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David and Jason discuss this week's life verse and how we can apply it to our lives. We hope this will help you learn God's word, apply God's word, and love God's word.
Nahum 1:7 “The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.”
1 Corinthians 1:9 "God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord."
“For behold, he who forms the mountains and creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought, who makes the morning darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth-- the LORD, the God of hosts, is his name!"
David and Jason discuss this week's life verse and how we can apply it to our lives. We hope this will help you learn God's word, apply God's word, and love God's word.
David and Kyle Cheatham discuss this week's life verse and how we can apply it to our lives. We hope this will help you learn God's word, apply God's word, and love God's word.
David and Jason discuss this week's life verse and how we can apply it to our lives. We hope this will help you learn God's word, apply God's word, and love God's word.
David and Jason discuss this week's life verse and how we can apply it to our lives. We hope this will help you learn God's word, apply God's word, and love God's word.
David and Jason discuss this week's life verse and how we can apply it to our lives. We hope this will help you learn God's word, apply God's word, and love God's word.
Luke 12:27 "Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these"
David and Jason discuss this week's life verse and how we can apply it to our lives. We hope this will help you learn God's word, apply God's word, and love God's word.
David and Jason discuss this week's life verse and how we can apply it to our lives. We hope this will help you learn God's word, apply God's word, and love God's word.
David and Jason discuss this week's life verse and how we can apply it to our lives. We hope this will help you learn God's word, apply God's word, and love God's word.
David and Jason discuss this week's life verse and how we can apply it to our lives. We hope this will help you learn God's word, apply God's word, and love God's word.
David and Jason discuss this week's life verse and how we can apply it to our lives. We hope this will help you learn God's word, apply God's word, and love God's word.
David and Jason discuss this week's life verse and how we can apply it to our lives. We hope this will help you learn God's word, apply God's word, and love God's word.
David and Jason discuss this week's life verse and how we can apply it to our lives. We hope this will help you learn God's word, apply God's word, and love God's word.
David and Corey discuss this week's life verse and how we can apply it to our lives. We hope this will help you learn God's word, apply God's word, and love God's word.
David and Jason discuss this week's life verse and how we can apply it to our lives. We hope this will help you learn God's word, apply God's word, and love God's word.
David and Jason discuss this week's life verse and how we can apply it to our lives. We hope this will help you learn God's word, apply God's word, and love God's word.
David and Jason discuss this week's life verse and how we can apply it to our lives. We hope this will help you learn God's word, apply God's word, and love God's word.
David and Jason discuss this week's life verse and how we can apply it to our lives. We hope this will help you learn God's word, apply God's word, and love God's word.
David and Jason discuss this week's life verse and how we can apply it to our lives. We hope this will help you learn God's word, apply God's word, and love God's word.
David and Kyle discuss this week's life verse and how we can apply it to our lives. We hope this will help you learn God's word, apply God's word, and love God's word.
David and Corey discuss this week's life verse and how we can apply it to our lives. We hope this will help you learn God's word, apply God's word, and love God's word.
David and Corey discuss this week's life verse and how we can apply it to our lives. We hope this will help you learn God's word, apply God's word, and love God's word.
David and Jason discuss Easter and how we as believers can prepare our hearts for this time of celebration.
Deuteronomy 3:24
“Oh Lord GOD, you have only begun to show your servant your greatness and your mighty hand. For what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do such works and mighty acts as yours?"
David and Corey discuss this week's life verse and how we can apply it to our lives. We hope this will help you learn God's word, apply God's word, and love God's word.
Numbers 6:24-26
“The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace”
Hebrews 4:16
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need
Phil 3:8
Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ.
David and Jason discuss this week's life verse and how we can apply it to our lives. We hope this will help you learn God's word, apply God's word, and love God's word.
The law of the Lord is perfect,
reviving the soul;
the testimony of the Lord is sure,
making wise the simple;
the precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes;
Psalm 46:1
“God is our refuge and strength, a helper who is always found in times of trouble.”
Commit your way to the Lord;
trust in him, and he will act,
making your righteousness shine like the dawn,
your justice like the noonday.
Psalm 37:3-4
Trust in the Lord and do what is good;
dwell in the land and live securely.
Take delight in the Lord, and he will give
you your heart’s desires.
2 Timothy 1:6-7
"Therefore, I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but one of power, love, and sound judgment."
Colosssians 3:1-2
So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
"I am sure of this, that he who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus"
Ephesians 2:4-5
"But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love that he had for us, 5 made us alive with Christ even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace!"
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1 Peter 1:13
"Therefore, with your minds ready for action, be sober-minded and set your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ."
1 Peter 1:4-5
"and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you. You are being guarded by God’s power through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time."
1 Peter 1:3
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead."
Philippians 4:8
"Finally brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable—if there is any moral excellence and if there is anything praiseworthy—dwell on these things."
Matthew 7:7
“Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you."
Matthew 7:11
"If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him."
2 Corinthians 12:9
"But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected in weakness.’ Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me.”
Psalm 115:2-3
Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Our God is in heaven and does whatever he pleases
Colossians 1:16-17
"For everything was created by him, in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities— all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and by him all things hold together."
1 Thessalonians 5:23-25
"Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. And may your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will do it. Brothers and sisters, pray for us also."
Romans 8:31
"What, then, are we to say about these things? If God is for us who can be against us?"
Ephesians 2:10
"For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do."
2 Corinthians 3:17
"Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom."
Psalm 33:20-22, CSB
"We wait for the Lord;
he is our help and shield.
for our hearts rejoice in him
because we trust in his holy name.
may your faithful love rest on us, Lord,
for we put our hope in you."
Luke 14:27
"Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple."
James 4:6-7 "But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.” Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."
Psalm 4:7 "You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and new wine abound."
Ephesians 2:8 "For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift"
"A joyful heart makes a face cheerful, but a sad heart produces a broken spirit. A discerning mind seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.."
Proverbs 15:13-14, CSB
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"He gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people for his own possession, eager to do good works."
Titus 2:14, CSB
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"instructing us to deny godlessness and worldly lusts and to live in a sensible, righteous, and godly way in the present age, while we wait for the blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ."
Titus 2:12-13, CSB
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"For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people"
Titus 2:11, CSB
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"I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."
Galatians 2:20, CSB
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Series: Following the King
Scripture: Matthew 5:2-3 and Isaiah 57:15
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John 14:15-26
The idea of God being three in one is mind-bending. If we try to understand every bit of it, we’ll lose our minds. But if we neglect it, we’ll lose our soul and fail to understand God as he reveals himself in Scripture. We must lean into the idea of one God in three persons and work hard to apply what it means to our life. This will be a lifelong journey but one we must take.
Psalm 46 (ESV)
Last week, we talked about what it means for God to be sovereign. This week, we look more closely at the ways our belief in God’s sovereignty changes us. When we acknowledge and place our trust in God who rules over all things, it will produce dependence in us and worship from us.
For many, the feeling of loneliness is real and crippling. But the truth is that loneliness lies to us. Today, we look at the six specific lies about who we are and who God is. And we are reminded that God is with us and that he invites us into his family to experience abiding community for all of eternity.
In this standalone message from Rob Walter, an elder at Grace, we look at what it means for Jesus to be the answer for every need and question we have. From the beginning to the end of human history, God's plan has always been to provide for his people through the person and work of Jesus Christ.
In this last part of Thrive, our look at God's good design for family, we look back at some key things we've learned together over the summer. We see that all along it has been his plan for individuals and families to look to him, follow him, be on guard, and train up the next generation.
Deuteronomy 4:1-9
Families were designed to echo and display the glory of God to the whole world. Throughout the Bible, we see over and over again that there is a very specific pattern of thriving families and their desire to make God known. Listen along as we continue our series on the family and see what it was created to do.
Psalm 96
Families who thrive are those that live by grace. Each and every day, we must remember and respond to the work of God's grace in our lives. That will prompt us to be merciful, kind, and gracious to those closest to us in return. And in that grace, our families will thrive.
Ephesians 2:1-10
In part eight of our series on the thriving family, we look at the fact that everyone must identify with who God is. They identify with the truth of who he is, the plans he has for them, and his image in the person of Jesus Christ. Knowing our identity will help us swim upstream against the culture and battle our own indwelling sin.
Genesis 1-3
Thriving families need thriving men. Today, we go back to the garden of Eden as part of our series on the family to see what God has designed for biblical manhood. There are specific gifts of God to men, a mandate for men, specific assignments for men, and always-present weaknesses in men.
Genesis 2:15-25
Scripture gives instruction for the relationship between children and their parents. Today, we look at one of those places in Ephesians 6 as we continue our series, Thrive, about what God has designed for the family. We'll see that God has designed very specific responsibilities and promises for both children and parents.
Ephesians 6:1-4
One of the greatest things for families to do together is worship God as one. There is a tremendous benefit to us when we gather together to fix our eyes on the one who is most worthy of praise and admiration. In part five of our series on God's good design for family, we see why worshiping together is so critical to our growth.
Psalm 92:1-8, 12-15
In the fourth part of our series about what God has designed for the family, we look at one thing that marks all healthy families. Thriving families are those who have planted the Word of God within them. In our homes, the Scriptures must be taught, heard, discussed, and claimed.
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Central to God's plan for thriving families is a structure. Solid and steady. God himself offers to be the trellis on which we can thrive. God offers to be the strong and steady core of our families and a sure foundation on which to build. In part three of our series, Thrive, we look at the dangers of replacing him with something or someone else.
Deuteronomy 4:35-40
Proverbs 31 lays out a beautiful vision of what it means for women to thrive. And as we look at the vision for thriving families, we know that women who are living healthy lives as wives, moms, and sisters in Christ will be key to that vision. However, we also know that sin is ever present in us and there is an enemy who doesn't want healthy families with healthy women. The Bible has much to say about how women can be fully alive in Christ, serving their families and their church in the way God designed.
Proverbs 31:10-31
In part one of Thrive, our new series on the good design of God for the family, we go back to Genesis to see what it was supposed to be like before sin entered the picture. We'll understand more clearly what's at the heart of our dysfunctional families even with our best efforts. And, best of all, we'll see how God can set things right again.
Genesis 1:26-2:17
As we conclude our five-month study in the book of Philippians, we pause to remember the big themes of the book that are meant to give us hope as the church, together in Christ Jesus. This is a book to saints of the church about the everlasting hope we have because of Christ Jesus.
Philippians 1-4
Paul's last instructions to the church in Philippi include important words that we all need to hear about commitment to the mission of God through the work of the church. By recounting the way the Philippians support Paul early in his ministry, we see the sort of selfless, constant, and joyful giving to one another that comes from our faith in Christ. We also see what this kind of commitment to the church and her mission produces in us and in the world.
Philippians 4:10-20
Earlier in his letter to the Philippians, Paul urges his fellow believers to stand firm. As we begin to end our series in Philippians, we now see how we are to stand firm. And as with everything else in our lives, the answer is found in Christ. We are invited to find a firm and sure peace in which to stand as we rejoice in the Lord, pray to the Lord, and dwell on the Lord.
Philippians 4:4-9
LIfe will press and frustrate us, and our sinful nature will want to respond with sin-filled groaning. But in his letter to the Philippians, Paul exhorts us to look away from our own circumstances and instead look to God. As Christians, we have sure and steady promises to rely on. Always.
Philippians 3:20-4:3
Even on his way to the cross, Jesus knew exactly what his death and resurrection would do for his people. And it is the very reason he had come to earth. In the cross and resurrection, we see everything we ever need to see about the holiness, justice, love, and supremacy of God. On Easter Sunday, we celebrate the fact that Jesus came, lived, died, and rose that we might know God forever and ever.
As he begins the journey to the cross, Jesus is overwhelmed by the task ahead of him. In the garden of Gethsemane, he cries out to the Father to take the cup of suffering from him. The grief and anguish of Christ are fueled by the knowledge of what lies before him. As we begin Holy Week, we stop to look deeply at the cup of suffering Jesus drank on our behalf.
No matter the circumstance we face, we should always be about the business of examining our priorities and refocusing our affections on God's grace through Jesus Christ. We should always be a people who desire to know him more, prize the hope of heaven, and wait eagerly for what he has promised. While we will not do these things perfectly on this side of heaven, we are instructed to start now. We should strive each day and in every way to pursue Christ fervently.
There is no room for our own effort in salvation. There is only room for the grace and work of God. Paul hammers this home in Philippians 3:1-9 as he beats back against those who would try to make human effort a part of our salvation. We must remember that in light of what Christ has done, we have nothing to offer on our own behalf. And since Jesus has provided all we need, he himself is all we need. We don't need to add religious performance or human effort. Rather, we need to embrace the grace of God through Christ above all else.
We continue our series in Philippians with a look at Philippians 2:19-30 -- a passage we might be willing to quickly gloss over. But as we will see (and as we celebrated with the ordination of deacons and elders), the sort of servants mentioned here are really the hidden heroes of the church. It is ordinary men and women who are called to serve the church that Paul is so often concerned with. We all have a role to play in the body of Christ.
As we wrap up our series on grumbling and the gospel in Philippians 2:14-16, we learn how to stop complaining. To let go of our complaining, we must first take hold of the Word of life. We must know God as he is revealed in Scripture by hearing it, reading it, learning it, and applying it. To be a church that rejoices and doesn't grumble, we must first be a people who hold to the Word.
This week, Scott Mescher with Reaching and Teaching International shares what it means to live our lives as a display of God's glory. From Ephesians 2 and alongside stories of those he works with in Latin America, we're called to think deeply about what it means to live in light of God's grace each day.
As we continue our pause in Philippians 2:14-18, we stop this week to look at why our grumbling and complaining should cease. It's lingering presence has harmful effects on the church, on the unchurched, on us, and on the missions and glory of God. The Bible warns us of the effects on each and gives us reason to replace grumbling with joy.
We arrive at a text in Philippians on which we'll pause for a bit because it is a topic we all need to hear and heed. Paul, after ensuring the church in Philippi that God will complete the work he began, warns them not to grumble as God works. As we'll discover, this bent toward complaining is all too natural in a fallen world and often spreads like a contagion. Christians have to fight against the urge to complain with the good news of the gospel and a trust in God's sovereignty.
Progress is sanctification can be difficult. But regardless of it's pace, we know these two things to be true: our work toward it is commanded and God's promise to complete it is secure. These two truths can sometimes feel at odds. But in this week's message, we look at how Paul's message to the Philippians, as well as the whole of biblical instruction, assures us that these things are not enemies. Rather, they are the exact truths we need for proper biblical striving while resting in the sovereignty of God.
As Christians, we are instructed to put our hope and faith in the return of Jesus. But as we wait, it's important to remember what we're looking for and what we're hoping in. This week one of our elders, Rob Walter, encourages us to wait well and look only to Christ.
This week, we return to our series in Philippians by looking at what it means to be sanctified in our Christian life. As Paul warns the church to pursue Christlike holiness in Philippians 2:12-13, he gives us motivation, methods, and assurances as we try to live obediently like Jesus. We must heed his words and get serious about our pursuit of godliness.
Communion is a regular reminder of God's astounding grace to each and every believer. It's a time when we pause together to declare that we believe in Christ, will follow him, and are forever united with him. While we await his return, we proclaim his death and resurrection for our salvation to one another and to a watching world.
The joy of Christmas is the promise of everlasting life together with God. Each Advent, we celebrate the fact that Jesus came to offer us and everlasting life of unending relationship with God. This gift is one we cannot move on from. There is no greater truth than that God himself invites us to eternal life through Jesus Christ his son. And that life is promise we can count on for all of eternity.
Two simple truths should astound us at Advent: God loves and God gives. The God of the universe, from whom nothing is required, loved us so much that he came to be with us in the person of Jesus. And not only did he come to be with us, he came to be the perfect sacrifice to bring us peace. What better news could we hope to have at Christmas than that God loved us in this, peculiar way? John 3:16-18 reminds us of this truth and why it should cause us to rejoice.
More than anything we need this time of year, we need Christ. We need the salvation he offers from eternal punishment. We need our hearts to be awakened to see him clearly. And we need to be saved by his work on our behalf. This Advent, we celebrate the fulfillment of our need in the person of Jesus as we look at the famous story of Nicodemus' encounter with Jesus in John 3.
For the first Sunday of Advent, we continue our study of Philippians with a look at what Philippians 2:9-11 and it means to know and enjoy the majesty Christ. At Christmas, we celebrate the humble arrival of our savior as a baby in a manger, but we do it toward an eye with something much bigger - the arrival of our victorious king. The humility and the majesty of Jesus Christ should both give us great joy, and Advent is the perfect time of year to consider whether we have properly responded to our king.
United, our series in the book of Philippians, continues this week with a look at what it means to have the attitude of Christ. The same selflessness, humility, obedience, and honor we saw in his life on earth should mark our lives today. It's one of the ways we make Jesus known right where we are. Paul's celebration of who Jesus is in Philippians 2:5-11 forces us to evaluate our own lives and ask God to reveal ways in which we are selfish, proud, disobedient, and dishonoring to him. Though this close examination of our heart is uncomfortable, it is absolutely necessary for the church.
Christians should be marked by the same humility and selfless consideration of others that we see in the life of Jesus. In Philippians 2:1-5, Paul urges believers to be united in their Christ-like attitude of caring about others more than own selves. But this call to be people of humility is more than a wish-filled vision for humanity. It is instead the proper response of lives renewed by the Holy Spirit.
In this world, there are two types of people: those who belong to God as citizens of heaven and those who are his enemies. In Philippians 1:27-30, Paul's writes to the Philippians instructing them on how their heavenly citizenship should inform the way they live faithfully and courageously in a world filled with those who do not know or honor God. There's much we can learn from his instruction and their example.
This week, in Philippians 1:27-30, we see Paul invite the Philippians believers to live out their heavenly citizenship in a way that honors both God and others. Though they have great privileges as Roman citizens, the apostle reminds them that most of all they should live distinctly Christian lives of unashamed faith, persistence, and unity in the gospel.
In Philippians 1:21-26, Paul uses his suffering in prison to remind the Philippian believers that there is something much better to live for than what we can see right now. There is something to be gained beyond what we can see here. Heaven is the hope and the ultimate gain of all believers. It's there we will finally be with God. But heaven is more than just a future hope. It is the fuel of every work we do here as we are united in the cause of enjoying Christ and making him known. Being heavenly minded does us great good indeed.
Our series in the letter of Paul to the Philippians continues this week with a look at what it means to live life in a way that honors God even when our enemy tries to derail and distract us. From Philippians 1:12-21, we outline six things that often keep the kingdom from advancing in our own lives. From fear to enemies and self-pity to a pursuit of comfort, we look closely at each pitfall before seeing the remedy that is found in Christ Jesus.
This week, we continue our look at Paul's letter to the Philippian church by thinking about why Christians have eternal hope. In Philippians 1:6-11, Paul reminds us that our sovereign God is ambitiously committed to the work he started In us when we were united with Christ in salvation. And he is more than able to complete it. This is good news, indeed.
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The book of Philippians is filled with incredible instruction on how we can live gospel-centered lives together. This week, we start a verse-by-verse series to see what it means to be united with Christ and with others in one mission. In Philippians 1:1-8, we see what unity looks like when applied to a community of believers. And we consider what it could look like in our own.
After you listen to this sermon, take some time to find a Community Group near you where you can discuss and apply what you heard with others.
Our church and our city are in desperate need of deep, authentic gospel-centered community. This week, we take a look at the way God designed us to function in community, how we will pursue that design in Community Groups, and why we need them. Join us next week as we complete this series and launch our first round of Community Groups.
The Bible offers us a path to true and everlasting life. There is a rest for our souls and a hope of great inheritance, and it is not a secret. Listen as we wrap-up our Songs for Life series with a look at Psalm 16 and what is required for us to find eternal pleasure greater than any substitute on this earth.
We continue our look at Psalm 34 as part of our Songs for Life series. God promises to be near his children when they are poor, needy, and brokenhearted. The God of the universe will not leave us. That's a promise and hope we all need. But what is required of us?
Listen along as we continue Songs for Life, our series in the Psalms. This week, we look at Psalm 34 and what it means to find our delight in the Lord.
[Psalm 34:1-8]
I will bless the Lord at all times;
his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
My soul makes its boast in the Lord;
let the humble hear and be glad.
Oh, magnify the Lord with me,
and let us exalt his name together!
I sought the Lord, and he answered me
and delivered me from all my fears.
Those who look to him are radiant,
and their faces shall never be ashamed.
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
and saved him out of all his troubles.
The angel of the Lord encamps
around those who fear him, and delivers them.
Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!
Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
We continue our Songs for Life series this week in Psalm 24 as we look at the confidence we can have because of who God is. Want to find more content like this? Visit us online at [gracesalado.com] for service times, upcoming events, and, recommended resources.