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The Well Church
The Well Church is devoted to seeing the gospel saturate people in the area of Moore, Oklahoma. Our ultimate hope is to see the glory of God awaken people to treasure Jesus as better. For more information, please visit our website: thewellchurchok.com
We need the voice of the Lord to remain faithful to Him, and we must fight to eliminate anything that would hinder us from hearing and heeding His voice.
God alone is our refuge - who, in His mighty power & steadfast love, is the only saving protection worth running to and waiting for.
Through the all satisfying love of Jesus, we’re enabled to resist retaliation to wrongs and entrust justice to Him as our judge and defender.
Hearts strengthened by communion with God are divinely empowered to persevere in faithful obedience to the LORD, trusting Him even in the midst of great difficulty.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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It is God’s steadfast love and faithfulness that supernaturally sustains us to remain steadfast in the midst of suffering, sorrow, and spiritual attack.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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When we’re weary, wounded and scrambling in survival mode, the Lord is able to keep us from faltering in our faith as well as get us out of jams when we do, re-grounding us in Him as our real refuge.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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Real friendship is built on spiritual commitment from a common zeal for the Lord and is able, through sacrificial love, to stand the tests of conflict, overcome jealousy, and courageously choose the side of the Lord’s truth.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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Through Jesus our victor - who has defeated our greatest enemy for us - we are enabled to face our own lesser battles with courageous faith instead of fear, propelling us forward into the fight to overcome opposition and obstacles by His power and for the spread of His name.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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A heart after God’s own heart is marked by God-besottedness—a heart joyfully, worshipfully, and reverently captivated by the beauty and majesty of who He is.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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God delights in humble obedience more than religious activity, as it communicates our faith, trust, and loyalty to the Lord, which reflects a heart of love for God.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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Let us give thanks to the Lord for the good things He has done for us.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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Sin doesn’t have to define or derail us - to those who acknowledge their failure, God offers a way forward by his grace to get back on track following Him down a different and better path.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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To enjoy real security we must keep God as our king, rejecting trying to solve our problems through seeking the prestige, protection, and pragmatic solutions of the world around us rather than trusting in Him.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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The path to God's rescuing deliverance involves taking actions of repentance to renounce, remove, and replace our false gods as we return to Him with our whole hearts.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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God reveals His unrivaled glory through righteous acts of judgment, that powerfully display His covenant commitment to redeem His people.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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To faithfully serve the Lord, avoiding the spiritual dullness of pride and passivity, you must be devoted to humbly hearing His Word and wholeheartedly following it.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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God hears our heartfelt cries of sorrow, turning our lament into praise as He becomes our sole source of security & satisfaction.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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In Jesus we can change - He sets us free from a stuck, defeatist mindset through the resurrection power of the Holy Spirit.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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In Christ, I’m free to lay down my pride at the cross and own my sin and failure, destroying the idol of self that wants to point at other people, external circumstances, and spiritual forces as the problem.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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Pressure finds its healthy release as we surrender control and trust Jesus’ sustaining power to hold us - and all things - together.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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Rather than arguing against the accusations of our guilt, we can silence the enemy's condemnation by accepting them as true & taking them straight to the cross of Christ.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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Jesus answers our anxiety with his overriding peace, leading us by His goodness and sovereignty to convert our what if’s to even if’s.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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We find the answer to our inadequacy not in proving ourselves through achievement or convincing ourselves through affirmation but in the sufficiency of Jesus’ enough-ness for us.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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The deep-seated lies from being unwanted, unvalued, and unloved find their remedy in the unfailing love of God, where our worth is ultimately rooted.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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Our assurance and hope of salvation isn't in our faithfulness, but through the finished work of Christ, and His faithfulness to those who trust in Him.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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Our minds are an everyday battlefield of spiritual warfare where we must learn to take thoughts captive to the truth of Jesus.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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Our devotion to missional prayer is the fruit of our love for Christ and our desire for Him to redeem the nations for His glory.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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The broken body & shed blood of Jesus compels a culture of confession, cleansing, celebration, and change as we regularly apply the gospel together: we are a people defined by the cross.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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The God-designed goodness of koinonia (fellowship) comes with a self-giving cost: gospel community is created through love.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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To experience the gospel community we were made for and saved into, we must first devote ourselves to it, beginning with learning God’s Word together: a truth-based growth in the gospel as we seek to know Jesus more.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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We can finish well, persevering through the pain of ministry hardship, relational hurt, and even death itself by the never-leaving presence of Jesus as we love & long for His return.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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Preaching transforms our passions, keeping us from wandering from the truth as we both hear & herald God’s Word.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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As God’s breathed-out Word, the Bible can be trusted and treasured as the source of all Truth, for both our salvation and sanctification.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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Christians desire a life of godliness, in spite of persecution, because the love of God is their pursuit of pleasure…Jesus is the better treasure!
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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Usefulness for God starts with holiness to God - fleeing sinful passions personally while pursuing sinners lovingly. God uses purified peacemakers.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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To stay enduring to the end we must stand on the truth of God’s Word as our firm foundation so that we can set our sights clearly on the risen Jesus.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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The hard, slow, and unseen work of personal discipleship we are all called to requires the wholehearted devotion of a soldier, athlete and farmer - and therefore means we must be strengthened by Jesus’ grace to do it.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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Through the power of God we can be unashamed to speak boldly about Jesus.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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In the midst of spiritual war, God empowers His people with spiritual gifts for the purpose of advancing His Kingdom through faithful and fruitful lives of discipleship.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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We make it to the finish line of our faith by fleeing from worldly traps, pursuing real eternal treasure, and fixing our eyes on our supreme king of kings who is coming again. Don’t quit - fight the good fight!
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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Pride and unbelief reject God's definition of what is good and instead drive us to love and pursue the things of this temporary world, but those who humbly submit to and align themselves with God's definition of what is good can joyfully look forward to the truest, highest, and best treasure--Jesus Himself--for all eternity.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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How the church handles its leaders is crucial to upholding the witness of the gospel - those serving faithfully are to be honored and protected while those sinning are to be rebuked and removed.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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As God’s family, the church must rally to care for the needs of the most vulnerable among us (widows), and in so doing empower them to a life of meaningful ministry.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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To be an effective servant of Jesus requires inward training by the Word of God that leads to outward ministry with the Word of God.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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The Church is God’s missionary family, empowered by His presence, and entrusted with the Gospel for the spiritual war of advancing the Kingdom of Christ.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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Because God cares deeply about His people, He gives clear standards for healthy leadership, calling His church to be led by qualified elders who shepherd and deacons who serve.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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God’s good design in creating men and women demonstrates God’s desire for how the Church will be faithful and fruitful in her Gospel-driven mission.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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God’s heart to save urges us to pray and to proclaim the mediating message of Jesus to all people - His mission is our mission.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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As we recall how precious the gospel is personally, we're compelled to protect it corporately - waging spiritual war for the simple truth that Jesus came to save sinners.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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Discipleship begins with ensuring we are receiving and teaching the truth of the gospel - not veering off course - but keeping the main thing the main thing.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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The hope of our present, faithful labor, in the midst of sorrow, is that our God, who has done great things for us before, has faithfully promised a harvest of joy and future restoration.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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Because the Lord’s love alone will satisfy us, we must earnestly seek him, joyfully praise him, and persistently cling to him.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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When we find ourselves in the waiting room pits of life, we must fight to keep hoping in God alone for our rescuing help.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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The nearness of God’s presence is our greatest good, as we experience mercy and grace flowing out of His covenant love and faithfulness.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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Moved by His grace & stirred by His Spirit, we as the church are empowered to eagerly do the giving & serving work of the gospel to the glory of God.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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As the One who is merciful, gracious, and full of steadfast love, God makes a way through our separation to show the very heart of His glory: the forgiveness of sin.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
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Sin's severity shows us our great need for a mediator to rescue us from the deadly ruin of our idolatry and restore us back to the presence of God.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
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God's intricate design for the tabernacle demonstrates His covenant faithfulness, and His desire to dwell with and among His people in whom He delights.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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In giving us Sabbath principles, the God over time sets us free from the slavery of non-stop lives, calling us to regular renewal by resting from our work and rejoicing in His.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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Loving others is a worshipful response to God’s covenant love in covenant community.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
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As the supreme God and our gracious savior, the Lord is worthy of our wholehearted worship in loving Him above all else.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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Relationship with the God who saved us by grace compels a distinct life of holiness & mission in response.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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God lovingly calls His people to humbly live in vibrant, life-on-life community.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
For more Gospel-centered teaching and resources, including audio and video downloads of our sermons, please visit our website: http://www.thewellchurchok.com/resources
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As we find ourselves attacked and brought into the conflict of spiritual warfare, we can be assured the Lord is our warrior who fights for us by fighting through us as we pray.
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Jesus is our Exodus, meeting us exactly where we’re at in order to take us where we’re not.
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God graciously meets us in our grumbling, sufficiently providing for our needs as He trains us to trust him for daily bread.
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God wants to heal what is bitter and broken in our pasts and in our hearts.
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The song of salvation is found in the praises of the redeemed.
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God wants to heal what is bitter and broken in our pasts and in our hearts.
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God will lead us to unwanted places in order to work in us deep trust, bringing us to the end of ourselves (surrender) to build our faith, overcome our fear, and show His glorious power to save.
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God commands His people to intentionally pause, remember, & proclaim His saving work—through sacred meals, holy rhythms, and redeemed lives—so that each generation may know His glory & grace.
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God delivers from death all who put their faith in the sacrificial blood of Jesus, our spotless lamb.
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The Lord showcases His mighty power over evil, executing just judgment on Egypt’s heinous sin while asserting authority over their false gods and prideful Pharaoh in order to rescue Israel - that all might know He alone is God.
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When our obedience to the Lord is met with opposition, we can trust and entrust our souls to the Lord, for who He is, what He’s done, and what He’s promising to do.
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God, in His sovereign grace, leads us and loves us as a perfect Father, committed to our holiness and happiness through every season of our lives.
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God answers every insufficient objection in us by His sufficient presence with us.
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The more we encounter God for who He truly is, the more we find who we truly are - our own discipleship is none other than a journey of knowing God ever deeper.
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In our suffering and need, we can freely cry out in lament to the God who hears, remembers, sees, and knows the pain of His people.
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God sovereignly weaves every detail of our stories to accomplish His ultimate plan in our lives and in His greater redemptive purposes.
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Despite opposition and evil, amidst dark and seemingly impossible situations, God is faithfully at work, carrying His good plan forward with unstoppable progress.
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In the Angels’ song we hear the good news announced: that in Jesus the Savior we have gracious acceptance from God that brings full peace with God, to the joyful praise of the glory of God.
In Zechariah’s song we see silence-breaking boldness combine with spirit-filled joy to erupt in Jesus-centered praise as He details God's salvation to visit and redeem.
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In Mary’s song we see a humble, faith-filled woman magnifying God for His salvation in seeing her lowly place & sending Jesus, thus drawing us in to join her in personal, biblical, and radical praise.
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Followers of Christ are commissioned to live as disciples who make disciples, equipped and empowered by the Holy Spirit.
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Followers of Jesus live missional lives of faithful service, as they joyfully anticipate His glorious return and coming Kingdom.
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Followers of Jesus are people of vibrant praise, rejoicing in the goodness and glory of God no matter the circumstance because He is worthy.
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Followers of Jesus love those who mistreat us, facing pain & persecution with kindness, mercy, and overcoming joy.
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Followers of Jesus are filled with the power of the Holy Spirit to see mighty & miraculous acts of God done through them for the sake of the Gospel.
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Followers of Jesus are sent into the world on mission with a message to boldly proclaim the good news of Christ’s life, death, and resurrection.
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Followers of Jesus reject the world’s definition of greatness, using their positions, power, and influence to humbly come under others to serve rather than be served.
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Followers of Jesus battle against the love of money and treasure Jesus as infinitely superior to anything money can offer.
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Followers of Jesus are moved to compassionate action to care for anyone in need.
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Followers of Jesus are committed to loving one another with the very self-sacrificing love of Jesus we've received.
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Followers of Jesus have ongoing, real relationship with God through prayer.
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Followers of Jesus are devoted to God’s Word, bearing the good fruit that comes from abiding in Him as the Incarnate Word.
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Followers of Jesus are so committed to others' good that we simultaneously treat their sin seriously and yet graciously, being willing to both correct and forgive.
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Followers of Jesus don't minimize their sin, but instead pursue holiness, hate hypocrisy, and repent often.
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If we are to truly follow Jesus in the midst of a casual Christian culture then we must fully surrender, be willing to sacrifice, and give Him our supreme love and allegiance as Lord.
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With Jesus as our treasure, we are free to forgo the fleeting pleasures of this life in exchange for the future, forever joy in heaven with Him.
Main Point: Through lament, trust, and forgiveness we can move through the bitter pit of our pain rather than stay stuck in it.
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Main Point: We learn contentment by being tested, and holding on to Christ in the midst of those experiences, and finding Christ to be sufficient through those experiences.
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Main Point: A life of generosity creates contentment, killing our cravings for more while freeing us from the anxious slavery of trying to keep what we think is ours.
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Main Point: Our insatiable craving for more, stoked by our comparison with others, can be satisfied only in Jesus, the true & better treasure.
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Main Point: Jesus is our satisfying shepherd who answers our discontentment by providing everything we need.
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Main Point: Jesus is our satisfying shepherd who answers our discontentment by providing everything we need.
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Main Point: God fully equips and energizes us with everything we need to carry out His will, discipling us in dependence on Him.
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Main Point: God fully equips and energizes us with everything we need to carry out His will, discipling us in dependence on Him.
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The truth of Jesus' supreme worth produces in response a transformed life that pleases God.
Worship is the joyful fruit of genuine gratitude, rooted in the unshakeable kingdom we have received in Christ.
Main Point: Whether reactive correction to sin or proactive formation through suffering, God's discipline is loving training that we must surrender to in order to receive the benefits & endure.
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Main Point: To run our race with endurance we must throw off the entangling sin that trips us up, let go of extra weights that slow us down, and fix our eyes squarely on the One who endured for us.
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Main Point: As followers of Jesus we have a long spiritual heritage of faith - men and women who have gone before us as examples to propel us forward in endurance and assurance of the salvation we hope for in Christ.
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Main Point: Because we have a better possession that abides forever in Christ, we can joyfully endure hardships and afflictions in hope knowing that God who promised is faithful.
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An encouraging teaching from 1 Peter 1:6-9.
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Main Point: Jesus is the better, once-for-all sacrifice, whose death secures our eternal redemption, decisively removing our sin and cleansing our guilty conscience for good.
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Main Point: As our living High Priest, Jesus is continually making intercession on our behalf to freshly apply his salvation and help to our present needs.
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Main Point: In superseding the levitical priesthood, Jesus brings the salvation we needed all along, beckoning us to draw near rather than go back to life under the law.
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Main Point: God’s promise, character, and work at the cross give us certainty to hold fast to our hope in Jesus as the only anchor for our soul.
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Main Point: In hope, we persevere through faith in Jesus, and His promise to preserve us until the end.
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Main Point: Jesus Christ is the High Priest that we all need.
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Main Point: In our temptation to grab ahold of other things for help and hope in the midst of our suffering, we must instead draw near to Jesus - our sympathetic Savior - whose unique compassion and care meets us with the precise mercy and grace we need.
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Main Point: We badly need the exposing truth of God’s living Word to cut through sin’s deception so we can be protected against the hardening of our hearts and instead persevere in the saving rest Christ has for us.
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Main Point: In building God’s house as the faithful Son, Jesus exceeds the honor and glory of Moses by seeking, saving, and securing God’s people.
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Main Point: Jesus is uniquely qualified to save us through suffering like us, defeating death through death.
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Main Point: Jesus saves us from the danger of drifting spiritually as He compels us to anchor our attention ever closer on the superior shore of the Gospel.
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Main Point: Our greatest need in life is to have our eyes fixed on the incomparable glory of Jesus, who as God’s son is superior to prophets, angels, and anything else.
We desire to see the Gospel saturate a people, awakening them by the glory of God to treasure Jesus as better.
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To behold the glory of God is to know Him truthfully in the mind, and treasure Him supremely in the soul, and this is now beautifully possible, only through the Incarnation of Jesus Christ.
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God calls us to radical economic practices for the purpose of our freedom and the freedom of others.
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We were created to enjoy the gift of feasting by His design, as an opportunity to rest and rejoice in Him – His goodness and gifts – in a glorious act of faith and worship of the God of celebration.
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Amidst the tyranny of never-ending work, God intervenes with the re-orienting gift of Sabbath and appointed feasts to call us to regularly rest from our work and rejoice in Him.
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God's laws lay out His good design for how life works best - leading us to His love that's at the heart of it all.
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Through the once and for all atonement of Jesus, God has opened the way for us into His presence forever.
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God's people are to be distinct from the culture of the world around us with a holiness that touches all facets of life, including the normal routines of everyday things.
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Through the priestly work of Christ, God in His grace calls, cleanses, consecrates, and commissions us as a royal priesthood to spread His glory to the nations.
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Remarkably, God provides the forgiving atonement required by the severity of our sin in order to restore its separation and repair its damage.
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Astonishingly, the Holy God desires to dwell with sinful people, drawing near in grace to make a way to make us holy.
In the wake of our sin, God is eager to bring His restoring grace to those who humble themselves - raising us out of the ruins & reminding us judgment is not the end of the story.
God hates human pride, and graciously wants to dislodge us from every form of the false security it produces - from worldly comfort to wordly control
God hates empty religious activity and is adamantly after our hearts in both our pure worship of him and our ensuing commitment to justice in loving our neighbors.
God’s warnings are serious wake-up calls to the severity of our sin and to the life-saving repentance of returning to Him.
God will not hesitate to confront His own people's complacency, exposing any prideful rejection of His Word, silencing any shifting of blame, and inviting us to remember His rescuing grace.
In God’s loving protection of human life, He will eventually - after extended patience - justly judge all sin that violates His universal moral truths.
Praise is the worshipful response of a heart beholding the glorious goodness of who God is, who He has been, and who He will forever be.
Because God is merciful and gracious, we can humbly confess our sins knowing that He will make us clean and be our joy.
Because we have tasted and seen the goodness of Christ in the gospel, we can joyfully give thanks to God in all seasons and circumstances for He is faithful.
In the mysterious workings of God's providence, faith plays a vital role in our experience of spiritual power, necessitating the tending of our faith in God before fanning into flame the gifts of God.
Whether natural or supernatural gifts, every area of our lives requires a dependence on the power of the Holy Spirit
God grants certain gifts which demonstrate the power and presence of his kingdom and his compassion for his people.
5 (Label top of slide: Workings of Power). Definition: Manifestations of the Spirit in the lives of believers which result in visible displays of God’s power that cannot be readily attributed to any natural cause and which testify to the presence of the kingdom.
God has designed specific gifts to cut through spiritual barriers so that people can connect with Him and He can be rightly worshiped.
The spiritual gift of prophecy manifests the power and presence of God in a unique way that magnifies His intimate and personal love for His people; by speaking to us in specific ways that highlight He is the Faithful Covenant-Keeper who sees, hears, knows, and cares for His people.
God supplies truth-based gifts to His people to clarify, direct, deepen, and stir our relationship with Him.
God has gifted His church with leaders to motivate His people towards His purposes, guide them to effectively fulfill them, and care for their souls in the process.
Though often overlooked in importance, the supportive gifts of Serving, Mercy, and Giving are indispensable in the care and mission of the church.
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Spiritual gifts are various abilities given by God’s grace to all believers in order to minister to others with heightened effectiveness that is empowered by, and in fact a manifestation of, the Holy Spirit for the purpose of building up the church.
Jesus’ resurrection is the hinge of our hope - affecting all of our life right now by securing our life forever.
In order to avoid losing our love for Jesus over time like the Ephesian church, we must abide in His love for us by regularly cultivating our relationship with Him.
In Christ, we are called to be a community of brothers and sisters connected in the work of ministry, with mutual affection and concern for one another.
In our fight to live out the gospel we have a ruthless enemy that we must engage in spiritual warfare against, putting on God’s protective armor and utilizing the weapons of His Word and prayer so that by the power of the Holy Spirit we may stand firm against this opposition
Having been ransomed by Christ, we now live to serve and obey him as our Lord - no matter our earthly position, recognition or circumstances.
Ephesians 6:1-4 teaches children to obey and honor their parents, while fathers are urged to fulfill their responsibility of disciplining and instructing their children in the Lord.
Jesus restores the brokenness of marriage, re-ordering our relationship as men and women back to God's original design while providing the deeper picture it's ultimately pointing to.
Christians are called to be filled with the Holy Spirit, living wise intentional lives, making the most of every opportunity to honor God and build up the body.
As those rescued from darkness, we must expose and kill the hidden, shameful and ongoing sin of our past & the world around us and instead live openly in the radiating light of Jesus’ truth and love.
In our efforts to live out this changed life of love to others, we must be immersed in God’s adoptive and atoning love for us. His love is the model, motive, and means of our love.
The truth of Jesus has set us free from our old way of life to now live differently through the renewing of our mind.
We grow in spiritual maturity by ministering to one another in truth and love out of our diverse spiritual gifts.
A changed life that shows the worth of the gospel begins with humbly, gently, and patiently loving one another in order to eagerly preserve the unity Jesus purchased for us.
As promised, Jesus, the Wisdom & Word of God incarnate, came to guide His people into His eternal Kingdom of peace
In order to be spiritually strong, we can't merely know the truth of Jesus theologically, but must know the love of Jesus relationally.
In God making His purpose known to us, we find our purpose to make Him known in return - through both the verbal proclamation of His gospel and the visual demonstration of His church.
In Christ, all who were once separated from God through sin, whether Gentile or Jew, have been reconciled to God through His death at the cross, and in being reconciled to God are now reconciled to one another as His new covenant people.
By his astounding grace, God has rescued us from sin, Satan, and the world and through Jesus made us alive.
As the Father has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in Christ, may we prayerfully seek the Spirit's help to enlighten the spiritual eyes of our hearts to know more fully and more deeply the eternal glory of these blessings.
God has given us a secure hope, sealing us with His Spirit as the guarantee of our future inheritance with Him.
Through the blood of Jesus we've been redeemed - lavished with the grace of freedom from the power of sin and forgiveness from its penalty.
Those who trust Jesus experience the glorious reality of having God as their father, being chosen for adoption totally by grace.
Genuine hope is found when we understand our greatest need is inseparably tied to our greatest problem – our glorious hope is the perfect life, sacrificial death, and victorious resurrection of Jesus that brings redemption to undeserving sinners who become adopted sons and daughters through God’s mercy and grace.
As our culture conforms God to their current-day definition of love, we must do the opposite, recognizing the robust goodness demonstrated and utterly defined by the God who is love.
In an age of relativism where certainty is a sin, doubt is a destination, and tolerance rules, Jesus provides the stable foundation of absolute Truth we need, long for, and deep-down know exists.
As christians immersed in a culture of false gospels we must open our eyes wide to the enemy's desire to lead us astray, the effectiveness of the tactics he often employs, and how to best combat those tactics.
A post-modern distortion of the gospel called Progressive Christianity permeates our current culture, calling for our vigilant, humble, eager, and compassionate engagement with the true gospel in response.
Jesus will return to make all things new, restoring those who trust and love Him to our perfect home as His people in His place with His presence.
By his life, death, and resurrection Jesus Christ conquered the Devil so that the word of the gospel victoriously goes forth through the whole world until all enemies, including sin and death, are vanquished at his second coming.
As God's justice is revealed in his righteous wrath towards evil and sin, Jesus promises a blessing for those who stay awake in the expectant hope of his glorious return.
In his life death and resurrection Christ crushed the head of the dragon, ensuring his final victory with the saints when he returns.
With God’s final judgment towards His enemies certain, His present day warnings call us to urgently witness to a world desperate for the hope of Jesus, inviting them to trade their kingdom for His.
Jesus is totally worthy of our worship as our present redeemer from sin and future rescuer from judgment.
As we await Jesus’ future return, He has specific words of affirmation, admonishment, and assurance for us His church right now, revealing Himself - in all his glory - as the blessed remedy we need.
As we the church wait for Jesus’ return, God strengthens us through the shepherding of the New Testament Letters, helping us apply the truth of the gospel to everyday life.
The Great Commission is fulfilled as Paul, Barnabas, & Christians everywhere go and tell others the good news about Jesus. It's not always easy or what they expect but the Holy Spirit helps them and their listeners so that MANY people, both Jew & Gentile, receive Jesus' saving help. New Jesus communities are formed and the blessings of Eden start re-extending across the globe.
There's no sinner so wicked and wretched that the blood of Christ cannot cleanse, no heart so dead that cannot be resurrected, no darkness so deep that His light cannot penetrate. God is able to save the worst of sinners and use them for His glorious purposes.
In the face of intense suffering, the gospel spreads under the Sovereign hand of God as the Church leverages their pain and persecution for the sake of Jesus.
The Church is formed as a new community of Jesus followers wholeheartedly devote themselves to Christ and, as a result, to each other.
Upon ascending to heaven, Jesus sends the promised Holy Spirit to empower His followers to effectively spread the gospel and establish His church.
Having completed His earthly mission and regaining the dominion lost in the garden, Jesus commands His followers to make disciples of all nations until that first creation mandate is finally fulfilled and the glory of God covers the earth as the water covers the seas.
Jesus rises from the dead to conquer death, appearing to His disciples and showing them His total fulfillment of the Scriptures that changes everything.
Jesus lovingly lays down his life on the cross, bearing the full penalty of our separation from God in order to accomplish our restoration back to Him.
In the most wicked act of evil, God works the most glorious act of good, as Jesus lays down His life for His Bride in the greatest display of love.
Jesus overcomes the religious leaders’ traps, confounding the crowds with His unassailable wisdom while exposing the emptiness of legalism and love for this world.
Jesus clarifies who He is, where He's headed, and the worthwhile cost of following Him as Lord.
Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead, showing his power to overcome the final result of the fall through the paradox of His life-giving love.
Jesus exercises His supreme rule and authority over Satan and every demonic force of evil, disarming them and putting to open shame, by rescuing us from the domain of darkness through his triumphant victory at the cross.
Jesus supernaturally feeds a massive crowd, showing his satisfying provision to fully meet not only their immediate earthly needs, but also their deeper spiritual one.
Jesus silences a storm, demonstrating his authority over creation and intent as the Prince of Peace to still not only the seas but also our souls.
Jesus displays his ultimate reason for coming, asserting his authority to forgive sin as he extends mercy to those who know they need it.
Being whole people made in the image of God, Jesus loves children. He affirms their VALUE as equally (un)worthy partakers of His grace and holds up their child-likeness as an exemplary picture of how all people must enter His Kingdom - like a child.
Jesus teaches with total authority, upholding the perfect standard of God’s law and clarifying its original intent, all the while exposing our utter need for the One who has come to fulfill it.
Jesus launches his mission by personally pursuing and calling unexpected people to decisively follow Him as disciples.
At the onset of His ministry, Jesus passes the extreme test of temptation in the wilderness, reversing the story of Genesis 3 by defeating Satan and his lies with the truth about the Father's character, His identity, and their relationship.
Jesus’ baptism marks the beginning of a new creation which God brings out of the chaos of sin and death through the finished work of Christ.
In the birth of Jesus, God uses the heavenly cosmos as well as earthly kings & kingdoms to display His covenant-keeping love, and in proclaiming this Child is the Savior, who is Christ the Lord, the incarnation becomes an invitation to joy and peace for all who would come to worship the King.
After 4 quiet centuries, God breaks the silence with the climactic announcing of the Messiah the Old Testament has been whispering of throughout.
God gathers his people out of exile, prompting and providing for their successful return to Jerusalem to, in the face of opposition, rebuild the temple and city wall, renew their commitment to the Lord, and remember their need for His restoration still to come.
In the exile, God’s people are to live in such a way that displays His glory and goodness, living distinctly different from the world around them in full devotion and dependence on Him as their sure and only hope.
Through the loving admonition of the prophets, God denounces the idolatry and spiritual adultery of His covenant people, displays His justice in the coming exile for their covenant breaking, and boldly declares His covenant promise to heal, restore, and bless all the nations through His covenant love in the coming Messiah.
Despite the completion of the temple for the nation’s centralized worship, Israel’s devotion to God drifts in the wake of its newfound success and comfort, with Solomon’s divided heart leading to a divided monarchy as the slow drift of syncretistic sin splinters Israel & Judah and sends them spiraling in decline.
In the absence of leadership and destructive spread of self-rule, Israel demands a king for their young nation, rejecting God in the process as their source of direction, protection, and validation and further highlighting God’s gracious promise to David of the coming king whose throne will be eternal.
In fulfillment of His promise, and in response to the Canaanites centuries of evil, God mightily gives his people a home, charging them in the process towards pure devotion to Him as their only hope for future security & joy.
In loving discipline for their unbelief God takes His people through the wilderness, patiently weaning them off their distrusting, self-reliant patterns of the past and re-training them in daily trust of Him as their leader and all-satisfying Lord moving forward.
Upon rescuing His people, God graciously gives the law to direct their new relationship with Him moving forward.
The Lord reveals Himself as the One True God, delivering Israel out of Egyptian slavery by asserting His supreme power over human kings and false gods while displaying His rescuing grace towards all who call on Him.
Despite intense suffering and seeming setbacks, God providentially moves forward His promise through the life of Joseph, turning evil around for His life-saving, redemptive purposes.
God’s faithfulness to fulfill His covenant promise is not deterred by man’s distrust and disobedience, and despite man’s attempts to secure divine blessing through cunningly deceptive schemes, it is only experienced through His patient and merciful grace.
In the face of constant threats to God’s promise, He faithfully protects, expands, and fulfills it with an unconditional covenant commitment, saving by grace those who trust in Him for it.
As sin accelerates and pervades the earth, man’s attempts to appease, obey, and achieve their way back to Eden fail miserably, further accentuating the desperate need for an outside rescue to deliver from death and address the fundamental problem of the human heart.
Sin invades the world, fracturing God’s good design as the human heart is deceived into distrusting God. Yet in the wake of paradise lost, a stunning seed of grace and hope are found.
As the pinnacle of His creation, God crafts humanity in His own image, giving inherent identity and clear purpose as He places Adam and Eve together in the perfect garden
In the beginning, God’s good design is set in motion through the creation of everything out of nothing and subsequent formation of Eden for humanity, showcasing His eternal power, perfect wisdom and loving provision in the process.
The Word of God is beautiful because it reveals to us the Beautiful One in all of His greatness, goodness, grace, and glory.
The goodness of God’s Word shines bright in the lives of those who hide it in their heart - sanctifying them by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Though God tells us much through His creation, the supreme source of His revelation to us is His Word, the sufficient foundation of all Truth.
The alluring draw of identifying with and hoping in leaders, policies, culture and country is hollow in contrast to our primary citizenship under our perfect King.
The endless pursuit of knowledge fails to bring the peace and happiness only found in knowing the One who is Truth, and having your identity re-located in His knowledge of you.
Jesus invites us to reject our religious attempts to be right with God, repent of our self-righteousness, and rest in the comfort and joy of a right relationship with God based on His righteousness.
Self-medicating our pain and boredom by chasing ease, relief, and escape to feel better is far inferior to the true hope and healing the God of all comfort brings, meeting us in the midst of even our deepest despair and afflictions with His ever-present care.
Better than any false greatness that comes with lord “our” power over others, true greatness is found in the humble person and work of Jesus.
The illusional attempts to control, with their accompanying fear and anxiety, are far inferior to the peace and freedom that come with trusting the caring God who’s in control.
The steadfast love of Jesus is better than life, and the root from which all other loves may grow and bear good fruit, for He himself is love.
The false god of accomplishment and its shaky identity pale to the joy of abiding in Jesus and His finished work for you.
The life-giving pleasure found in knowing Jesus is far superior to the empty wells of the world.
Upon his death and the completion of the work of redemption, Jesus went to the place of the dead to proclaim his absolute victory and so began his exaltation as King over all.
Titus 3:12-15 || Our love for Jesus must be evidenced by a life of outward acts of loving service to others.
The believer is called to echo the love Christ has for his bride by refraining from empty talk, actively promoting unity, and warning those who threaten to divide her.
Titus 3:1-7 || In the gospel, the love of God interrupts our story of sin, mercifully giving us a new life through the justifying work of Jesus and the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit.
Titus 2:11-15 || In between the grace of Christ’s first coming and the glory of his second we are being trained by the gospel, which enables us to change through its redemptive power over sin and satisfaction of our deepest desires.
Titus 2:1-10 || We are to live in a way in our home and work life that shows off the beauty of what we believe, receiving spiritual training from other believers in the process as God shapes our character to reflect our doctrine.
God instructs elders to shepherd His sheep by rebuking false doctrines and false teachers that preach a false gospel.
Titus 1:5-9 || The church needs shepherds who are above reproach in their family life, character, and doctrine.
Titus 1:1-4 || True faith in the gospel inevitably leads to a life of growing godliness.
The goal of gospel community is transformation through transparency. For in the cross confession is compelled and covered - it's okay to not be okay - and in the resurrection change is catalyzed - we don't have to stay there.
The vast benefits of Gospel Community far outweigh those of the world's counterfeit versions.
Giving our money and possessions away for the purpose of God's kingdom is a wonderfully worthy investment.
God is the happy Savior of His people. As we consider the Incarnation of Jesus, and the reality that God is in our midst, may we be filled with joy in His joy that rejoices and lovingly sings over us.
The message of Zephaniah is for others, too. As we consider God’s judgment on others’ sin, we’re encouraged to entrust justice to Him, beware of our own pride, and lovingly hold out the hope of Jesus as we await His restoring salvation for all who seek Him.
In light of sin's devastating consequences and impending judgment, let us urgently seek the Lord, avidly attacking idols and abiding in Jesus, our Hiding Place.
As we enter advent we’re reminded of what it means to seek the Lord in the silence. As we look behind us to the manger, and before us to the crown, we seek the saving judge who is in our midst.
God compassionately spares us from what we deserve while lavishing us with what we don't.
Isaiah 40:1-31 || In the midst of such chaos and confusion all around, we need our gaze lifted upwards off culture and off ourselves onto the character of God.
Psalm 34:3 || Celebrating baptism, child dedication, and four years of what the Lord has been doing in the life of our church.
John 16:7 || The Holy Spirit, inseparable from The Word, is the manifest presence of God, and therefore is indispensable to all of life and ministry, prompting us to desire to be filled with Him.
Isaiah 55:6-11 || The Word of God in Scripture powerfully accomplishes the purposes of God. In Acts, the Word grows, multiplies, and prevails so that the Gospel of Christ overcomes all opposition as it advances to the ends of the earth.
Acts 28:1-28 || The indwelling power of the Holy Spirit enables us to boldly proclaim His Gospel, patiently persevere through suffering, and joyfully wait for the promise of Jesus' return and future glory.
Acts 27 || The false promises we place our hope in result in emptiness. God’s promises produce hope, because He is faithful and His promises are always fulfilled.
Acts 25:13-26:32 || Paul stands before rulers declaring that Christ has commissioned him to bring the light of the Gospel of Jesus to a world blinded by Satan.
Acts 24:1-25:12 || A right understanding of the gospel helps us see that in everything, from our culture, to our communities, to God himself—there is no neutrality.
Acts 22:30-23:35 || God’s providential use of human means invites us to meaningfully join Him in his mission, emphasizing our activity rather than negating it.
Acts 21:37-22:29 || Every part of your story has been uniquely crafted to be leveraged for Jesus.
Acts 21:1-36 || The church is most radiant when all of her members are all-in together.
Acts 20:1-38 || To belong to Jesus is to be all-in on loving His church in word and deed.
Acts 19:21-41 || The gospel disrupts the darkness through shattering idols, changing cities publicly by changing people personally.
Acts 19:1-20 || The Holy Spirit empowers us to magnify the name of Jesus by prevailing over the destructive darkness that opposes the gospel.
Acts 18:1-28 || Without discipleship inside the church, the gospel will stagnate - both in our own lives and in spreading to others.
Acts 17:16-34 || The God who is close enables us to meet people where they’re at and lead them to where they’re not, exchanging the emptiness of idols for the satisfaction of knowing Him.
Acts 17:1-9 || When we have the right expectations of hardship, then it changes our experience of hardship.
Acts 16:11-40 || No matter your story or situation, God's unrelenting love is able to meet you where you are with the power to save; there is no one for whom the gospel is irrelevant.
Acts 15:36-16:10 || In the uncertainty and chaos of confusing circumstances, we can hope in the sovereign purposes of God, who always has a mission in the mess.
Acts 15:1-35 || Despite our attempts to add to the gospel, salvation will always be freely by grace through faith alone. Jesus + Nothing = Everything!
Acts 14:1-28 || As problems and pain mount, God’s grace enables us to persevere, staying focused on the vision of radiating the gospel to a world in need.
Acts 13:13-52 || Above all other messages we look to for encouragement, the gospel is the one we need, bringing real joy to those who receive it and share it.
Acts 13:1-12 || Seeking Jesus with spiritual fervency leads to spreading Jesus with spiritual power.
Acts 12:1-25 || Through Jesus, we have come to a better kingdom rooted in perfect love that casts out our kingdoms of fear.
Acts 11:19-30 || To be a healthy, growing church, the gospel must saturate people, creating a changed identity and compelling a changing activity.
Acts 11:1-18 || In the gospel discrimination dies as race is transcended by a higher identity in Christ, creating a diverse unity within His church.
Acts 10:1-48 || The light of the gospel reaches the Gentiles as King Jesus dispels the darkness to usher in a new era of salvation, advancing the original creation mandate to fill the earth with the glory of God.
Acts 9:32-43 || Jesus’ miraculous healings fill us with hope in the tragedies and pain of the here and now as they point to the bigger and better realities of salvation and what is to come.
Acts 9:19-31 || When Jesus saves us He redeems our purpose too, reawakening us to our originally created call, which not only motivates a changed life but also infuses meaning into each moment of it.
Acts 9:1-19 || Blind in our sin, Jesus lovingly interrupts our condition with His eye-opening grace.
Acts 8:26-40 || God calls us to rise and go in pursuit of leading others to Jesus and coaches us through this passage on how to do so effectively.
Acts 8:9-25 || To enjoy the free gift of God we must humbly come under the gospel and it’s power rather than over it or around it as a means to our own end.
Acts 8:1-8 || Because God is sovereign, in our suffering we have an opportunity to leverage our pain for the spread of the gospel.
Jesus is the true king whose righteous rule is worthy of our deepest love and allegiance, using His authority to govern, guard, and guide us with His goodness.
Jesus is the true high priest whose self-sacrifice alone can atone for our sin, forever making possible access to God's holy presence once and for all.
Jesus is the true prophet whose voice we desperately need to hear above all others, bringing God's Word to us by being God's Word for us.
As we enter advent we're reminded of what it means to live in the tension between the now of Christ's 1st coming and the not yet of His 2nd coming. We celebrate the light of the long-awaited messiah who has pierced our darkness, and yet, aware of the darkness that still remains, long for more.
Acts 6:8-7:60 || When ordinary people die to themselves, they radiate God’s glory with extraordinary impact.
Acts 6:1-7 || Because multiplication gets messy, establishing organized leadership & engaged membership is critical to minister effectively.
Acts 4:32-5:11 || The gospel creates unified people, full of a radical generosity and honest transparency that, when threatened, must be protected.
Acts 4:23-31 || In a society steeped in credentials and technique, boldness with the gospel is not predicated upon these cultural qualifications but upon the power of the One who sends us.
Acts 4:1-22 || Our own joy from the gospel compels us with courage for the gospel. In the face of opposition we can't help but boldly speak about what we have seen and heard.
Acts 3:1-26 || The grace and power of Jesus meet us in our destitute condition, solving our search for temporary relief with the permanent remedy.
Acts 2:42-47 || What you are in awe of will fuel your devotion, and what you are devoted to will inevitably shape your life.
Acts 2:37-41 || When the truth of Jesus and the weight of our sin lands in us, we're cut to the heart. A holy anxiety over our condition propels us inward to repentance and faith and outward to baptism, resulting in the free, saving gifts of the gospel: forgiveness and the Holy Spirit.
Acts 2:1-36 || Jesus sends the promised Holy Spirit to fill believers and demonstrate the power of His presence, thus signaling a new era in redemptive history and enabling the gospel to begin to radiate clearly to people from all nations.
Acts 1:12-26 || In replacing the 12th apostle we see Jesus' work of restoring what's broken begin. His new kingdom is breaking in, and it's not a political one vying for cultural power & material possession. Rather, God's restoration is a spiritual one, starting with repairing the fractured pieces of our own hearts & relationships and extending that outward into the fragmented world around us.
Acts 1:1-11 || Having received the gospel & experienced the risen Lord Jesus, we as Christ-followers are commissioned as witnesses to radiate that good news outward.
Genesis 2:23-24 || In our join-effort to fill the earth with Gods glory, the partnership between men and women is designed like a beautiful dance, with men sacrificially leading and women joyfully helping, in tandem imaging God together in distinct and indispensable ways.
Genesis 2:18-23 || In His distinct formation of women, God has crafted joyful life-givers, who through careful nurturing take what they receive from Him and utterly transform it.
Genesis 2:6-7 || In His distinct formation of men, God has crafted a responsibility to protect, provide and lead in a benevolent, self-giving way for the sake of others.
Genesis 1:26-27 || Both men and women have been equally created in the image of God, thereby holding the same degree of inherent worth and dignity.
Matthew 6:13b || Heartfelt prayer can't help but erupt in praise. The consummation of our conversation is a declaration of God's good authority, enabling power, and supreme worth as we entrust all things to Him.
Matthew 6:13 || We end our prayer with pleas for deliverance from both the inner enemy of sin and the outer one of Satan, trusting as weak and lost people that such rescuing help has been provided in the sufficient, conquering power of Christ.
Matthew 6:12 || Our daily need to pray for forgiveness reminds us of the Lord's compassion and compels us to forgive those around us.
Matthew 6:11 || As we freely ask God our Father to provide our basic needs each day, we’re reminded of our utter dependence on Him, we grow in gratitude towards Him, we’re awakened to the needs of others, and we’re fueled in the mission for His glory.
Matthew 6:10 || Praying your kingdom come is a cry for God’s good reign to break in to our sin-ruled world, beginning with our own hearts, through the Lordship of Jesus, resulting in a transformed culture where His desires are obeyed and His purposes are trusted.
Matthew 6:9-13 || Despite our propensity to shrink back from conversation with God, He has not stopped wanting to talk with us and through Christ has purchased the ability to talk face to face with Him.
Matthew 6:9 || In first asking our Father to hallow his name, we are radically re-centered around His glory, thereby igniting our longing for it, awakening our awareness of it, deepening our enjoyment in it, furthering our obedience to it, and stirring our participation into it.
Matthew 6:9 || As the Fatherhood of God redeems our broken pictures of dad, it not only stirs us to pray but entirely shapes how we do it.
Hebrews 12:1-2 || In our struggle to endure, we can continue to run our race by continually casting off what hinders and fixing our eyes on Jesus.
Matthew 12:38-42 || Jonah is ultimately fulfilled in Jesus, who with His death and resurrection provides the only sign we need to trust this God of relentless mercy and to proclaim Him to other seekers.
Jonah 4 || God patiently deals with us in our unfounded anger, self-pity, and protests of His will, exposing our self-focused hearts while leading us to His all-compassionate one.
Jonah 3 || In God's great missional heart, He calls us to take the mercy we've experienced to others, especially those who are different, foreign, and even enemies. To be saved is to be sent.
Jonah 2 || God’s relentless mercy meets us in the depths of our need, saving us through the very thing that swallowed us.
Jonah 1 || We are all called to arise and go! But rather than taking God's gospel love to others, we refuse and run the other direction. Thankfully, God pursues us in our self-centered rebellion with relentless mercy.
Romans 8:18-25 || In the return of Christ, God will save us from the presence of our sin, abolishing forever the pain & struggle of our current suffering as we experience the fullness of His glory.
Romans 8:5-11 || In the resurrection of Christ, God has saved us from the power of our sin, progressively freeing us from its enslavement through His indwelling Holy Spirit.
Romans 8:1-4 || In the cross of Christ, God has saved us from the penalty of our sin, removing its condemnation by bearing it for us.
Luke 22:7-20 || The sacrament of communion is a visible sign and seal of God's grace towards us in Christ, inviting us into the cross to remember our rescue and renew our covenant.
Acts 16:11-34 || Through a variety of ways God interrupts our story with his love, opening our hearts to believe in Him and giving us a new story.
Philippians 4:14-23 || Sacrificial giving to further the gospel is essential to our joy.
Philippians 4:8-9 || When our minds are set on the things of God our joy is awakened, we are effective in the Kingdom, and we experience the peace of God.
Philippians 4:4-7 || Through trusting our sovereign and good God in prayer, our anxiety can be overridden by His protective peace, converting our 'what if's' into 'even if's'.
Philippians 4:1-3 || Community centered around the gospel is not only worth fighting through the messiness of, but it's altogether necessary for our joy in the Lord.
Philippians 3:17-21 || As citizens of heaven we must look different than the world, not avoiding the cross by living for the here and now but eagerly awaiting our Savior and future home with Him.
Philippians 3:12-16 || Christian maturity is marked by the ongoing process of pursuing more of Jesus.
Philippians 3:7-11 || The superior joy of knowing Jesus causes a total transformation of our treasure. Jesus is Better!
Philippians 3:1-6 || Freeing joy is found when we abandon our self-righteous resume and trust in Christ’s instead. Jesus + Nothing = Everything.
Philippians 2:19-30 || Others-oriented love says your joy is my joy, and it inevitably leads to sacrificial action.
Philippians 2:14-18 || Holding fast to Jesus supplies a joy that's unwilling to complain about circumstances, thus defying the cultural norm and in so doing compelling an attractive witness to the gospel.
Philippians 2:12-13 || The gospel compels our diligent obedience to God by the energizing grace from God. Real, lasting change is possible as we work out what God has worked in.
Philippians 2:9-11 || Having been raised and highly exalted, Jesus is LORD, and our joy is found in glad submission to His kingship.
Philippians 2:5-8 || As God He emptied himself, as man He humbled himself. Jesus embodies selfless love, as supremely demonstrated in the humiliation of the incarnation, thereby compelling us towards the same.
Philippians 2:1-4 || The joy of a gospel-worthy life causes us to fight for unity through the humility of a radically selfless love.
Philippians 1:27-30 || The worth of Jesus compels us to match our lives up with our true citizenship, then lovingly engage our earthly culture despite its hostility to the gospel. How do we do that? This passage tells us.
Philippians 1:21-26 || When Jesus saturates our life, then we no longer fear death. Instead, dying becomes gain as it means we will be with the One we treasure.
Philippians 1:18-20 || Despite the prisons of life we find ourselves in, our future salvation and worthy savior enable us to find joy.
Philippians 1:15-18 || As opposition in life comes, God is inviting us into an unfazed joy.
Philippians 1:12-14 || Our suffering can be leveraged to advance the gospel in the hand of a Sovereign God through our joyful sacrifice and fearless boldness.
Philippians 1:9-11 || The gospel produces the joyful fruit of holiness, which is characterized not merely by rule-following but rather by love.
Philippians 1:6 || God's faithfulness to finish what He starts in us provides the joyful ground of a sure eternal future.
Philippians 1:3-8 || Partnering in the gospel creates the joy of deep, affectionate friendships.
Philippians 1:1-2 || God's saving work in the gospel is the true source of all joy, providing the depth of happiness every human longs for and was created to experience.
Lamentations 4 || When the darkness of our suffering doesn't lift, how can we continue to endure?
Lamentations 3 || Hope emerges amidst our hopelessness as we fight to root ourselves in the character of God.
Lamentations 2 || Why is there pain and suffering? As we lament we can begin to understand the cause of our sorrow through the holistic lens of sin and run to the one who's sovereign over it.
Lamentations 1 || There is freedom to respond to the depressing reality of pain and sorrow with the complete emotional honesty of biblical lament.
Revelation 21:1-8 || In shalom we will one day rest from all that is broken and restless here, experiencing the fullness of ultimate rest that comes from Jesus' reign in the new heaven and new earth.
Hebrews 13:20-21 || In sanctification we rest from seeking change through self-reliant effort and willpower, and instead grow in maturity through Spirit-driven effort.
1 Corinthians 6:12-20 || In shape we rest from lethargy, gluttony, and the idolatry of body image, fueling our blood-bought bodies with the energy provided by diet and exercise.
Isaiah 62:1-5 || In security we rest from the insecurity of broken identities and self-preoccupation, and obtain the assurance of embracing our true identity in Christ’s own image.
Habakkuk 2:2-3 || In slowness we rest from a hurried pace and instant gratification, and instead discover tranquility through waiting on God.
Psalm 139:1-18 || In secret we rest from image management and needing to be noticed, finding freedom in the loving eyes of our ever-seeing God.
John 10:11-15 || In submission we rest from control and self-sufficiency and experience the subduing calm of trusting the Good Shepherd.
Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 || In Savor we rest from stress and over-seriousness by tasting the relaxing release of unwinding to enjoy God in His good gifts in creation.
Psalm 127:1-2 || In sleep we rest from wakeful arrogance, ambition, and anxiety and receive the indispensable gift of peaceful replenishment through daily turning off.
Psalm 23:1-6 || In satisfaction we rest from the endless striving for fulfillment and enjoy the contentment found in having our every need met in Jesus.
Luke 10:38-42 || In simplicity we rest from busyness and distraction in order to generate margin and focus by prioritizing and reducing our commitments.
Genesis 2:2-3 || In Sabbath we rest from overworking and productivity-obsession and receive the renewal found in weekly stopping to worship.
Exodus 33:12-23 || In solitude we rest from constant connection and retreat to the beauty of being alone with God.
Psalm 46:10 || In stillness we rest from noise and distraction and cultivate the peace and inner quietness of a life listening to God.
Matthew 11:28-30 || Jesus invites the weary and burdened into the rest thats found in Him.
Psalm 16:1-11 || Seeing Jesus rightly inevitably produces the joyful overflow of praise from our hearts.
Luke 24:47-53 || Through Jesus' final days on earth we see He is the Ascended Sender, giving the Holy Spirit to empower believers to proclaim the gospel we’ve witnessed to all nations.
Luke 24:13-46 || Through the appearance of the risen Jesus to the doubting & disappointed disciples we see that He is the Opener of Eyes, who graciously reveals Himself as the center of all Scripture, setting our hearts ablaze.
Luke 24:1-12 || Through the resurrection we see Jesus is the Living Lord, whose identity is validated and work is culminated in this offering of pardon, power, and presence to us.
Luke 23:26-49 || Through the execution of Jesus we see He is the innocent King who in love was crucified in our place, opening for us the way to God and beckoning we draw near.
Luke 22:66-23:5 || Through His trial we see that Jesus is the innocent Judge, sentenced to death by those whose kingdoms were threatened by His better one.
Luke 15:1-32 || Through the story of a lost son we see Jesus is the prodigal pursuer who with reckless love goes after younger and older brothers alike, and then parties when they are found.
Luke 12:13-21 || Through the parable of the rich fool we see that Jesus is the true treasure we falsely search for in the abundance of possessions.
Luke 10:25-37 || Through a contentious challenge from a lawyer we see that Jesus is the Good Samaritan who has loved us without limits, calling us in turn to the same sacrificial love for our neighbors.
Luke 9:10-17 || Through the miraculous feeding of thousands we see that Jesus is able to fully satisfy, sufficiently providing for both today's basic needs and forever's ultimate need.
Luke 8:22-25 || Through the calming of a storm we see the total control and care of Jesus to still not only the seas, but also our souls.
Luke 6:1-11 || Through confrontation on the Sabbath with the Pharisees we see Jesus breaking the chains of man-made religion, recovering the heart of God and restoring rest to the spiritually weary.
Luke 5:12-26 || Through the supernatural healing of a leper and a paralytic we see that Jesus has total authority over not only our sickness, but also our sin.
Luke 4:31-37 || Through Jesus rebuking a demon we see His total authority over evil and ability to deliver us from our spiritual oppression.
Luke 4:14-30 || Through Jesus' hometown preaching we see He is the Rescuer promised in Isaiah 61 whose gospel mission is rejected by the religious locals.
Luke 2:1-21 || Through the appearance of God's glory to the shepherds we see that Jesus is the Christ Child, who has come to save glory thieves and replace our fear with joy.
Luke 1:57-80 || Through the extraordinary birth of John and the song of his joyful father Zechariah, we see Jesus is the Savior of Man who has broken through our silent darkness.
Luke 1:26-56 || Through the miraculous virgin birth we see Jesus is none other than the Son of God. And that's exactly what we need.
Ephesians 4:1-15 || Christ's love compels us to eagerly maintain the unity that He has purchased with His blood.
1 Peter 5:1-5 || Christ’s covenant love as our Chief Shepherd compels pastors to care for the church with a servant shepherding while compelling the church to respond to that care with a joyful submitting.
2 Corinthians 8:1-9 || God's self-giving love compels us to a life of the same as we see the better treasure that is Jesus.
John 13:1-17 || The greatness of Jesus' foot-washing love compels us to a life of serving.
Ephesians 2:11-20 || God's triune image and covenant love compel us, despite how hard and messy it is, to do life together in Gospel Community.
Acts 2:42-47 || God's covenant love has saved us into a family and now compels us to fight for the weekly rhythm of gathering to worship Him together.
2 Corinthians 5:14 - 6:11 || To be saved is to be sent! The joy of Christ's love compels us as ambassadors to take His reconciling message to others.
Because sin lingers, the Christian life is a fight for joy. We must aggressively combat sin through ongoing repentance and faith so that we can enjoy the superior pleasure of Jesus.
John 15:1-11 || Jesus is inviting us into close relationship with Him. To stay connected though to His covenant love and the joy found in it takes fighting for through His Word and prayer.
Acts 2:37-41 || After receiving God's saving grace through repentance and faith, Christ's 1-way love compels us to tell the world we belong to Him now! That proclamation of identification happens through a demonstration called baptism.
Christ's covenant love compels us to a singular initial response - repentance and faith. For it is by grace that we are saved.
What is the Bible and how can we know it is true? In part 2 we explore how the Covenant God has revealed Himself and the resulting implications on our joy, submission, and confidence.
God's sacrificial love for us compels sacrificial love from us. In order for God's mission of being known to go forward, sacrifice is required. We see this blueprint in the incarnation of Jesus, where God is known through an all-in, self-dedicating, high-costing, comfort-forsaking, others-embodying kind of love. This love that we are recipients of then calls us to be instruments of love for others.
Genesis 1:1, 2:7 || For our Family Worship Sunday we explored how God creates out of nothing, shapes it into something, and then breathes life into it.
Ephesians 5:18-20 || Singing is one of the ways in which God, in his love and mercy, gives us more of himself.
Nehemiah 13 || Nehemiah ends with major disappointment, reminding us that restoration is actually an ongoing process.
Nehemiah 11-12 || Restored people celebrate! When the joy of being rescued erupts in our souls, we can't help but party and sing about the goodness of God.
Nehemiah 9:1-37 || Understanding God's Word leads to confession - both of our sin and of God's goodness. We rightly see who we are in the light of seeing who God is.
Nehemiah 6:1-7:4 || Despite opposition that tries to distract, discredit, and disgrace us, God will triumphantly finish the restoring work that He began.
Nehemiah 5:1-19 || When our personal agendas drive us we end up oppressing others and endangering the work of the gospel. Thankfully, God steps in to eradicate injustice, defending the oppressed by lovingly confronting selfish hearts until they come into alignment with His glory.
Nehemiah 4:1-23 || We have an enemy who fiercely opposes God's gospel restoration in us and through us. Thankfully, Christ is our victor in this spiritual war. With His overcoming power He meets us in our attacks so that we might carry on the good work.
Nehemiah 2:9-3:32 || The people rally behind Nehemiah's God-given vision of restoration and wholeheartedly begin building.
Nehemiah 2:1-8 || In love, God has sovereignly sent Nehemiah to restore those who are broken. Likewise, we have been providentially prepared, placed, and provided for in God's sending of us to those in need of His restoring grace.
Nehemiah 1:1-11 || Upon hearing the broken condition of Jerusalem and its people, Nehemiah is stirred with empathy, moving him to tears and prayer.
James 5:7-11 || Planting well requires patience. In the things we have grand visions for in life we must be willing to both work and wait.
Matthew 28:1-10 || The resurrected Jesus has tasted death for us so that we might die to its curse and be raised with Him to a life of fearless joy.
Matthew 21:1-11 || To find life we must understand the true nature of Jesus' cause so that we can die to ours.
Luke 9:57-62 || Following Jesus requires we lay down our earthly comforts in exchange for the better home and better rest found in Him.
Matthew 16:24-28 || In a beautiful paradox we see that in order to experience the life our souls crave - the life that comes from following Jesus - we must first be willing to die to our control. Life comes through death.
Romans 12:1-2 || Worshiping through difficult seasons is not about understanding God, but trusting Him.
Matthew 28:16-20 || Jesus gives us a clear mission to take the gospel forward and make other disciples, emboldening us in the process with His authority and presence.
Galatians 6:11-18 || The gospel sets us free from the slavery of living for our own glory, awakening us to a greater glory to spend our lives boasting in.
Galatians 6:1-10 || The outworking evidence of walking by the Spirit is found in a community that loves those who sin and suffer.
Galatians 5:26 || Walking by the Spirit enables us to be set free from the self-absorbed life of Pride, captivating us with the spectacular humility of Jesus.
Galatians 5:19-25 || Walking by the Spirit enables us to be set free from division and instead eagerly preserve the beautiful gospel unity that Christ has purchased for us.
Galatians 5:19-25 || Walking by the Spirit enables us to be set free from the shame & devastation of misusing God's good gift of sex, leading us instead to enjoy it within His beautiful design of covenant love.
Matthew 6:25-34 || Walking by the Spirit enables us to be set free from the grip of anxiety, leading us to His superseding peace as we trust in the goodness and sovereignty of God in all our 'What if's'.
Galatians 5:19-25 || Walking by the Spirit enables us to be set free from unrighteous anger with all of its various expressions and instead re-order a righteous kind of anger.
Galatians 5:19-25 || Walking by the Spirit enables us to be set free from our addictions and the idols that drive them by re-ordering our love.
Galatians 5:13-25 || We have been set free from the slavery of our self-rule in the flesh to a new and better way of living: the rule of the Holy Spirit.
Luke 2:10 || Jesus' birth marks the arrival of our greatest hope, and with it real, permanent joy.
Isaiah 9:2-7 || Into our darkness God speaks the promise of Jesus, igniting our hope by stirring a divine discontentment in our desires. In this way, the birth of Jesus means the birth of hope.
Galatians 5:1-12 || Christ setting us free from empty religion and worthless idols doesn't stop with an objective declaration but instead moves to creating a new motivation in the heart, where love replaces fear.
Galatians 4:8-20 || As ones set free from our slavery to religion and irreligion, we now have the privilege to fight for the same freedom for others.
Galatians 4:1-7, 21-31 || Not only does Jesus purchase our redemption from slavery to sin & the law, but he also secures for us a new status: our adoption into God's family as sons. We now get to experience the spectacular reality of having God as our Father.
Galatians 3:15-29 || The coming of Jesus clarifies the limited role of the law while providing the superior answer to it in the gospel.
Galatians 3:6-14 || God's plan from the very beginning has been to redeem us from our curse by faith in Jesus - the One who became the curse for us.
Galatians 3:1-5 || Faith is not only the means by which we are saved, it also is the means by which we are sanctified. The path to true change and maturity is not one driven by self-reliant effort and works but rather the same gospel of grace that originally saved you.
Galatians 2:15-21 || Paul declares the heart of the gospel: that identifying ourselves with Jesus through faith is the only thing that can justify us. No amount of obedience or moral advantages can satisfy or ever make us right with God.
Galatians 2:11-14 || Like Peter, so often our lives do not match up with the truth of the gospel. In His grace God pursues our heart and lovingly confronts us for our joy - often using our Christian community to do it - so that we might learn to apply the gospel to every area and detail of our life.
Galatians 2:1-10 || We see from Paul's account of the gospel being under attack how false theology enslaves while the truth sets free. Jesus + Nothing was put to the test and ultimately preserved, leading to great unity in the early church.
Galatians 1:11-24 || Paul's own story of God's interrupting love shows us how the grace of the gospel changes us and gives us a former life.
Galatians 1:1-10 || There is no other gospel outside of grace in Christ. It alone sets us free from the distorted gospels of religion and irreligion.
Jesus will return to make all things new, restoring those who trust and love Him to His forever home under His forever rule as His forever people.
The promise to restore man back to Eden is unfolded and ultimately manifested in Jesus the Messiah, whose life, death, and resurrection redeem us from the fundamental problem of our heart.
Genesis 3 || Sin enters the world along with its devastating effects as Adam and Eve fail to enjoy and trust God, buying the lie that life is found outside of Him.
Genesis 1-2 || In love God creates everything, culminating with humanity in His own image. It is a beautiful design, and all is set up for man to simply worship and obey. Eden equals life as it was meant to be.
Matthew 13 || Jesus is the supreme treasure worth giving up everything for. Losing everything to gain Him is a happy trade.
Deuteronomy 8 || Recounting God's faithfulness and grace in the past keeps us humbly rooted and hopeful for more of His grace in the future.