519 Church Podcast

Scripture: Mark 10:17-31 (CEB)

Main Point: Following Jesus is about invitation and imitation, not intimidation.
Grow | Pray | Study: https://www.519church.org/gps/

Scripture: Mark 7:24-30

Take home thought:
The grace of God is for the desiring, not just the deserving.

Scripture: Mark 2:18-28; Matthe 6:16-18 (CEB)
Bottom line: Faith is not about following the rules. Faith is about following the One.
Take home thought: "Don't confuse mechanics with essence." - Justin McRoberts

Scripture: Mark 1:14-20 (CEB)
Bottom line: Jesus is not just your ticket to heaven. Jesus is heaven's ticket to you.

Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:4-9 (CEB)

Take home thoughts:
If the circumstances require it, we have an incredible capacity for change.
Living differently is the expressed action of our values
When values are your filter, decisions become clearer.

“It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.”
-St. Francis of Assisi

3 ways to live:
Live Full: Grow into the full stature of Christ
Live Sent: Embrace every day as an opportunity for ministry
Live Generously: Live simply so we can give abundantly

Sermon Response:
Live generously by performing 1 random act of kindness this week. More info in the 519GPS: https://www.519church.org/gps/

Scripture: Matthew 7:24-27

Bottom Line: To love well is to love with purpose.

The Three Loves:
Know Love: God is love, imitate that.
Love Everyone: Even the people you don't like.
Embody Love: Make love real by serving others.

Sermon Response:
Love our Postal Carriers
519 GPS Guide: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mXlB3tA4m9aQ8mx88odsKLP88hP9Ijy-/view

Scripture: Mark 1:21-28

Take Home Thought:
Our God is a God who won’t shy away from all the things that torment us. Our God is a God who speaks directly to all that is evil/all that is broken/all that is wrong.

Scripture: John 15:5; Psalm 139:7

A breath prayer to practice throughout the week:
Inhale: God, you abide in me.
Exhale: God, you abide in this moment.

Quote from Dr. James Doty, MD (clinical professor of neurosurgery at Stanford University and founder and director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, an affiliate of the Stanford Neurosciences Institute.):
"The brain doesn't distinguish between an experience that is intensely imagined and an experience that is real...it will always choose what is familiar over what is unfamiliar."

Scripture: Job 1:1-12 (CEB)

Key Points:
> We are made for communion.
> Life is a chronic condition.
> Grace can be found in the little things.

Quote: “Pain is provocative. Pain pushes people to the edge, causing them to ask fundamental questions such as ‘Why is this happening?’ and ‘How can this be fixed?’ Pain brings out the best in people along with the worst. Pain strips away all the illusions required to maintain the status quo. Pain begs for change, and when those in its grip find no release on earth, plenty of them look to heaven – including some whose formal belief systems preclude such wishful thinking.” — Barbara Brown Taylor