Questions we should wrestle with:

Who is?

What happened?

Acts 7:58

Acts 8:1

Acts 9:1-28

What if it's a Person?...

and, what if He loves you?

We are not defined by our past.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

It's hard to be content with what is when we are fixated on what was.

When we forget the past, we're prone to repeat the same mistakes, fall into the same traps, and not grow and mature.

1 Corinthians 6:11

2 Corinthians 5:17

Do you need a BURN THE SHIPS moment?

2 Corinthians 1

New word: "assumicide"

When your assumptions lead to dire consequences that could lead to your potential demise, you commit assumicide.

- when your actions are questions

- when your words get twisted

- when your motives are challenged

Responding to misunderstanding...

In just about every area of life, we opt for the undeniable over the unexplainable.

There is a path to God that takes you around your obstacles.

John 9

We doubt when we focus on what's unexplainable and lose sight of what's undeniable.

Heavenly Father, I want to know You more than I want to know the answers to all my questions.

1 Chronicles 26:18

1, Direction (our goal)

2, Decision (our alignment)

3, Division (our authority)

Where is YOUR Parbar?

If everybody in our church served the Lord like I do, what could the church accomplish?

Christianity is extraordinarily personal.

Genesis 12:1-3

Genesis 15:5-6

Matthew 18:1-4

TRUST | HUMILITY

"God, I want to know YOU more than I want to know the answers to all my questions."

Very few adults embrace Christianity after they have worked through their obstacles.

... it becomes real personal.

John 1:43-49

Matthew 22:37

Your Heavenly Father wants you to know Him more than He wants you to know the answers to all of your questions.

Ephesians 5:25-32

Matthew 28:18-20

There is always the danger of being AT church but not being IN church!

Hebrews 10:23-25

Truth: church can be hard.

Churches have flaws; they are inhabited by humans.

The church is still the entity that Jesus died for.

Romans 12:9-13

What is honor?

to assign value

There are no ordinary people; you have never talked with a mere mortal. | C.S. Lewis

**Honor is the operating system of the kingdom of God.

Contempt is made to share.

1, Honor opens us up to blessing.

Mark 6:1-6

2, Honor brings out the best in people.

3, Honor creates a safe place of trust.

How do we live as a counter-cultural community of honor?

Psalm 37:23-24

Genesis 22:1-14

God still wants to meet and provide for your every need.

The only thing God required from Abraham to pass His test was TRUST.

Psalm 139:13-18

Psalm 23:4