Brainerd Students

Speaker: Hannah Christensen

Passages: Genesis 1:27-28; 2:18-25; John 14:6; 10:10

Main Point: Christ gave His life so that women can give their lives to others.

1. Womanhood created
2. Womanhood distorted
3. Womanhood redeemed

Passage: Jude 3-4

Main Point: "The called" are called to contend for the faith.

Where do we contend for the faith:

1. We contend for the faith in our souls.
2. We contend for the faith in our culture.

Passage: Jude 1-2

Main Point: You are fully known and loved by God.

Mercy: not getting what we do deserve

Peace: the assurance that you are taken care of and belong

Love: both a feeling and a choice that sacrificially holds truth and mercy together

Speaker: Paul Christensen

Passage: Psalm 139:13-16

Main Point: God created you on purpose, for a purpose.

1. How does God feel about you?
2. How do you feel about God?
3. How does it make you feel to know that God is writing your story?

Speaker: Paul Christensen

Passage: Matthew 7:24-27

Main Point: Build Your Priorities On Jesus

1. Both houses experience the storm
2. Both builders were genuine about their work

Speaker: Jackson Bowman

Passages: Hebrews 10:24-25; Proverbs 11:14, 18:1; 2 Timothy 2-4

Main Point: God designed us to live in community, so we can better know God and make His name known.

2 Implications

1. If community is God's design, isolation is the enemy's design.
2. If community is God's design, then we must understand what community should look like.

Speaker: Paul Christensen

Main Point: Because God is invisible, He gives visible people gifts to show what He is like.

1. God has gifted Christians with special grace gifts.
2. How do we know what our grace gifts are?
   1. Community
   2. Discovery

Speaker: Jackson Bowman

Main Point: God has a place for you in His grand story.

1. God's Story
   1. Creation
   2. Fall
   3. Redemption
   4. Restoration
2. Your Place In God's Story
   1. Blessing in Your Story
   2. Suffering in Your Story

Main Point: Following Jesus is an invitation to join a battleship focused on reaching the lost rather than a cruise ship focused on entertaining the saved.

1. Christians Live on Mission
2. Christians Place Jesus First
3. Christians Go All In

Main Point: Surrender involves dreaming about what God could do with our lives and running after that dream.

1. How do we let God build our dreams?
2. How do we stop those dreams from fading away?
3. How do we know we are following God's dreams wholeheartedly?