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A PEOPLE FOLLOWING JESUS AUTHENTICALLY AND MISSIONALLY
This is the audio podcast from our Sunday morning gatherings. We hope you'll be encouraged and challenged to grow spiritually, love deeply, and give of yourself in the things that matter.
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Scripture: 1 John 1v1-10
People Need Changed People
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When we are looking at the spiritual practice of scripture in the life of a follower of Jesus, we must first ask the question: What was Jesus' view in regards to scripture?
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SCRIPTURE: MATTHEW 5v17-19
SERIES: Scripture
We as followers of Jesus have a hope not just for today, but also for eternity. But where is that hope birthed from? Join us as we look into Mark 16 to see.
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SCRIPTURE: MARK 16
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SCRIPTURE: MARK 15v16-47
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WHEN FAITH FAILS
SCRIPTURE: Luke 24v13-35
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EASTER SUNDAY
SCRIPTURE: Colossians 3v1-2
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PALM SUNDAY
SCRIPTURE: Matthew 21v1-11
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Remember, He has Gone Before
THE GOSPEL OF MARK
SCRIPTURE: Mark 14v12-26
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Live with Expectation
THE GOSPEL OF MARK
SCRIPTURE: Mark 14v1-11
We see a woman coming to Jesus to honor Him despite others who criticize her. In this moment she simply comes authentically with what she has to honor Jesus.
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Live with Expectation
THE GOSPEL OF MARK
SCRIPTURE: Mark 13
Things are not always what they seem and that is made clear throughout the Gospel of Mark. As Jesus shows us that those who would be assumed to be in are actually out, and those who are thought to be outsiders are allowed in.
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Things aren't what they seem
THE GOSPEL OF MARK
SCRIPTURE: Mark 12v35-44
Things are not always what they seem and that is made clear throughout the Gospel of Mark. As Jesus shows us that those who would be assumed to be in are actually out, and those who are thought to be outsiders are allowed in.
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DO WHAT HE DID
PRACTICING THE WAY
SCRIPTURE: Matthew 4v18-25
The goal for an appretice or a follower of Jesus is not just relationship or character development. Join us as we look at how we are called to also do the things He did as His apprentices and followers.
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BECOME LIKE JESUS
PRACTICING THE WAY
SCRIPTURE: Luke 6v39-40
We need to change and most of us know that. But the real question is how do we do it?
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BE WITH JESUS
PRACTICING THE WAY
SCRIPTURE: John 15v1-8
We gathered to discuss the importance of simply being with Jesus. First and foremost this is the beginning part of our process of being His apprentice as we see that the greatest thing we get from following Jesus, is Jesus.
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PRACTICING THE WAY | CALLED TO APPRENTICESHIP
SPEAKER: Michael Newton
SCRIPTURE: Mark 1v16-20
When Jesus called his disciples to follow Him, if we look at Jesus' life, ministry, and teaching His message wasn't to simply believe. It was those words "Follow Me" so what did it mean for those men in ancient Israel and what does it mean for us today?
It was a call to Apprenticeship with the goal of being with Jesus, becoming like Jesus, and doing what He did.
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SCRIPTURE: PSALM 1
HOW TO HAVE A BLESSED LIFE | PSALM 1
SPEAKER: Michael Newton
The first Psalm answers the age old question of mankind, how can I have a happy or blessed life? Join us as we take a brief look at this passage together.
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SCRIPTURE: PSALM 1
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Peace is a Person
Scripture: Luke 2v8-15
Speaker: Michael Newton
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SCRIPTURE: MARK 10v32-45
COME + RECIEVE
Who we naturally gravitate towards and spend our time with says a lot about us. We are looking at who Jesus receives and it isn't who you would expect.
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SCRIPTURE: MARK 10v13-31
MARRIAGE + DIVORCE
Jesus brings the religious leaders, disciples, and all of His followers back to the heart of God when it comes to marriage and divorce.
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SCRIPTURE:MARK 10v1-12
The God who comes down the mountain
The God that we worship as followers of Jesus is a God who doesn't ask us to come up the mountain to find Him, appease Him, or anything along those lines. Instead we see the God that we follow comes down the mountain and meets with us in the middle of the ordinary and the messy.
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SCRIPTURE: MARK 9v14-29
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LOOK AND LISTEN
As we read the story of Jesus' transfiguration on the mountain top we will look and listen to what is going on in the story. It is when we do this that we will learn what is really going on in the story.
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SCRIPTURE:MARK 9v1-13
THE BLIND SEE
As Jesus heals a blind man we discover that it is a picture of how He heals our spiritual blindness.
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SCRIPTURE: MARK 8v22-38
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JESUS COMES TO US
The disciples find themselves in another storm, where they are exhausted feeling alone. But it's in this moment that Jesus comes to His disciples and saves them.
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SCRIPTURE: MARK 6v45-56
PEOPLE COME HUNGRY
The classic story from the Gospels where Jesus feed's the 5,000. We see that the people came to Jesus hungry for change but were looking for something different than what was offered.
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SCRIPTURE:MARK 6v30-44
MESSAGE IN THE MIDDLE
Mark the author of the Gospel of Mark will take two stories that seem unconnected and will tie them together to flavor each of the stories to bring forth an important message or point. We see that in this weeks message listen in and see what the message in the middle truly is.
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SCRIPTURE: MARK 6v6-29
NOT WELCOME IN HIS HOMETOWN
Jesus returns to His hometown and instead of being welcomed by a community that would have known Him deeply and well. They are offended at Him for exactly this. This week we see the danger of familiarity in our spiritual lives.
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SCRIPTURE: MARK 6v1-6
MOTHER'S DAY BLESSING
We took some time this past Sunday to pray a simple prayer of blessing over the Mother's in our church!
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WHAT GOD IS LIKE
In this story we see that Jesus wasn't too busy for the religious elite or the social outcast of the day. Instead God comes to both and meets them in their need. He comes to those who come to Him with a sincerity and faith.
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SCRIPTURE:MARK 5v21-43
A PERSONAL GOD
Jesus leaves fame and popularity and takes His disciples to the other side of the Sea of Galilee to be greeted by a man possessed with a demonic spirit. But Jesus makes this personal in making the man whole. But will people rejoice at the man being made whole or reject Him due to how he changed their lives?
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SCRIPTURE:MARK 5v1-20
IN THE STORM
Jesus and His disciples find themselves in a major storm, where the disciples fear for their lives. We also find ourselves in storms in our lives, the question is what do we do when we are in them?
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SCRIPTURE:MARK 4v35-41
Easter is the time we as the Church remember how Jesus is no longer in the Grave, but we celebrate with incredible joy that He is risen! The resurrection of Jesus is not just a historical event or a theological belief but it is an active agent of transformation in the lives of every follower of Jesus!
The cross seals our past but the resurrection secures our future
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STORIES OF THE KINGDOM
Throughout the Gospels we see Jesus teaching when he taught the large crowds he would teach in parable, these stories of the Kingdom. These stories were a way of showing what the Kingdom of God is like and an opportunity to invite us to be apart of that Kingdom here and now.
Scripture: Mark 4v1-34
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MISUNDERSTOOD JESUS
Jesus was often misunderstood in His day and He is also misunderstood today. In our gathering we looked at how Jesus was misunderstood by His family and His enemies.
SCRIPTURE: Mark 3v20-35 NIV
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WHAT DID YOU COME TO SEE?
Many people come to see Jesus and in this passage we see three types of people all coming to Jesus, which one are we?
- The Critic
- The Optimist
- The Genuine
SCRIPTURE: Mark 3v1-19
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PURPOSE IN THE PROCESS
It is easy for a process to become the end of everything and that is what the people had done and what Jesus is speaking to. He reminds us it isn't about having the perfect prayer rhythm, fasting habit, or keeping the Sabbath. These are all meant as gifts for man to be connected with Him!
SCRIPTURE: Mark 2v18-27
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WHO JESUS CHOOSES
It is oftentimes surprising to see who Jesus chooses, it is the opposite of who we would naturally think. But this is the beauty of the Kingdom of God is that those that are willing to be open, honest, and vulnerable to them the Kingdom will be available.
SCRIPTURE: Mark 2v13-17
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SUMMARY: We have all had those moments where we are questioned... what or who gives you the right or authority? We see Jesus in that same situation here and then we see how He shows that He is the ultimate authority.
SCRIPTURE: MARK 2v1-12
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We looked at what Jesus did in a 24 hour period... we will see what He did:
HE TAUGHT
HE HEALED
HE PRAYED
HE CLEANSED
All of these things are things we need in our own stories of redemption and are examples of what Jesus calls us to as His followers
Spiritual Warfare and Satan are not discussed enough in the church Graham Hitman comes to encourage those of us as believers that in Christ wea re free.
Sometimes we think the Spirit is calling us to pursue what is easy or what is comfortable but if we are following Jesus sometimes He calls us to the difficult places like the wilderness. Where there is isolation and temptation, its there where His work begins in us.
As we start the book of Mark we see that John the Baptist holds an important message but it was only meant to prepare the way for Jesus and to help correct where the path for the people of God had become crooked.
The only way we can have God be pleased with us is in the beauty of submitting to the Gospel of Jesus and not the gospel of sin management.
This week we had an opportunity to connect around a meal, sharing our lives, and praying for one another. Graham Hitman shared with the prompt for all of us.
This is the sermon from our Christmas Eve service where we celebrated that Light has Dawned.
SCRIPTURE:
2 The people walking in darkness
have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of deep darkness
a light has dawned.
5 Every warrior’s boot used in battle
and every garment rolled in blood
will be destined for burning,
will be fuel for the fire.
6 For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
7 Of the greatness of his government and peace
there will be no end.
He will reign on David’s throne
and over his kingdom,
establishing and upholding it
with justice and righteousness
from that time on and forever.
The zeal of the Lord Almighty
will accomplish this.
- ISAIAH 9v2,5-7
This morning we took time to dive into the birth narrative of Jesus from the book of Luke. We spent time looking at the historical context of what was going on at the birth of Jesus, as well as looking at the location that our Lord was birthed into.
We need to make room in our hearts for Jesus, unlike the city of Bethlehem we want to create space for Jesus to be in our lives in a deep and meaningful way.
Peace comes only through conflict and as we see as God in flesh comes into a world where there is anything but peace. The peace we all seek comes only through conflict.
The hope that we have as followers of Jesus is that we are not left on our own with our current state, but Jesus tenderly and lovingly comes to us and invites us into relationship with Him and makes whole!
As we celebrate the gift of Advent we are reminded of the darkness and the hope as the coming of Christ comes.
Graham shares an encouraging word on the beauty of family and the opportunity we have with them.
As we come into the Holiday season there is a lot of expectations, pressure, and emotion swirling around in what is supposed to be the most special time of year. How should we as follower of Jesus show up? We are supposed to show up with one simple word... LOVE
VISION 2022 - BECOME LIKE JESUS
As followers of Jesus we don't only want to be with Jesus but to slowly be transformed and become like Jesus.
Many times as followers of Jesus we end up pulled in a variety of directions and we sometimes get stuck with focusing on all the things around us rather than simply being with Jesus.
In this study of Psalm 23 we get to see and hear of how God is with us in the good, in the hard, and how His love continues.
As Paul closes the book of Galatians he had talked about the Gospel we hold, how we are shaped and formed inwardly by the Spirit and now to what does that manifest as the follower of Jesus.
As followers of Jesus one of the things that we have been given is Freedom but it's possible for us to never experience this freedom in our current day. Due to us either ignoring it or wasting it. This week we talked about how we can truly live into freedom and begin to bear the fruits of the Spirit.
This week we see how Paul comes to the church in Galatia questioning them where they are headed as they are tempted to go back to the old way of life.
So many times we struggle to feel worthy of love, value, and really belonging. Graham Hitman shares with us how we are worthy in Jesus and worthy of His work!
We are all formed by something... for the Galatians they had left the leading of the Spirit and were trying to be formed by fleshly actions.
This morning we talked how we are shaped and formed... is it intentional or not and in the pursuit of growing as a follower of Jesus are we pursuing this growth in the flesh or in the Spirit.
Join us as we continue our study in the book of Galatians.
This week we see how the Apostle Peter allowed the fear of man rob him from being faithful to the Gospel.
This week we will be talking about how God is at work in both the religious and non-religious and how the Gospel comes for us all.
SCRIPTURE: GALATIANS 2v1-10
As we start our series in the book of Galatians we are looking at how Paul was attacked on his and the Gospel's authenticity and how we can have confidence in the Gospel in our lives today. As we have an Authentic Gospel for an Authentic people.
SCRIPTURE FROM THIS GATHERING: Galatians 1
3 Now on the second day the heads of the fathers’ houses of all the people, with the priests and Levites, were gathered to Ezra the scribe, in order to understand the words of the Law. 14 And they found written in the Law, which the Lord had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths[c] during the feast of the seventh month, 15 and that they should announce and proclaim in all their cities and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the mountain, and bring olive branches, branches of oil trees, myrtle branches, palm branches, and branches of leafy trees, to make booths, as it iswritten.”
16 Then the people went out and brought them and made themselves booths, each one on the roof of his house, or in their courtyards or the courts of the house of God, and in the open square of the Water Gate and in the open square of the Gate of Ephraim. 17 So the whole assembly of those who had returned from the captivity made [d]booths and sat under the booths; for since the days of Joshua the son of Nun until that day the children of Israel had not done so. And there was very great gladness. 18 Also day by day, from the first day until the last day, he read from the Book of the Law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day there was a sacred assembly, according to the prescribed manner.
13 On the second day of the month, the heads of all the families, along with the priests and the Levites, gathered around Ezra the teacher to give attention to the words of the Law. 14 They found written in the Law, which the Lord had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to live in temporary shelters during the festival of the seventh month 15 and that they should proclaim this word and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem: “Go out into the hill country and bring back branches from olive and wild olive trees, and from myrtles, palms and shade trees, to make temporary shelters”—as it is written.
16 So the people went out and brought back branches and built themselves temporary shelters on their own roofs, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God and in the square by the Water Gateand the one by the Gate of Ephraim. 17 The whole company that had returned from exile built temporary shelters and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated it like this. And their joy was very great.
18 Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. They celebrated the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day, in accordance with the regulation, there was an assembly.
NEHEMIAH 8v13-18
MATTHEW 6v9-13
9“This, then, is how you should pray:
“‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
10your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
11Give us today our daily bread.
12And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.’
Pastor Mike shared his story with our Missional Community and here is the audio from the time together.
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