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April 24, 2024 | Wrapping up the series of "Influencer", seniors Paul Coleman and Philip Avery highlight how God used Joseph and Peter to share the gospel.

As Paul Coleman summarizes Joseph's story in Genesis 37-50, we can see that God had a plan through all the rough days Joseph faced. We learn that God has a plan for us, even a plan for our rough days. God is with us through it all and thankfully, the rough days will not last forever.

Walking through Peter's journey with Jesus, Philip Avery highlights that even though Peter denied Jesus three times, Jesus still forgave Peter. Peter ran to Jesus and was redeemed from his sin. Just like Peter, we will make mistakes and sin. However, God will forgive us if we run to Him and ask. Are we willing to run to God and answer the call He has for us?

April 17, 2024 | Walking through the story of Job, junior Garrett Owens highlights the importance of not letting our hardships have a negative influence over our perspective of God. Just like Job praised God after having lost everything in his life, we should keep our focus on God and He will get us through the strorms. Only in God can we find true contentment and be able to praise the Lord within the hardships.

April 10, 2024 | Continuing in the series of “Influencer”, sophomores Kade Hill and Branson Tenorio share about what it means to be bold for the Gospel and be victorious over our battles.

Teaching out of Judges chapter 6, Kade walks through Gideon’s journey of wrestling with the Lord and learning to obey God in order to influence and inspire the men that were around Gideon. Because Gideon believed and obeyed, God gave Gideon the victory over the Midianities.

Branson walks through Paul's journey of being bold for the Lord and using his boldness to influence the situations, lives, and culture around him. Highlighting Acts 13:44-49, we learn how Paul boldly proclaimed the Gospel, despite some people hating him. Are we being bold in our faith? 

April 3, 2024 | For week one of the new series "Influencer", freshmen Adelaide Fabacher and Matthew Morris discuss how God can use you to influence others for His glory. 

Teaching out of Exodus 17:8-13, Adelaide uses Aaron and Hurr's journey as a reminder to be that Godly friend because we never know how big of an influence we can have when God works in and through us.

Reading from Jonah chapters 3 and 4, Matthew highlights God's mercy in Jonah's story. God could've easily punished both Jonah and the Ninevites. But God had mercy on them and worked through Jonah to be a witness in Nineveh. We are like Jonah and the Ninevites because we sin and disobey God. But God can still use us, even when we disobey.

March 20, 2024 | As Christians, we can fall into a cycle of sinning, feeling guilty, asking for forgiveness, feeling good about knowing God will forgive, and then fall into sinning again. Evan Beshel walks through how we can break this cycle by being confident in our identity in Christ and pursuing Him. It's not just about asking for forgiveness, but truly disciplining ourselves through the Holy Spirit of not letting the same sin take control over us. We can grow further from the bad habits and grow closer to God.

March 6, 2024 | Steve Spence walks through scripture to explain what it will require for godly Christians to pursue righteousness and godliness. As God's children, we need to have a pure heart, a clear conscience, and sincere faith; as it's written in 1 Timothy 1:5 and 2 Corinthians 1:12. We must live apart from the world in order for Christ's light to shine through us so we can share the Gospel to others. 

February 28, 2024 | Ben Taylor reminds us to not waste the precious gift of the gospel that God has entrusted us with. Are we just keeping the good news to ourselves? Do we know why God wants us to share His precious gift to others?

February 21, 2024 |  Following Catalyst weekend, Steve Spence challenges us to grow spiritually throughout the year, not just during big events. As Psalm 34:8 says, we must “taste and see that the Lord is good” every day of our lives. So how we do continue to grow when the “spiritual high” dies down? Steve talks about how spiritual disciplines play a vital role in sustaining growth and going deeper in our relationship with the Lord.

February 14, 2024 | “Self Control”

Wrapping up our series in “Walk in the Spirit”, Steve Spence reads the key passage of Galatians 5:16-24. Highlighting the last fruit mentioned in scripture, Steve talks about how self control is exhibited when one can recognize their sinful behaviors and choose to run away from it. Steve also mentions practical ways in which we can exercise self control daily in our lives.

February 7, 2024 | "Faithfulness"

Steve Spence talks about how God is faithful in our wandering, in our doubts, in our feelings, and in our struggles. Are we aware of God's faithfulness in our lives? Do we thank God for how faithful He is to us?