Christ Community Chapel

Today to start our new message series, 10 Sentences To Change Your Life, Pastor Zach takes us through Romans 1:16.

As a whole, our time as Christians may feel more marked by missed opportunities to talk about Jesus rather than moments we seized the opportunities before us.

But, in the Scripture today, Pastor Zach shows us that Paul gives us a reason to be honest, a reason to be encouraged, and a reason to be courageous.

Sharing our faith can feel uncomfortable. We may be afraid of offending someone, or we may think that conversations about religion are too personal.

The truth is, it is personal, but that's part of what makes it so unique. Paul encourages us by reminding us that the gospel is good news. It's about what Jesus has done and how it changes people and their relationship with God. And it's for everyone.

It's not just a story. It is our story.

So, let have the courage to share our story, our testimony, with others. Face to face. Heart to heart. And let's give the Holy Spirit room to do what only he can do through us.

As we delve into the concept of Christian growth, Pastor Zach fixes our thoughts on three points to consider: what is Christian growth, why does it matter, and how does it happen?

“If we can trust that Jesus saw us as worth dying for, we can trust he is worth living for.”

These beautiful words were brought to us by Pastor Ken Prabucki as he discussed Acts 2:42-47 and the concept of community.

In his three points, we learned about the kind of community we want, the kind of community we get, and the kind of community we can have.

Our hearts desperately want to be welcomed as we are and part of something bigger. The communities we find ourselves in often don’t allow for our authenticity or our messes.

But Jesus isn’t afraid of our mess. And in Jesus, we can become more ourselves than we could ever imagine.

Through the finished work of Christ on the cross and the ongoing work of the Spirit within us, we can be a part of true, lasting community. Just like the early church, we can walk alongside one another in the mess and experience the unity Christ calls us to partake in together.

Pastor Mike shows us how to reflect on the requests Jesus teaches us to make in the Lords Prayer: daily bread, daily forgiveness, and daily help against temptation.

In this message, Pastor Zach uses Matthew 6:10 to help us reflect on what it truly means to pray “your kingdom come, your will be done.”

It is easy to acknowledge the need for a regime change in the world, but we are slower to admit the need for a new King in our hearts and

minds.

In prayer, we can go to God with our despair and our discouragement over the broken kingdom of the earth. But we also must acknowledge the state of our own hearts and our desperate need to surrender to our Savior.

If left to our own devices, our kingdoms will always lead to death.

But, Jesus’ kingdom begins with death and births an eternal life. Through Jesus, we see a prayerful and purposeful life of surrender to God.

Surrender is vital to the Christian life. It is essential to pray that we have the power to bring a heavenly kingdom to our hurting earth.

Your kingdom come, God. Your will be done.

On earth, as it is in heaven.

In week two of our message series, Teach Us To Pray, Pastor Zach reflects on Mathew 6:9 and shows us where prayer begins, why prayer ends, and how to keep it going.

Pastor Jim Colledge walks us through Matthew 6:5-8 and the practical tips that Jesus gives us regarding prayer.

This week, Pastor Zach finishes our One Story One Hero message series by teaching about Jonah and the fish.

This week, Pastor Zach shared about the story of Daniel in the lion's den. He answered three questions: What is faith? Why does faith matter? How does faith grow? Tune in as we continue in our message series, One Story One Hero!

In this message, Pastor Zach Weihrauch teaches on the story of Naaman and addresses the questions: Why do we look for God? Why can't we find him? How do we know he wants to be found?