore how Jesus cared for those suffering physically and those grappling with temptation or sin related to physical struggles. To deepen this discussion, we reflect on 1 Kings 17-18, the story of Elijah, Ahab, and Jezebel.

Key Points:

Elijah declared a famine, disrupting Israel’s way of life and challenging their loyalty to false gods.
A pivotal showdown took place on Mount Carmel, where Elijah demonstrated God's power over false prophets.
Through this story, we see how God provides physical care and restoration even during crises of faith.

As you listen, reflect on how God may be calling you to care well for others and bring them closer to His community.

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Parenting is one of the greatest callings and challenges. Proverbs offers timeless wisdom to guide us in raising families that honor God.

📌 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 🏡🌿Are you ready to build a family that honors God in every way? 🙌

📖 Scripture Focus:

Proverbs 22:6 "Start a youth out on his way; even when he grows old he will not depart from it.

" Challenge yourself to:

📖 Build a home rooted in God’s truth.
❤️ Lead with love, discipline, and integrity.
🌱 Shape your children’s hearts for God’s purposes.

"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." 🕊 Proverbs gives us practical steps to raise children who walk in the way of the righteous and seek God in all they do.

✨ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐖𝐚𝐲: 𝐀 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐎𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 🛤️🌿

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The tongue is an overflow of the heart, and it's crucial that we align our words with truth and integrity. As we dive into Proverbs 4:20-27, we’ll explore the importance of guarding our hearts, speaking the truth in love, and living in a way that mirrors what we say.

📌 The Power of the Tongue: Words can build up or tear down. What we speak comes from the heart. To speak life, we must have a heart rooted in Christ.

🌿 Gospel Response:

HEART: Believe the Gospel and let Jesus transform your heart.

TONGUE: Speak the truth in love.

ACTIONS: Live with integrity—back up your words with actions. 📖

Scripture Focus: Proverbs 4:20-27 "Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. Avoid all perverse talk; stay away from corrupt speech."

✨ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐖𝐚𝐲: 𝐀 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐎𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 🛤️🌿

Brandon Johnson - Guest Speaker

Throughout this series, we will study The Wisdom Way from Proverbs, uncovering how wisdom impacts not only our words but our whole life. Let's learn how to live in a way that reflects Christ in everything we say and do.

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If we want to grow, we must see danger, take cover, and love discipline. God is not a part of our Growth Plan, He is the whole part.

"As a dog returns to its vomit, so also a fool repeats his foolishness." Proverbs 26:11

Gospel Response:

What leads you back to vomit?
Growth Plan?

✨ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐖𝐚𝐲: 𝐀 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐎𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 🛤️🌿

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As we dive deeper into the book of Proverbs this week, let's reflect on the call to humble ourselves before God. Fear of the Lord is the path to true wisdom—it reminds us to admit our limitations, trust in God's provisions, and build confidence not in ourselves, but in Him. Grace helps us see our failures, knowing they don’t define us, but remind us that He is our source of strength.

"When arrogance comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom." - Proverbs 11:2

Gospel Response: - Admit no security. - Stop trying to gain it or manipulate it. - Embrace complete security.

✨ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐖𝐚𝐲: 𝐀 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐎𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 🛤️🌿

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The Humble will Fear the Lord. The Wise and disciplined will Live without Dread. Discipline is not mean, a lack of discipline is cruel. If we don't fear God, we most likely believe we are God. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge because it's the beginning of one learning from the creator. We become wise when we fear the foolishness of not being connected to God. We become disciplined when we fear the lack of correction from God.

"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline." – Proverbs 1:7

Gospel Response: Fear the Lord, for in Him is the beginning of wisdom. 🕊️ Let us humble our 'right' to embrace His greater wisdom, and humble our 'wrong' to receive His loving discipline. True strength is found in surrendering both to His guidance.

✨ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐖𝐚𝐲: 𝐀 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐎𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 🛤️🌿

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Christian worship reveals God to be worth more than all else through allegiance, sacrifice, and praise. Christian worship is not music, but music can be worship. Biblical praise lifts up God in worship and others in faith. 🙏 Let’s commit to worshiping God with our lives daily, allowing music to enhance our connection to Him, but not define it. 🙏

Gospel Response: 🎶 Why Do You Sing? 🎶 Is your voice lifted in Psalms, Old and New Worship Songs, or Spiritual Songs? Is singing a weapon in your arsenal against Satan, or a weapon of Satan?

🙌 PRAISE 🙌

Ephesians 5:19

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Love one another as brothers and sisters in the church. What will remain when things are shaken?

𝙹𝙴𝚂𝚄𝚂 𝚂𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 ◀ ＨΞＢＲΞＷＳ ▶

Hebrews 13:1-6

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Give thanks for our new Kingdom, and worship our new King. A Real kingdom to be excited about, the new kingdom is unshakeable. Do you feel unworthy to worship? God has a plan for you!

The giving of the Law was powerful and evoked fear.
The giving of the Law separated God from the world's sinfulness. - Jesus restores broken sinners to God.
Be thankful and worship because of God's mercy.

Gospel Response: Jesus gave us a new kingdom, be wise about your relationship with the old kingdom.

Do you have anything holding you back from worshiping God? Specifically a fear or shame. Deal with that in the context of a group or counseling.

𝙹𝙴𝚂𝚄𝚂 𝚂𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 ◀ ＨΞＢＲΞＷＳ ▶

Hebrews 12:18-29

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Move Forward BUT Beware. We are called to endure. What does it look like to be a believer that's going to endure not through just sin issues but through suffering? When we are enduring we must keep our eyes fixed on Christ. Christ is the perfect picture of endurance.

Gospel Response: Peace and Holiness can only be found in Christ.

What are you enduring that you need help and encouragement?
Do you have someone in your life that can come alongside you in this season? If not why?
Who are you coming alongside to help them move towards peace and holiness?

𝙹𝙴𝚂𝚄𝚂 𝚂𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 ◀ ＨΞＢＲΞＷＳ ▶

Hebrews 12:12-17

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We train through the power of God for endurance by discipline, consistency, and grit. How are you going to endure?

You will be defined long term by what you do consistently, not what you do occasionally. - Craig Groeschel

Discipline: wisdom in training.
Discipline is knowing the right step to take to accomplish the goal.
Consistency: discipline on repeat.
Grit: consistent discipline in adversity.

Discipline: What is the right step?

Consistency: What do I need to do that step over and over?

Grit: How will I face adversity with discipline and consistency?

Gospel Response:

What discipline do you need to put in place to become the person God has called you to be?
Who do you need to help you develop consistency?
What adversity are you facing that will try and stop you?

𝙹𝙴𝚂𝚄𝚂 𝚂𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 ◀ ＨΞＢＲΞＷＳ ▶

Hebrews 10:36

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We train through the power of God for holiness and rest. The devil is scheming to destroy you. Are you fighting back? Jesus calls us to train. Jesus didn't save you from discipline and training, he saved you from death.

Training Regiment #1

Meditate on what is good.
Build your team.
Strategize in the morning.

Training Regiment #2

Daily Habits:
Work Hard.
Honor God.
Fight Tech.
Give thanks for what you have.
Get in bed 7 hours before you need to wake up.
Eat in a biblical way.
Pray about the sabbath.
Journal to God.

𝙹𝙴𝚂𝚄𝚂 𝚂𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 ◀ ＨΞＢＲΞＷＳ ▶

2 Peter 1:3-7

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Do you have discipline in your life to accomplish what you want to accomplish? Be disciplined to do what is right. Discipline in your spiritual life will affect every other area of your life. Christ's victory on the cross comes with discipline and training so we can take the cross.

"Discipline, in this context, is not a sign of God's anger or punishment but his favor and acceptance." - Tom Schreiner

➡️ Train don't try.

➡️ Suffering is training.

➡️ Victory comes through training.

Gospel Response: Turn a defeated mindset into a victorious mindset by shifting suffering into training.

Embrace the Family.
Train with Family.
Encourage through Suffering.

𝙹𝙴𝚂𝚄𝚂 𝚂𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 ◀ ＨΞＢＲΞＷＳ ▶

Hebrews 12:3-11

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We know Friday was not the end because Sunday was coming! We endure the cross because we wait for the crown. In this situation, live by faith as we wait for reality. The humble savior takes a thorn crown and then raises into His rightful place as King of the universe.

Let Us Consider One Another.
Let Us Hold On.
Let Us Draw Near.

Gospel Response: Process through your cross and the crown you are aspiring to gain. Are you enduring a cross that leads to death or a cross that leads to life?

What is your cross?
What is your crown?

👑 𝕿𝖍𝖔𝖗𝖓𝖘 👑 𝔗𝔥𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔗𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔫𝔰 𝔖𝔢𝔯𝔪𝔬𝔫 𝔖𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰

Hebrews 12:1-2

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A World of Thorns. What do you hope for? In this situation, live by faith as we wait for reality. Stay near to God, hold on, consider one another, so that you don't fall into sin that drains life. Faith is a story, not a moment.

💜 Don't commit deliberate sin

💜 Remember the story of endurance

Deliberate sin is doing your will with no care for God's will.

Receive the challenge to endure.
Be confident in our story.

But we are not those who draw back and are destroyed, but those who have faith and are saved.

Gospel Response: Consider any sin that could become a deliberate sin and bring it to your people.

Pray for Strength.
Surround with Believers.
Reflect on Endurance.
Have Faith.

👑 𝕿𝖍𝖔𝖗𝖓𝖘 👑 𝔗𝔥𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔗𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔫𝔰 𝔖𝔢𝔯𝔪𝔬𝔫 𝔖𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰

Hebrews 11

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Stay near to God, hold on, and consider one another, so that you don't fall into sin that drains life. Is God powerful enough to exact this kind of vengeance upon the people? Yes! Why? Because we need a God that strong! If He couldn't then how can we be saved? Sin drains life.

💜 Don't commit deliberate sin.

💜 Remember the story of endurance.

Numbers 15:30

Deliberate sin is doing your will with no care for God's will.

Receive the challenge to endure.
Be confident in our story.

Gospel Response: But we are not those who draw back and are destroyed, but those who have faith and are saved. Consider any sin that could become a deliberate sin and bring it to your people.

Pray for Strength.
Surround with Believers.
Reflect on Endurance.
Have Faith.

𝙹𝙴𝚂𝚄𝚂 𝚂𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 ◀ ＨΞＢＲΞＷＳ ▶

Hebrews 10:26-39

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Draw near, hold on, get help.

💜 Let Us Draw Near.

💜 Let Us Hold On.

💜 Let Us Consider One Another.

Gospel Response: Let us provoke good works by gathering together.

Draw near to God.
Hold on to Hope.
Get Help from the Family.

𝙹𝙴𝚂𝚄𝚂 𝚂𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 ◀ ＨΞＢＲΞＷＳ ▶

Hebrews 10:19-25

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The final sacrifice of the high priest is greater. The new way changes forever.

Three Eternals:

Eternal Redemption
Eternal Spirit
Eternal Inheritance

💜 I once was guilty of evil, now I am completely forgiven.

💜 I once was a slave to sin, now I am free to live.

💜 I once was deprived of life, now I have eternal blessings.

Gospel Response: Do an evaluation of old habits and rhythms that you felt like would change how God views you.

Trust in Jesus Sacrifice.
Turn from your Old Ways.

𝙹𝙴𝚂𝚄𝚂 𝚂𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 ◀ ＨΞＢＲΞＷＳ ▶

Hebrews 9:11-28

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What does it mean to recommit to your marriage? A Covenant with your spouse and before the Lord is a legal binding agreement but a Commitment is the action to carry out that covenant. If you want your marriage to be imaging Christ, then you have to start with the individuals first.

Sunday: Recommit to Following Christ Individually and as a Married Couple. | John 15:1–8
Monday: Recommit to Handling Each Other’s Differences with Grace and Mercy. | Colossians 3:12–17
Tuesday: Recommit to Communicate Biblically in All Circumstances.
Wednesday: Recommit to Loving Each Other as Christ Loves You | 1 Corinthians 13:4–8a & 1 Corinthians 13:13
Thursday: Recommit to Building a Relationship of Confession and Forgiveness | James 5:16 & Ephesians 4:32
Friday: Recommit to Dating and Setting Aside Time for Each Other | Ephesians 5:22–33
Saturday: Recommit to Not Giving Up on Each Other and Your Marriage

❤️ 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 ❤️

Psalm 37:5

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Fresh life, fresh way. The new way of life will prevent people from falling away. Our forgiver is praying for us. The way of Jesus is better than the way of the world. The new High Priest gives a new and greater covenant.

💜 Fresh Word

💜 Fresh Relationship

💜 Fresh Knowledge

💜 Fresh Forgiveness

Jesus has Established a New Way of Life. Jesus Has Guaranteed our Forgiveness. Jesus is Working for our New Living.

Gospel Response: Compare your way to the way of Jesus.

Trust the Way.
Trust the Life.

𝙹𝙴𝚂𝚄𝚂 𝚂𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 ◀ ＨΞＢＲΞＷＳ ▶

Hebrews 8:1-10

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The new High Priest is the greater high priest. Jesus, our forgiver, is praying for us. We need a perfect priest because human priests are imperfect. We have a priest of spiritual and eternal descent, not human descent. Human priests die, Jesus doesn't.

Jesus has Established a New Way of Life.
Jesus Has Guaranteed our Forgiveness.
Jesus is Working for our New Living.

Gospel Response: Prayer Journal: What is in your heart?

Pray in Jesus Name.
Rest in Jesus' Eternal Forgiveness.

𝙹𝙴𝚂𝚄𝚂 𝚂𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂

◀ ＨΞＢＲΞＷＳ ▶

Hebrews 7:11–28

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Music can be a form of worship. It can also be a part of discipleship. Let's talk about the formation of discipleship through music in the local church.

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Our great promise in Christ builds faith and hope. Be assured in obedience. God restores the broken.

We are not secure in our disobedience.
We are secure in Christ' obedience.
We are assured in our works.

Gospel Response: Do something that will require you to trust in the power of the Holy Spirit.

What disobedience leads you to doubt your faith and security?
What obedience does Christ do that leads you to assurance?
What is the Spirit working in and through you to do that will bring hope and assurance in your life?

𝙹𝙴𝚂𝚄𝚂 𝚂𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 ◀ ＨΞＢＲΞＷＳ ▶

Hebrews 6:9-20

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Can you lose your salvation? It was never yours to win or lose. Jesus accomplished your salvation. So yes, if you have earned a salvation, surely you can lose it. But if your salvation is from the Lord, then no, because He chose you, called you, and will keep you.

💜 Stop being immature.

Grow Towards Maturity.
Depend on God.
Spark a Fire.

Gospel Response:

Hear the Warning.
Repent Now
Embrace the Promise
Continually do a fast or specifically the 7 Fast.

𝙹𝙴𝚂𝚄𝚂 𝚂𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 ◀ ＨΞＢＲΞＷＳ ▶

Hebrews 6:1-8

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Are you living a life of Heaven on Earth? Live out the gospel. Worship freely and uninhibited.

Remember your identity.
Your priorities are a reflection of your identity.
Bear much fruit.

Gospel Response: Living a life of Heaven on Earth. Who, not what is my identity?

What are my priorities?
What behaviors/habits do you need to change in 2024?

𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝓝𝓮𝔀 🎄 𝓐 𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓶𝓪𝓼 𝓢𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼

Matthew 5:10

Revelation 21:1–4

John 15:5

Matthew 6:33–34

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Heaven in Jesus: Have the attitude and actions of Jesus. What are you struggling with? Jesus is over everything that is broken.

He Gave Up His Status.
He Took Up My Status.
He Took My Cross.
He Took The Throne.

Gospel Response: Tonight before bed, embody the attitude of Jesus to your friends or family. In the morning embody an action of Jesus to your friends or family.

Celebrate Christmas through Attitude.
Celebrate Christmas through Action.
Worship the King.

𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝓝𝓮𝔀 🎄 𝓐 𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓶𝓪𝓼 𝓢𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼

Philippians 2:5–11

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Heaven is New Vocation. Why are we here? Do everything for the good of creation and the glory of God. Vocation is your passion, your calling.

We Protect Life.
We Protect Creation.
We Work the Ground while waiting for the Garden.

Gospel Response: Discuss with someone in your field of work how you can do good for creation and bring glory to God through your work.

Work the Ground.
Anticipate the Garden.
Confess you at from the Wrong Tree.

𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝓝𝓮𝔀 🎄 𝓐 𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓶𝓪𝓼 𝓢𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼

Genesis 2:15

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Heaven is New Relationship! Walk with God - In the wilderness - In the Valleys - On the Mountaintops.

He is the God who forgives.

He is the God who restores.

He is the God who is your God.

-- After Restoration:

Reside Here
Not Reject Us
Walk With US

-- Rooted in Proof:

You Know Me by Name
You Know my Actions

Gospel Response: Write down the provisions of God this week.

Find a place to walk.
Take a walk.
Enjoy the walk.

𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝓝𝓮𝔀 🎄 𝓐 𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓶𝓪𝓼 𝓢𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼

John 5:24

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Heaven is New Life! Live during Christmas like Heaven came down. What are you going to do for eternity? Truly I Tell You: Anyone Who Hears and Believes Him Who Sent Me has Eternal Life. No Judgment/No Death.

Living this Christmas because of Jesus:

I will live in the peace of Jesus.
I will live in the contentment of Jesus.
I will live in the joy of Jesus.
I will live in the gentleness of Jesus.
I will live in the humility of Jesus.

Practical Ways:

Lord, I have enough in you and from you.
Give thanks and praise for gifts.
Give thanks and praise for food.
Set aside quiet moments with loved ones.
Lead your family to serve the underresourced in some capacity.
Confess a sin to someone you have hurt.
Consider the 7 Fast or Something Similar

Gospel Response: Build "life" into your calendar.

Prayer for you and others.
Asking God to Reveal Life in Jesus to You.
Hear and Believe.

𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝓝𝓮𝔀 🎄 𝓐 𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓶𝓪𝓼 𝓢𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼

John 5:24

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Entering into Rest: Through the High Priest, the final high priest can truly offer a sacrifice and an entrance into the new temple. Jesus is greater than any high priest.

The high priest was appointed by God.
The high priest is to deal gently with those who are ignorant. - Jesus Christ is our high priest, forever.
Rest in the fact that Jesus’ death and resurrection is more than enough. Nothing more is needed.
Four qualifications for a high priest: High priests must:
Be appointed by God to represent mankind before God.
Offer gifts/sacrifices for sins.
Be able to sympathize with others.
Offer sacrifices for his own sins.
It’s time for believers to grow up.

Gospel Response:

Enter into rest through our High Priest, the Lord Jesus.
Take responsibility for your own spiritual growth and maturity.

𝙹𝙴𝚂𝚄𝚂 𝚂𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 ◀ ＨΞＢＲΞＷＳ ▶

Hebrews 5:1-14

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Entering into Rest: Through Jesus' Faith, the faithfulness of Jesus secured our rest for eternity. Jesus beat your sin, so you can too. The king of kings is inviting you into His presence, an eternal rest from this weary world.

💜 Your high priest is able to sympathize with you.

💜 Your high priest is able to show you temptation without sin.

Therefore:

• Hold Fast

• Approach Boldly

Gospel Response: What would it look like to rest from your weary toil with sin?

Come to Jesus and remove the fig leaves.
Surround yourself with Jesus' strength.

𝙹𝙴𝚂𝚄𝚂 𝚂𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 ◀ ＨΞＢＲΞＷＳ ▶

Hebrews 4:14-16

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Entering into Rest: Through our faith, believe in Jesus and stay strong in that faith. God wants good for you. What is the goodness of God? I'm going to rest, so that I can love myself, my people, and my God more.

R.E.S.T.

Recreation.
Eternal.
Saving.
Toil.

“We need to learn to embrace our potential and our limitations. Because both of them are signposts, pointing us forward into God’s calling on our life.” - John Mark Comer

💜

Don't Doubt God.
Don't Doubt His Rest.
Fear Losing His Rest.
Enter into Rest.

Gospel Response: Do you trust God enough to rest?

Trust in the Completed Work of Jesus.
Long for the Eternal Resting with God.

ONE WAY: What would a completed 6 days look like for you?

𝙹𝙴𝚂𝚄𝚂 𝚂𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 ◀ ＨΞＢＲΞＷＳ ▶

Hebrews 4:1-13

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Is God finished with you? Do I sin? Do I care that I sin? Jesus offers true rest through salvation, don't reject it. If you want to experience rest, you must watch out, encourage, and hold firm.

💜

See Doubt
Encourage Faith
Build Endurance

Gospel Response:

The Power to Change.
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry.

𝙹𝙴𝚂𝚄𝚂 𝚂𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 ◀ ＨΞＢＲΞＷＳ ▶

Hebrews 3:7–19

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Jesus is greater than Moses, don't reject Him. Jesus is Greater and that changes Everything!

💜

Jesus is the Son over the Household
We are the household if we hold on.
The household is holy and called.

Gospel Response:

Trust in Jesus Son of God.
Consider how Jesus is Greater transforms all areas of your life.

𝙹𝙴𝚂𝚄𝚂 𝚂𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 ◀ ＨΞＢＲΞＷＳ ▶

Hebrews 3:1–6

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Jesus' victory secured our salvation, don't reject it. We often try and tear Jesus down from His throne, yet He came down to us to raise us up and seat us with Him. We often choose to be like God yet God chose to be like us. We are human and Jesus became a human that we become the child of God.

💜 Jesus is:

Suffering Reveals Perfection
Death Achieves Life
Jesus as Human was Necessary Take an inventory of human limitations and marvels.

Gospel Response:

Confess that Jesus, Son of God, is also the man who saves you from death.
Analyze your suffering for strengthening
Live incarnational on mission

𝙹𝙴𝚂𝚄𝚂 𝚂𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 ◀ ＨΞＢＲΞＷＳ ▶

Hebrews 2:5–18

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Jesus offers salvation, don't reject it. We drift slowly, but we can course correct. Hebrews wants us to steer in the right direction rather than drift.

💜 Right hearing is like a rudder used to steer in the right direction.

💜 Fear is like a radar used to steer in the right direction.

💜 Majesty is like seeing the beauty in the right direction.

Gospel Response:

Let God's Word Transform Your Life.
Let Warnings and Fear Motivate Steadfastness.
Let God's Majesty Strengthen Your Journey.

𝙹𝙴𝚂𝚄𝚂 𝚂𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 ◀ ＨΞＢＲΞＷＳ ▶

Hebrews 2:1–4

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Jesus the creator God and King is superior to the created.

💜 Jesus is greater.

💜 The angels are worshipping.

💜 The heavens are not unraveled.

Gospel Response:

Declare Jesus is God and King.
Worship Him with the Angels.
ONE WAY: 7 Fast

𝙹𝙴𝚂𝚄𝚂 𝚂𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 ◀ ＨΞＢＲΞＷＳ ▶

Hebrews 1:5–14

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Life is a long journey, are your eyes fixed on King Jesus? The way we view the role of Christ matters, so get to know Him. 💜 RUN THE LONG RACE TOWARDS JESUS.

Gospel Response:

Follow Jesus.
Write out your goals for the end of your life.
Participate in the 7 Fast.

𝙹𝙴𝚂𝚄𝚂 𝚂𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 ◀ ＨΞＢＲΞＷＳ ▶

Hebrews 1:1-4

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Marriage Series: Renewal - Commitment to honor God and each other. Resentment wants to rob you of the joy, hope, peace, forgiveness, and love that Jesus Christ wants for your marriage. Are you committed to one another in your marriage?

5 Ways that Foster Love in your Marriage

Forgiveness

Patience

Peace

Joy

Hope

❤️ 𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓰𝓮 𝓢𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼 ❤️

𝙿𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎 - 𝙶𝚛𝚘𝚠 - 𝙸𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚜𝚝

Hebrews 13:4

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Covenant/Commitment: What does it look like to build a relationship of love? Be intentional with your walk with the Lord and also with your spouse. Work to protect and build your relationship of love.

Gospel Response:

Ask your spouse how you can love them better and don’t be defensive by their response. Just listen with an open heart and mind.
Talk as a couple how you both can protect your marriage better.
Is your marriage God honoring or self-honoring? Your marriage should glorify God and if it’s not, this is a great place to start to see change.

❤️ 𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓰𝓮 𝓢𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼 ❤️

𝙿𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎 - 𝙶𝚛𝚘𝚠 - 𝙸𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚜𝚝

1 John 4:7–21

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Building Trust & Growth: Marriage is a marathon, not a sprint. Marriage is a relationship intended by God between a man and woman to be a permanent bond in love. Is your marriage centered on Christ?

Gospel Response: Be present with God so you can be present with your spouse.

God is first.
Love your neighbor.
Enjoy God's grace and give Him glory.

❤️ 𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓰𝓮 𝓢𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼 ❤️

𝙿𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎 - 𝙶𝚛𝚘𝚠 - 𝙸𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚜𝚝

Galatians 5

Pastor Glen - Associate Pastor

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How do you love your spouse? Do you love your spouse like Christ loves the Church? Marriage is walking with each other through the most difficult seasons. Love keeps no records of wrongs. 1 Corinthians 13:5

Gospel Response:

Be the man that God created you to be.

Women show grace and delight in your husband.

When the world sees your marriage, will they see the gospel?

❤️ 𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓰𝓮 𝓢𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼 ❤️

𝙿𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎 - 𝙶𝚛𝚘𝚠 - 𝙸𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚜𝚝

Ephesians 5:22-32

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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How are you going to expose God's truth to one another? Be still and know God's truth - Theology. Know what to worship - Doxology. Follow Christ and be obedient - Discipleship.

Gospel Response: Biblical Soul Care to each another.

🌟 𝓓𝓔ℒ𝓘𝓖ℋ𝑇 🌟

Psalm 1:1-2

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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Do you believe in the eternal pleasures God has for you? What do you Delight in? Love and Delight in God's instruction! What does God want for you?

What’s the goal of health?

Delight in Gods goodness
Delight in Gods provisions
Delight in Gods presence
Desire nothing more
Desire nothing less
Draw others to God the previous 5

Gospel Response: His divine power has everything required to find what God wants and has for you!

Trust in God's Goodness and strength in your health.
Take a special Season of simplicity, solitude, and fasting to consider your desire for goodness and health in every area of your life. What area should you consult help from a leaders?
Consult God's Word, God's Spirit, and God's people on how you can proceed into goodness and health in every area of your life.

🌟 𝓓𝓔ℒ𝓘𝓖ℋ𝑇 🌟

Psalm 1:1-2

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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How do we biblical counsel through stress? Stress is the fear of what IS and anxiety is what IF. Can God help you today? Give God the ability to work in the midst of your weakness so that you are made strong because He is strong.

Gospel Response: Are you doubting what God can do for you? Can God handle what you have before you today? Should this be a priority in my life?

Recognize your freedom and forgiveness in Christ.
Look at the priorities in your life and reprioritize around the mission of God.
Write out your habits and influences and remove the stress.

🌟 𝓓𝓔ℒ𝓘𝓖ℋ𝑇 🌟

Psalm 37

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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I'm Grieving: We can delight in the Lord in our grief. In times of grief, are the things you are turning to for comfort, helping or hurting you? The greater the loss, the greater the grief. Grief will never be your friend, but it can be a teacher.

-- Stages of Grief:

Denial
Anger/Resentment
Bargaining
Depression/Alienation
Acceptance

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How can we delight in God as we grieve?

Focus on God’s character.
Control your emotions by controlling your thinking.
Choose to walk by truth, not feelings and emotions.

I feel ____________ because _____________. But the truth is ____________.

Gospel Response: Are the things you are turning to for comfort, helping or hurting you?

Grieve in community.
Walk by truth, not feelings and emotions.
Sign up for Grief Share.

🌟 𝓓𝓔ℒ𝓘𝓖ℋ𝑇 🌟

Psalm 6: 6-7; 23; 31:9-10; 34:18

Pastor Glen - Associate Pastor

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I'm Anxious: Anxiety is a world of What Ifs and God is the truth of What IS! How to use God's Word to minister to those who are struggling with anxiety and who have slipped from Godly concern and fear to unhealthy sinful concern and fear. Sinful anxiety fears faith things and doubts real things.

Gospel Response:

In what areas of your life are you doubting God and His goodness?
When you find yourself doubting, are you moving towards God or further away from Him?
Think back to a time when God was faithful and came through for you.

🌟 𝓓𝓔ℒ𝓘𝓖ℋ𝑇 🌟

Psalm 121

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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I'm Doubting: Do you want the Lord to move faster in your life? Are you asking How Long? Are you doubting God?

How to overcome the doubt...

Prayer
God's Word
Community

Gospel Response:

In what areas of your life are you doubting God and His goodness?
When you find yourself doubting, are you moving towards God or further away from Him?
Think back to a time when God was faithful and came through for you.

🌟 𝓓𝓔ℒ𝓘𝓖ℋ𝑇 🌟

Psalm 13

Pastor Bill - Family Pastor

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I'm Lonely: Being alone is not the enemy, but being unable to escape being alone is the enemy. God conquers loneliness through His presence and His people. Are you seeking a biblical community? Are you seeking God's presence and voice? Do you need a biblical community?

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God's Presence Brings Joy.

Physical Presence isn't a Biblical Community.

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In God's Presence, there is Joy.

How Happy is the one who avoids the wisdom of wicked people?

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Gospel Response:

Give Thanks for His Presence.
Enjoy His Presence.
Surround Yourself with Biblical Community.

One Another Passages: Mark 9:50, John 6:43, Romans 12:6, 15:5 and 7, 1 Corinthians 11:33, Galatians 5:15, Galatians 5:26, Ephesians 4:2, Ephesians 4:32, Colossians 3:13, 1 Thessalonians 5:15, James 4:11, James 5:9, James 5:16

🌟 𝓓𝓔ℒ𝓘𝓖ℋ𝑇 🌟

Psalm 16:11

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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I'm Lost: Do you have security in what God wants in your life? Give God control, follow His revealed plan, seek His answers. When there is something in front of you, where are you going?

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First, He is all we have (1-4)

Second, He holds our future. (5-6)

Third, He is our counselor. (7-8)

Fourth, He's counsel is our joy. (9-11)

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Minimize Worldly Voices

Maximize Bible Consumption

Pray for faithfulness AND answers

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Gospel Response:

Give Control to God.
Trust God's Unrevealed Plan.
Be Faithful with God's Revealed Plan.
Seek God's Specific Plan.

🌟 𝓓𝓔ℒ𝓘𝓖ℋ𝑇 🌟

Psalm 16

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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I'm Physically Hurting: How can I live a faithful life in the midst of chronic pain? My sin, your sin, and the evil around us causes pain, but our God isn't distant.

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Recognize God's Strength (v.1-2)

Recognize Our Weakness (v.3-17)

Recognize Our Savior (v.18)

Recognize Our Enemies (v.19-20)

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Condemning Anger - Righteous Anger

Jealousy - Celebration

Pity - Compassion

Cursing - Praising

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Gospel Response:

Discuss Goals with a Spiritual Leader
Discuss Goals with a Physician
Memorize Three Promises Concerning Your Health Journey
Joni and Friends Daily Devotional

🌟 𝓓𝓔ℒ𝓘𝓖ℋ𝑇 🌟

Psalm 38

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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Biblical lamenting is the process of turning your frustrations towards the world or towards God into faith in God. Share with God, Give it over to God - Sharing is different than giving!

Lament Psalms: Psalm 109, 94, 22, 102, 44, 69, 27

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Pray the Psalms with One Another Memorize the Psalms Sing the Psalms

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We have the freedom to ask why, but we should not answer why with an attack on God's character.

Gospel Response: What are you suffering with in this life that you have not lamented over to the Lord?

Write out a lament.
Delight in what and Who is Good.

🌟 𝓓𝓔ℒ𝓘𝓖ℋ𝑇 🌟

Psalm 42–43

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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New People Lead and Serve Different: Because of our salvation, we lead and serve different. The Elders are to bring wisdom to the younger, and the younger are to listen for wisdom and instruction. Do what is good as we wait for what is good.

How we are to lead and follow in suffering.
How we are to act and think in suffering.
Our hope in suffering.

Gospel Response:

Inventory your leadership status.
Inventory the enemy's attacks against you.
Encouragement for the suffering.

⛪ 𝙲𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚗 𝙴𝚡𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜 ⛪

1 Peter 5:1–14

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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New People Live Different: As we follow Christ, we follow Him into suffering and rejoice with Him in our suffering. God is trustworthy and we should entrust our lives and our actions to Him even if it causes suffering.

Gospel Response:

Trust God
Entrust to God
Encourage Others

⛪ 𝙲𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚗 𝙴𝚡𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜 ⛪

1 Peter 4:12–19

Guest - Nick Cappadora

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New People Overcome Suffering: Because of salvation, and our hope in Jesus, we can view suffering in this life differently. Live and Love in light of Heaven.

Meant to Them:

A Challenge to Love Enemies.
Christ's Example of Loving Enemies.
In Suffering, Don't Do Evil.
In Suffering, Do Good.

Means to Us:

In a group:

Share the Situation
Ask for a Reality Check
Ask for Encouragement
Ask for Next Steps

Solo:

Give thanks for the good.
Pray for the bad.
Praise for God's presence in both.
Humble yourself to God's plan.
Rise up to God's plan.

The opposite is good perspective:

Suppress the good. Curse God for the bad.
Doubt God's presence in both.
Pride yourself in your plans.
Deny God's plans.

Gospel Response:

Stubbed Toe Christianity.
Practice Individual and Group Training for Suffering.
Submit to God's Plan.
Rely on God's Gift, God's Strength, and God's Word.

⛪ 𝙲𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚗 𝙴𝚡𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜 ⛪

1 Peter 3:8–4:11

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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New People with a New Identity: The way to bring glory to God is going to be fleshed out in the structures of culture and family life. It's important to let our salvation be fleshed out into every area of life. Do Good and Suffer for Doing Good.

Meant to Them:

Strangers and Exiles who are citizens of Rome.
Strangers and Exiles who are slaves.
Strangers and Exiles who are wives.
Strangers and Exiles who are husbands.

Means to Us:

S&E who are Citizens of Rome
Fight evil by doing good.
S&E who are Household Slaves
S&E who are Wives
That God created women in His image and they have value in who they are and what they do.
S&E who are Husbands - The point of the passage is not the fact that a woman is weaker, but rather how a husband treats his wife in any way that she is weaker.

Gospel Response:

Do good.
Push back against oppression locally and globally.
What would Peter write to you and your family?

⛪ 𝙲𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚗 𝙴𝚡𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜 ⛪

1 Peter 2:13 - 3:7

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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New People with a New Battle: Because of salvation, the new people are going to bring glory to God. This passage is a call to live with good works that draw people to God and glorify God in the end times. Can you define what you are and whose you are?

Gospel Response:

Define Who You Are.
Strangers/Exiles.
Conduct Yourself Honorably.

⛪ 𝙲𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚗 𝙴𝚡𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜 ⛪

1 Peter 2:11-12

Guest Speakers - Brandon Johnson and Miles Taylor

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New People with a New Purpose: Because of salvation, these new people are called to love differently, called to relate to the nations differently, and called to relate to each other differently. Love One Another. Crave the Word. We are living stones being built to be a holy and royal priesthood.

Gospel Response: How are you showing love to your Christian brothers and sisters?

Are you craving God’s Word?
What are you offering God as your spiritual sacrifice?

⛪ 𝙲𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚗 𝙴𝚡𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜 ⛪

1 Peter 1:22–2:10

Pastor Glen Willet - Associate Pastor

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New People with a New Calling: These new people are called to a new hope which leads to a new holiness. They are called to love differently and relate differently to the world and each other. God’s Mercy leads us to Hope and Holy Living.

Gospel Response: Do you view God as a Hoarder or a Rewarder and why?

What “intoxicating influences” are keeping you from being “sober-minded” and how are you giving in to the desires that lead you back to your past ignorance?
Who has God put in your life that needs someone to take the time to care for and counsel them using God’s all-sufficient Word?

⛪ 𝙲𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚗 𝙴𝚡𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜 ⛪

1 Peter 1:13–21

Pastor Bill - Family Pastor

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You have an inheritance in heaven that is far greater than the things of this world. The temporary pleasures of this world are nothing compared to the inherited ones. God's mercy strengthens our hope with a guardian. You have a living hope with Christ.

Gospel Response:

Talk with a trusted group about these questions.

Do you own anything that God can't use?
Do you do anything that God won't use?
Do you love anything more than God?
Do you want anything more than God has given you?

Give your life to Jesus and find His great Mercy

⛪ 𝙲𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚗 𝙴𝚡𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜 ⛪

1 Peter 1:3–12

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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We, the exiles, are chosen, sanctified, and forgiven. If you have been buried with Him, then you have been raised with Him, and you have life with Him.

Chosen

Sanctified

Forgiven

Exiles aren't from around here.

Exiles act and speak different.

Exiles are given a new chance at life.

Gospel Response:

Evaluate Affiliations (Be from somewhere else)

Evaluate Beliefs, Actions, and Words (Be different/sanctified)

Start Fresh (exiles are given a second chance)

⛪ 𝙲𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚗 𝙴𝚡𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜 ⛪

1 Peter 1:1-2

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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If you have been buried with Him, then you have been raised with Him, and you have life with Him.

You died with Him.
You raised with Him.
You live with Him.
Living is not being burdened by evil within us.
Living is not being burdened by evil around us.
Living is understanding our purpose beyond our physical existence.
Living is enjoying God's good creation, resurrection is restoring God's good creation

Gospel Response:

Come Alive With Christ.
Walk In Daily Living With Christ.

✝️ Easter Sunday ✝️

Colossians 2:12–14

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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Palm Sunday: A king was expected. We will never truly have peace until Jesus becomes our peace. The King of peace has compassion. Our King has come and our King has promised He will come again.

Gospel Response: Jesus may enter your life today. Is Jesus your source of peace?

🌴 Palm Sunday 🌴

Luke 19:29–48

Pastor Glen - Associate Pastor

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Haggai: Renewed People. God's people are renewed and challenged to live in a new way. God's promise leads to discipline leads to life.

To Them:

God punished them in disobedience.
God blessed them in obedience.
God chose to work the blessing through Zerubbabel.

To Us:

Discipline is good when its aim is life.
We are blessed in Christ Jesus.
Trust the plan.

Gospel Response:

Believe: In every season, blessing is coming in Christ.
Challenge: Don't get lazy while living now.
Evaluate: Are you listening to God?
Do: Promise of Freedom in God's presence which leads to discipline for complacency and latency which leads to life with God forever.

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Haggai 2:10-23

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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Haggai: Renewed Kingdom. The result of the return of the King and the renewed people is a renewed kingdom with the King reigning and fulfilling the Davidic promise. God has given us a warning before destruction.

Moses and Noah experienced a warning on earth.
God shook the earth multiple times.
God promises to shake the earth and heavens.
An eternal promise in heaven for a temporal challenge on earth.

Gospel Response: Refocuses our lives around an eternal perspective that transforms our temporal lives.

Believe the Warnings
Add Reverence and Awe to your Contentment

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Hebrews 12:28–29

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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Haggai: Renewed Kingdom. The result of the return of the king and the renewed people is a renewed kingdom with the king reigning and fulfilling the Davidic promise. A new kingdom is full of new glory!

Don't miss inward glory for outward glory.
Don't determine your effort by your judgment.
Don't determine your goodness by human judgment.
Don't mistake worldly glory for God's glory.

Gospel Response:

What does it look like for you to let go of personal glory?

What does it look like for God to give you a new glory?

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Haggai 2:1–9

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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The Love of Missions

Haiti Ministry

Pastor Julio Cap-Haitien, Haiti

We thirst for something outside of this world that can only be found inside of Christ. Who is your King?

Gospel Response: Is God drawing you near because you have been far away or is God calling you to do something you haven't been doing?

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Haggai: Return of the King. God's presence is promised to return. God woke up His complacent people. Are you complacent in any area of your life that God has called you to be active and obedient in? God's authority invokes obedience!

THEM:

God's Authority Invoked Obedience
God's Word Led to Obedience - God's Presence Awakened Obedience

US:

God freed us through Jesus
God calls us to build the church for His presence to dwell throughout the world.
God INVOKES us to build.
God LEADS us to build.
God AWAKENS us to build.

Gospel Response: In Christ, contentment is the peace of lacking nothing, yet finding everything, never needing more, but faithfully willing to receive or give more. Complacency is the ignorance of feeling as if you lack nothing, while longing for more but not having the ability to find more.

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Haggai 1:12-15

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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Haggai: Return of the Temple. We have purpose in our freedom, to spread the Kingdom of God. Has comfort become an idol for you? God calls the people to rebuild the Temple. The reason is they have failed to follow through with their faithfulness to God. They continue this and it's fulfilled in the new dwelling place of God, in us.

God works through Haggai not to Haggai

The challenge is to build the Kingdom.
We can either build the kingdom commitment or worldly excuses.

God has chosen to work through the Church rather than a particular nation. God has chosen to dwell in you rather than a temple.

Haggai points to Jesus:

God uses Zerubbabel.
God is building a new temple.

Gospel Response:

Be faithful, even if it means means uncomfortable.
Be sent, even if it means uncomfortable.

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Haggai 1:1-11

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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Church Unity in Ministry: So, unite together to serve God wherever He calls you. Who is with you in your walk to serve God? The church was united by Christ. It was specifically united around the task he gave them to make disciples in all the nations. We need to talk about our ministry to one another and the world more often.

Paul Built a Ministry Team in Deep Community
Paul Sent United Disciples to Make Disciples
Paul Built Unity Around Ministry

We don't have true community without true unity. Every community creates parameters for unity. Christ destroyed immoral unity on the cross and built up a unity from love through the cross. The unity of the church is its degree of freedom from divisions among true Christians.‌ - Wayne Grudem

Recipe for Unity: Set Right, Think Right, Live Right, Do Right

‌- The Church doesn't have Fans

Serving Together Builds Unity and Community

Gospel Response:

Serve in a local church setting.
Serve in a missional setting.
Seek leadership for direction.

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Titus 3:12-15

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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The gospel unites and emboldens while worldly desires divide and extinguish. The gospel unites and sin divides. Church Unity in the Gospel: The church was united by Christ, it's foolish to let division seep into the church. Therefore, a solid faith and hope will prevent these dissensions.

Types of Division in Crete:

Foolish Debates
Genealogies
Quarrels/Disputes about the Law

Rejecting Division Self-condemnation here comes because the pride of the divisive person makes them the savior rather than Jesus.

Gospel Response:

‌- Set your Minds on Christ and His Gospel

Seek First the Kingdom of God
Identify "Hills to Die On"

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Titus 3:9-11

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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Grace outside the Church. God purifies His people. The people of the church are transformed by the grace of God and it changes the way we live with those outside of the church. Live Different in the Community. Live Different because you are Regenerated and Renewed. Live Different because you are Devoted to Good Works.

3 things people say that you do that hurts them that might be sin:

What does scripture say about those struggles?

Have you consulted other Christians to analyze this sin?
Have I consulted other Christians to overcome potential sin in my life?
Have I gained self control over this sin or struggle? ‌

Gospel Response:

Submit to Christ-Control
Recognize Works that are not “Good”
Engage the Resources Around You to Overcome Sin

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Titus 3:1-8

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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Grace is going to motivate us personally to live a different life. Hope is going to help us see the world differently and enable us to live faithfully rather than foolishly. God loves you despite your filth. God’s Grace is for All People. God’s Grace Instructs His People. Hope Sustains Obedience. God’s Grace Redeems and Reclaims. Gospel Response: ‌You need God’s Grace, hope, and purpose Ask yourself this, are you eager to do good works?

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Titus 2:11–15

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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Despite unhealth in the church, Titus is to recognize the grace of God in the church. No age and no situation exempts you from the sanctifying work of the Spirit. Every age and every situation can proclaim the gospel. Empty Talk: Prosperity Gospel

If you water down the gospel, people leave.
If you live a false life, people leave.
The gospel should change the way we live, and that will proclaim the gospel to the world.

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Titus 2:1-10

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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Jesus is King; He has a Kingdom; He chose me for it; He gave me a role in it. What is the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the face of the Gospel of Nationalism? The Gospel of Nationalism is Faith in the Nation, the Savior or it's the desire to transform the Nation in a way into a covenant with the Christian Nation with God in order to save the people. This is not the Biblical Gospel.

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1 Peter 2:-9-10

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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Our God came into the midst of this earth full of struggles. The only reason we can celebrate this time of year is because God is with us. A Real Life Christmas! Chaos in the Calm

🎄 𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓶𝓪𝓼 𝓢𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼 🎄

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How does the truth of John 1 and Revelation 21-22 impact us today? What are you chasing after in life? Should you change or broaden what you are after? We have Life and Light because of Jesus Christ. A Real-Life Christmas! Desire in Chaos.

🎄 𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓶𝓪𝓼 𝓢𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼 🎄

Romans 8

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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Life is full of darkness and chaos, but we have all that we need. In a life full of darkness, there is a God that came into the midst of it to recreate it back to what is good. We have Life and Light because of Jesus Christ. A Real-Life Christmas! Chaos in Darkness.

🎄 𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓶𝓪𝓼 𝓢𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼 🎄

John 1:1-9

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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In the beginning, God created things good and very good, but chaos ensued. Are you looking for the calm in the midst of chaos? A Real Life Christmas! Creation in Chaos.

🎄 𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓶𝓪𝓼 𝓢𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼 🎄

Genesis 1-2

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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A Counseling Church. Grace is going to motivate us personally to live a different life. Hope is going to help us see the world differently and enable us to live faithfully rather than foolishly. Do you believe that scripture is infallible, inerrant, and authoritative? Do you believe that the greatest commandment is to love your God and love your neighbor as yourself? Do you believe the Holy Spirit gives you life, power for service, guides, directs, counsels, and unifies us as believers? Why do we seek counsel outside the Church for soul care and spiritual direction?

Sin & Suffering

Titus 2:11-15: & Titus 3

Pastor Bill - Family Pastor

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What we have in our life does not dictate how good we are. If your prayers are answered, would they be worldly possessions or heavenly blessings? It is not what you have but Who you have. Why are we seeking the What rather than the Who? Our faith is not meant to accomplish our plans or to fulfill our desires.

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Titus 2:1-10

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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We are called as leaders in the church, as Christians in the Church, to stand up to empty talk and deception. What is the empty talk and deception you face and engage with today? The elders are enlisted to build and rebuild healthy churches through the right theologies and practices. Titus is to be wary of unhealthy people and churches.

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Titus 1:10-16

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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Why can't we just have Faith and not go to Church? Paul writes to Titus, a young man he had a deep relationship for a purpose of challenging, encouraging, strengthening, and more. Titus is supposed to establish healthy churches throughout the area. This is a call for churches to be healthy. Why do we go to Church?

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Titus 1:1-9

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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God defends those whom He loves, but not those who reject Him and who are not called by His name. Edom's actions have led to a clear rebellion against God and they have no sense of repentance like Nineveh. Edom is against Israel, but God will restore Israel and Edom will crumble. Every nation will fall but God will build an everlasting Kingdom. Is Pride the route of your sin? Edom's pride is our pride.

✝️ Lisette Garcia Testimony and Baptism ✝️

Obadiah 1-21

Pastor Bill - Family Pastor

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Is your response to Christ, I can't? What would Jesus do in this world? God has chosen to use sinners to preach the greatest message of all times! 👉GO AND MAKE DISCIPLES

✝️ 𝐖𝐖𝐉𝐃 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

John 20:11 - John 21:19

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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How are you participating in restoring the church and the world to God? This is the call to help people see their worth in Christ and move towards finding freedom in a life with Christ. Are you on a journey to restoration or a journey to destruction?

✝️ 𝐖𝐖𝐉𝐃 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Galatians 6:5-1

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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We are with God and God is with us! Salvation shows that we are in the world not of the world. Let the Word be louder than the world and don't let the world dictate how we view the world but instead how Christ transforms us to be able to view the world through Him. Old into new. God is reconciling the world through Christ's ministry on the cross and your ministry of preaching.

✝️ 𝐖𝐖𝐉𝐃 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

2 Corinthians 5:16-6:2

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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God's faithful love executes grace and compassion for all of the oppressed. God's love towards His people and His faithfulness to His covenant lead to a compassion and grace that leads us in awe to marvel at His character.

✝️ 𝐖𝐖𝐉𝐃 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Exodus 34: 6-7

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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It is as soon as we think we can do everything without Him is when we start to do things we should not do. Without God we can do nothing good but with God we can do all things that are good. Under God's power, strength and wisdom we can overcome the things of this World. When our hearts are falling more in love with God it becomes an overflow of our hearts to do good works. By the Spirit, we will obey Jesus' words and follow His actions.

✝️ 𝐖𝐖𝐉𝐃 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Luke 6:43-45

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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Fall more deeply in love with God by knowing Him. God loves you deeply! God has chosen His son to die on the cross for you. It is only when we truly understand the love of God that we can fall more deeply in love with God.

✝️ 𝐖𝐖𝐉𝐃 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

1 John 2:3-6

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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What is in our hearts is often what dictates what we do. We have to see a transformation of the heart before we can experience a transformation of our actions. The inner life controls our actions. If we are going to change what we do and who we are we have to change what we love. Refocus your heart.

✝️ 𝐖𝐖𝐉𝐃 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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What we think often dictates what we hear and do. If you want to keep out darkness, you need to recognize the darkness. Will of God: What does God want me to do? Wisdom of God: How do I put that into Practice? Ways of God!

✝️ 𝐖𝐖𝐉𝐃 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Colossians 3:1-4

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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God has a hope and faith that is rooted in His glory and goodness that comes from the Gospel message of Jesus Christ. Do you have a HOPE in the midst of temptation and sin? ✝️ 𝐖𝐖𝐉𝐃 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️ Colossians 1:22-23 Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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Pastor Glen's Journey to the Valley of the Shadow of Death. 🖤 Faith does not demand the removal of suffering, Faith desires endurance in suffering, temptation and persecutions to help us get through.

Psalm 23:4; 34

Pastor Glen - Associate Pastor

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Language defines culture, refines culture and it creates culture. Words are Powerful! Your words matter! Words and what you say has power, meaning and potential!

🌍 𝗛𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲! 🌍

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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Are you anxious? STAND FIRM and find peace in the Lord. God's Word is constantly drawing us back from Fear to Faith.

✝️ 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 ✝️

Philippians 4:1-9

Bill Brown - Family Pastor

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Are you willing to walk away from the things of this world to return to Him? Biblical repentance is a relational shift that creates a change in your heart, your mind and your actions.

✝️ 𝐖𝐖𝐉𝐃 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

2 Corinthians 7:10

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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Our Testimony for the Lord! What was your life like before you became a follower of Jesus? What were the circumstances that lead you to accepting Jesus? How has your life changed since you became a follower of Jesus?

Acts 9:1-19

Pastor Larry Steen - Guest Speaker

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God has a plan for you! A plan to overcome sin, Satan and death in this world.

✝️ 𝐖𝐖𝐉𝐃 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

2 Peter 1: 3-11

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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If we want to become students of Jesus Christ, we need to know what He did, who He was, what He called us to do and who He has made us to be. What did Jesus do that I ought to do?

✝️ 𝐖𝐖𝐉𝐃 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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𝐕𝐁𝐒 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 Recap! Struggles and failures of Marriage, Parenting, Friendships and Leaderships. What has God done in your life?

🎨 𝐒𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐊 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐎𝐒 🖌️

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

Bill Brown - Family Pastor

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God is Immutable! God does not change! (1) Jesus Christ is the same yesterday (2) Jesus Christ is the same today. (3) Jesus Christ is the same forever. Change is inevitable.

🎓 Graduation Sunday 🎓

Hebrews 13:8

Pastor Glen - Associate Pastor

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Happy Father's Day! There is nothing you can give God, your father that He doesn't already have or create. You cannot earn any more of His love no matter what you do.

Bill Brown - Family Pastor

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Does God really exist? God has sufficiently revealed Himself through creation and scripture to point us to life in Jesus Christ. ⛪ (1) Spend time in nature and give glory to God. (2) Spend time in scripture. (3) Spend time in self reflection.

Psalm 19

Nick Cappadora - Guest Speaker

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Religious leaders thought what they did was good enough and those whom Jesus engaged with to call the sick and the sinners knew that what they were doing was not good enough because of that it lead to humility and reception to who Jesus was because they knew they needed something else. Jesus consistently calls them out that they do need Him. It starts with us!

✝️ 𝐖𝐖𝐉𝐃 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

John 5:1-16

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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We are all going to be in front of Jesus. When we face Jesus, it's not whether we are rulers on earth it's whether we recognize that Jesus is the ruler of the earth and that He is specifically our ruler. It is all about who Jesus is! Jesus is the RULER on this earth! Love Jesus. Serve Jesus. Repent to Jesus. Become humble in front of Jesus to say all things that I have are yours to care for the poor, sick and sinners because you have loved me first.

✝️ 𝐖𝐖𝐉𝐃 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Luke 8:40-56; Luke 18:18-23; Luke 19:1-10

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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Why choose to conform or condemn but rather choose to follow after Jesus, who chose a different tactic. What would Jesus do in the moment? We have to be careful to protect ourselves from Satan's distortions of the truth. Jesus alone can transform lives and He does it through the Holy Spirit.

✝️ 𝐖𝐖𝐉𝐃 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Luke 13:10-17

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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Why do you let Traditions get in the way of Transformations? Not all laws are bad and not all traditions are evil. They become dangerous when they get in the way of transformations.

✝️ 𝐖𝐖𝐉𝐃 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Luke 5:17-26

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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Humility transforms the way we view others and when we rightly understand the way that God has called us and the mercy and grace that God has given us, we will better understand the way that God has called us to others.

✝️ 𝐖𝐖𝐉𝐃 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Luke 18:9-14

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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It is hard to understand where we are without understanding what Jesus DID and what Jesus WILL do. When we better understand what Jesus will do, we can better understand how to live our lives today. This is important to Culturally and Contextually live out your faith.

✝️ 𝐖𝐖𝐉𝐃 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

John 17:15 Philippians 1:23-26 2 Thessalonians 3:1-5

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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What Would Jesus Do so we know how to live in this world in a way that brings Him honor and glory. God is Real. His Word is True. We are His People. We are Sinners. Jesus rescues Sinners. ❤️ God Loves You!

✝️ 𝐖𝐖𝐉𝐃 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Romans 5:8

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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Resurrection Sunday: It was Jesus on the cross, knowing what He was winning that pushed Him to the cross to defeat in the eyes of the culture but to victory in the eyes of His Father. Jesus on the cross knew what He was winning, which was relationships. He was dying for you and for me. He knew the purpose was to gain us. What wondrous love is this? ❤️God Loves You!

✝️ 𝐖𝐖𝐉𝐃 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Matthew 21-27

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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Have you ever doubted if Jesus loves you? Take a look at what took place during Passion Week...God Loves You! What a wonderous love.

✝️ 𝐖𝐖𝐉𝐃 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Matthew 21-27

Pastor Bill - Family Pastor

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Equipped Disciples don't fear culture, they transform it. Fear drives us away from darkness but we do not have to be afraid because Christ came into the darkness. 𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚍𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝙳𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝙻𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚞𝚙! We have an unstoppable God with an unstoppable plan using an unstoppable church. Just be Faithful!

✝️ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Acts 28:17-31

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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No matter where you are going, God will get you there. God has a plan and purpose for us. We have an unstoppable God with an unstoppable plan using an unstoppable church. Just be Faithful!

✝️ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Acts 27:1 - 28:16

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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Are you willing to stand up for the Truth? Truth is Good! God gave us truth, order, creation in its perfection, what is right and ordained, what is good and right but it is hard to decipher what is truth. Truth in the hands of a righteous God and righteous Judge is good and truth in the hands of an unrighteous Judge is ammo or it is evoking anger and can be used against you. Truth is used and manipulated to be aimed at and targeted toward people for their own hate and destruction. We have an unstoppable God with an unstoppable plan using an unstoppable church. Just be Faithful!

✝️ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Acts 25:1 - 26:32

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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What will God do is dictated by what God's will is. God will and he is able to do measurably more than we can ever imagine. What will God do? We have an unstoppable God with an unstoppable plan using an unstoppable church. Just be Faithful!

✝️ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Acts 23:12 - 24:27

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

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You may not be able to go where you want to go but you can Testify. Do not allow your relevant cultural issues to take priority over the gospel. Would you be willing to adapt to relate to the culture where you are trying to reach? Would you be bold and courageous in presenting the gospel when the opportunity arises?

Just be Faithful!

✝️ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Acts 22:22 - 23:11

Pastor Glen ~ Associate Pastor

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We cannot stand firm in what we have not once stood weak in. We can stand firm and defend the Faith. Sometimes we need to reveal our weakness before we can be strong. Just be Faithful!

✝️ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Acts 21:17 - 22:21

Matt McMillan ~ Lead Pastor

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Do you know what you ought to do but too afraid to do it? Jesus knew and did it so that we may have life! Will you be Faithful?

Just be Faithful!

✝️ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Acts 21:1-16

Matt McMillan ~ Lead Pastor

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What does it look like for you to say YES to the ability of God being able to rebuild and restore?

Just be Faithful!

✝️ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Acts 20:1-38

Matt McMillan ~ Lead Pastor

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This changes EVERYTHING! It changes how you view the world, how the world views you and it can even change the world around you.

Just be Faithful!

✝️ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Acts 19:11-41

Nick Cappadora ~ Pastoral Intern

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How do I maintain a Christ centered life?

💻📱 SƎIᴚƎS ᗡƎ⊥Ɔ∀ᴚ⊥SIᗡ 📱 💻

1 Peter 5:10

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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What is distracting you to what God has called you to do or pursuing after Him?

💻📱 SƎIᴚƎS ᗡƎ⊥Ɔ∀ᴚ⊥SIᗡ 📱 💻

Matthew 16:26, Matthew 6:33

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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What is your Life Purpose?

✝️ Guest Speaker ✝️

Acts 8

Pastor Larry Steen ~ Guest Pastor and former Senior Pastor of WBC

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What do you find lacking in your theology? Do you know about Jesus but not KNOW Jesus?

Just be Faithful!

✝️ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Acts 18:1-22

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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Are the things of this world bringing your strength or weakness? In every season God provides what we need to face the difficult seasons, times, and trials. Just be Faithful!

✝️ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Acts 18:1-22

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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Do you have Confidence in God? Do you have Communion with God? Do you Call on God?

🎄 A Different Kind of Christmas 🎄

Psalm 27:1-14

Pastor Bill ~ Family Pastor

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What would you do if you knew God's Spirit was in you? If you knew that God has saved you, would you repent of your sins? The Presence of God is in you! That's why we celebrate Christ at Christmas! Jesus came to reveal the Glory of God, to save His people and to send His people into Darkness to Light it up. What will you Worship this Christmas? HOLY, HOLY, HOLY!

🎄 A Different Kind of Christmas 🎄

Isaiah 6 & John 12

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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God came to this world in different forms and why and how we can celebrate this. Jesus came into our presence! Was Jesus there at Creation? The presence of God makes Christmas so much more than a human tradition.

🎄 A Different Kind of Christmas 🎄

Genesis 18:1-8

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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Do you have a heart of Worship? The Biblical History of Christmas Carols. 🎄 A Different Kind of Christmas 🎄

Pastor Bill ~ Family Pastor

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Idols can be found in many forms. How are YOU engaging the culture where you live? Where are you going? Just be Faithful!

✝️ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Acts 17:16-34

Pastor Glen ~ Associate Pastor

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Why do we study our Bibles? What are we seeking? Why are we engaging God's word? 1. Knowledge 2. Relationships 3. Answers

We know the Word of God to know the Word of God! Just be Faithful!

✝️ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Acts 17:1-15

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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God came for ALL, sent us to ALL, and Works beyond our simple methods. Christ died so that ALL could live, not just some to live. Just be Faithful!

✝️ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Acts 16:11-40

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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Despite us, despite opposition, rules and regulations, God is an Unstoppable God, He has an Unstoppable Plan and we are an Unstoppable Church! God's PLAN will always be carried out despite opposition!

Just be Faithful!

✝️ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Acts 15:36 - 16:10

Pastor Bill ~ Family Pastor

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What are you willing to die for? What would it look like for a Church to care most about the Gospel? We should not create unbiblical expectations for fellowship and we should not create biblical expectations for salvation outside of God's mercy. Just be Faithful!

✝️ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Acts 15:1-35

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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How far would you go? How much passion do you have? Don't let petty problems and unessential dissention divide us from the mission that God has for us! Just be Faithful!

✝️ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Acts 14:1-28

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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Despite the enemy's attacks and satin's attempts to bring persecution and division, God is unstoppable. Feel like a warrior going to battle as you face each week. 🥊 Just be Faithful!

✝️ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Acts 13:4-52

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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In your life right now, are you panicking or resting? When we have a hope, a trust and a faith in God, we can live courageously knowing our God is overcoming whatever we may face. Get up and Go! Just be Faithful!

✝️ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Acts 12:1-24

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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Why are you facing life with an ordinary problem with an ordinary answer when you can have an extortionary solution from God. HE IS VICTORIOUS! The Gospel IS the Solution! Just be Faithful!

✝️ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Acts 11:19-30

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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Are you willing to do what God has called you to do even when it's uncomfortable? Is God working in you? GET UP AND GO! Just be Faithful! ✝️ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Acts 9:32 - 11:18

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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Are you being Faithful to do what God has called you to do? Do you know when it's God telling you what to do? Did you listen? GET UP AND GO! Just be Faithful!

✝️ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Acts 9:1-31

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Are you going where God has called you to go? Are you going to be faithful to do it? Be faithful with wherever you are to make disciples wherever you are. Get up and Go! Just be Faithful!

✝️ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Acts 8:26-40

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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Am I going to live for God or am I going to live for man? It is easier to do ministry than be ministered to. It's easier to preach than to be preached to. It is easier to tell people what they do is wrong than to recognize what is wrong in you. If you live the Gospel in front of your friends then preach the gospel in front of your friends.

Just be Faithful!

✝️ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Acts 8:4-25

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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Are you Faithful to what God has called you to do? Do you and would you pursue Christ like Stephen in Acts? (WWJD) What would Jesus Do?

Just be Faithful!

✝️ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Acts 7:2 - 8:3

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What are you FULL of? If you are not full of Grace, Truth, Power and Wisdom, how are you going to show the Holy Spirit in you.

Just be Faithful.

✝️ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Acts 6:8 - 7:1

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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Are you struggling with something? Often this is a physical manifestation of a spiritual struggle. These are attempts to stop what God is doing.

Just be Faithful.

✝️ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Acts 6:1-7

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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Is there anything in your life you are doing right now that is in conflict or coming up against what God is doing in this world? Is there anything in your life you are doing right now that is in conflict or coming up against what God is doing in this world? God's way is different than Man's way. What is God doing, not what are We doing! Just be Faithful.

✝️ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Acts 5:12-42

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Pride kills and humility saves! Are you asking God, "What is Mine and what is Yours?" Just be Faithful.

✝️ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Acts 5:1-11

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Are you living a life of giving and not just receiving? In life, are you able to receive and because of that be able to give out of it? God has called us to give and receive and do it in humility and honesty; not to serve out of our excess, but to serve in excess. What does it look like to be Faithful where YOU are?

✝️ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Acts 4:32-37

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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When you are in a trial and temptation, is it your default to go to the Lord's Prayer? Be Faithful.

✝️ 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! ✝️

Acts 4:23-31

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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Be faithful to Jesus! Be FAITHFUL in the valleys!

Discipleship In The City: How to see where someone is.

Acts 4:1-22

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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There is Power in the Name!

Discipleship In The City: How to see where someone is.

Acts 3:1-26

Pastor Bill ~ Family Pastor

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Are you in default mode? What are you devoted to?

Discipleship In The City: How to see where someone is.

Acts 2:41-47

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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Are you recognizing your sin? Repent and be free.

Acts 2:37-41

Pastor Glen ~ Associate Pastor

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The Spirit of God is in you and Empowering you to Preach the Word of God into all Nations.

The Spirit of God comes.
The People stand up and Preach.

Acts 2:1-36

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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Are you clinging on to what the Father has for you?

Are you trusting in God or are you trusting in the things of this world?

Unstoppable: You have an Unstoppable God with an Unstoppable Plan and you are apart of an Unstoppable Church. You are apart of the Kingdom of God, which is Unstoppable!

Acts 1:15-26

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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Retrain Actions! ❤️ Spiritual Restoration

We need one another! We fight battles together and not in isolation.

James 5:19-20

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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Retrain Actions! ❤️ Prayer & Healing, Leadership through Prayer.

How do we FIGHT together in our suffering, our sickness, our sin and even when things are going great?

James 5:13-18

Pastor Bill ~ Family Pastor

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Refocus the Heart. ❤️ Perseverance, Patience and Plain Talk

How do we FIGHT?

We fight for each other, not against each other!
We fight against Evil!
We must fight differently!

James 5:7-12

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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Refocus the Heart. ❤️ Everything is in God's hands. It's not the amount of influence, power or money that determines how good or bad you are; it's what you do with that influence, power or money.

James 5:1-6

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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What are you doing with your life? The Will of God and the Plan of Man. What happens when your life is driven by something other than God's will? 📌 Every portion of wisdom, every good thing, and every breath comes from God, what you do with it matters.

James 4:13-17

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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Repatterning The Mind - Parenting: Older Children/Adults To be successful in parenting, we need the Lord in our lives. Parents need to be intentional when it comes to parenting because it is a heart issue we are dealing with. Rules without relationships equals rebellions. Rules with relationships equals rewards.

📌 Making Disciples With Your Adult Children.

📌 How Do We Honor And Respect Our Parents?

Deuteronomy 4:9

Pastor Glen ~ Associate Pastor

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Repatterning The Mind - Parenting: Foundations

As a PARENT, you are the greatest Disciple maker in your home. God has entrusted parents with His children. His children first and your children second.

📌 Your greatest contribution to the Kingdom of God may not be something you do but someone you raise.

📌 They will walk in your shoes; make sure they are pointed in the right direction.

Mark 12:28-34

Pastor Bill ~ Family Pastor

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We are answering questions from our listeners and talking about Envisioning Glory!

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The way to heaven is through the Cross?

Jesus endured the cross for US.

Easter Worship Service 04.04.21

Romans 1:1-4

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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Let's talk about turning from sin and helping those who are struggling with sin to do the same. Join Pastor Matt, Pastor Glen, and Pastor Bill. Let us know if we can answer any of your questions.

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Let's talk about the sermon from Palm Sunday, 3.28.21. Let us know if you have questions!

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Only through being Crucified that it led to being Glorified. Do we desire to do what God has created us to do or what this World wants us to do?

John 12: 12-19

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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Let's talk about helping others find recognize sin/temptations and letting others recognize blind spots.

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Let us know your questions each week and we would love to answer them! This week we are addressing questions from James 4:1-10.

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Grace in the midst of trouble and sin and temptation. What is within you that is generating external war around you? The sin inside of us that causes the war outside of us.

James 4:1-10

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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Are you following what God has planned for you or resisting His will for your life? Are you giving God the reins on your life or resisting His will? His wisdom is better than the world's wisdom!

James 3:13-18

Pastor Matt ~ Lead Pastor

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Let's talk about discipleship and vices/sin. We are going to look at where truth comes from to help others discern what sin is in their life.

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Would you agree that our words matter? Control the tongue! Our tongue is a powerful organ and it speaks life or death.

📌 We cannot tame the tongue on our own.

📌 The tongue can bless or curse.

📌 The tongue is an indicator of our heart.

📌 There is only one Judge.

James 3:1-12; 4:11-12

Pastor Glen ~ Associate Pastor

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Check out the follow up questions from the sermon this week with Pastor Glen and Mrs. Kim!

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We are answering your follow up questions! Let us know if you have any others!

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Let's talk about discipleship and virtues!

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Catch up on this weeks sermon on how to bring about justice in this world according to James 1-2.

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Join us to discuss how to grow in spiritual disciplines, overcome sin, and have an attitude of Christ.

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Let's answer your questions! Send us your questions each week, and we would love to answer them.

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Join us to dig into God's Word and understand James 2:14-26. Let us know how we can be praying for you.

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We are answering questions about starting discipleship relationships inside the local church! Join us, and don't forget to send us your questions.

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Catch up with Pastor Bill, Mrs. Kim, and Pastor Matt.

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Catch up on the sermon this week! Don't forget to check the After Sunday.

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Join us as we discuss how to deploy disciples in informal relationships.

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Ask us questions, we would love to answer! This is a behind the scenes honest discussion with Pastor Matt and Mrs. Kim. Join us!

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Engage God's Word with us!! Don't let your favoritism dictate how you treat others. James 2:1-13

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We're talking how to develop disciples while doing informal discipleship. That is, how do we make disciples outside of the local church and discipleship strategies. If we can answer any questions, contact us at info@discoverwbc.com

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Today we are talking anger, religion vs. relationship, and breaking free from addictions. Let us know if you have your own questions! info@discoverwbc.com

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Catch up on this weeks sermon through James. Have any questions? Email us at info@discoverwbc.com

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Catch up on this weeks sermon through James. Have any questions? Email us at info@discoverwbc.com

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How do you identify people to disciple in your context? How can you begin the process? Join us for a conversation and let us know how we can pray for you. info@discoverwbc.com

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Let's go a bit deeper and wider. We love the flock God allows us to shepherd, our heart is that you know God's Word and live it while bringing Him glory. May this be one more tool! Let us know if you have questions after sermons, and we will try to answer them! info@discoverwbc.com

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Trials produce endurance and move us towards maturity. We pray that you find a full measure of joy, wisdom, and maturity in every trial you face.

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The gospel of Mark was set in a time when political turmoil was at its height. We should respond with discipleship as our first method of love and care for those around us.

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Join us as we discuss new beginnings that are centered on God's Word!

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Join Pastor Glen and work through 1 Peter 1:1-12. Visit us anytime on Sundays at 8, 9:30, or 11:00am.

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God purifies and preserves His people for eternity with Him. `

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Join Pastor Glen and I as we discuss how to focus on missions during the Christmas season.

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In this podcast I break down an introduction into discipleship through discovering, developing, and deploying. Three-D Discipleship is the foundation for many more conversations.

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God has provisions and purpose in the midst of His plan for your life, even in the suffering. Catch up on Ezekiel 38-39 in the Series, Rattle.

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From the Series: Rattle, walk with us through Ezekiel 36-37. If you would like to connect with a local church or discipleship group, contact us at info@discoverwbc.com.

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As we face the Holiday season in 2020, we must keep focused on making disciples with intentionality. Let's dig into some important conversations about making disciples during the Christmas season.

Three-D Discipleship: Recent Episodes

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