Samuel Deuth from C3 San Diego visited us and shared a new perspective on an old bible story. Caleb and Joshua had been traveling with Moses through the desert as they remind us that we are Gods people and our language should reflect that. In our lives every day the words we use say a lot about our world view and what we think about God. When the 12 scouts came back to report on the promise land 10 of them spoke about it as if they could never see Israel taking the land. However Joshua and Caleb used language that reflected the power of their creator, knowing that their God was with them always, its a great example about what our language says about our God daily.

Faith is not lived alone! We all need a fellowship of faith. Those people who will encourage us in our journey and grow in us a faith that moves. We want our church to be a place where people are awakened and come alive in faith!

When we invite people over we sometimes tell them to make themselves at home. When we told God to move into our lives we should have handed over the keys and let him dwell in us and take over our lives. Have you given God the keys to your house, or have you said hey come on in and enjoy the downstairs living room and kitchen?

Our makes us different does not matter more than what brings us together. Christ. We are made to be unique and useful. To discover who we are as a person in the context of who we are as a people. And the key to all of it, making Jesus matter most.

Where do we find out who we really are? Paul speaks to where we find our true self. The most authentic, genuine version of us. Find out where, not just what, your real life is.

Too often we live with a blurry view of Christ. We live by a shadow of what is real. Paul tells us that Christ is our substance and everything else is a shadow! Let's fix our eyes on Jesus and get a clear view of who He is.

Me can make this life in Christ so complicated! So much more difficult than God intended. Paul says it's simple. It is simply Christ. And He is simply supreme in all things.

Jesus asked His disciples, "who do people say that I am?" and then he asked them "who do you say that I am?" Both of these questions are important for us to answer. Join us as we discover the context that Jesus set with these questions that he used to prepare his disciples so that we can, too, be prepared.