When things don't work out the way we want them to, we wonder what God is doing 'up there'. Is God even paying attention to our life? Doesn't He know what we wanted? 

Sometimes, God will bring us to a place we don't want to be because He is preparing us for something greater. God will tell us "no", but almost the "no" is because what He has for us is better than we wanted for ourselves. This week, Pastor Josh kicks off a series in the book of Mark & looks at how God prepared Jesus for the greatest job of all time & what that might mean for us today.

Scripture: Mark 1:1-15

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You can follow Jesus in any culture, but know that persecution will also be there. Be like Daniel and his friends and decide to be obedient to God rather than conform to this culture. The consequences of following Jesus may be difficult, but if you trust Him, then He will always be faithful!

Scripture: Daniel (Ch. 1-3, ESV)

For years, the Israelites called out to God to deliver them from Pharaoh. It became easy as time passed to become apathetic and feel defeated. However, we see in the Exodus narrative and in our own lives, even the insurmountable is according to His plan. We are never beyond deliverance.

Scripture: Exodus 3:1-8

What if God asked you to build a boat in the middle of the desert...would you do it? What if the boat would take you 75 years to build...would you still do it? Noah was asked to do something that seemed ridiculous at the time, but his obedience saved his family and preserved humanity. His obedience led to blessing! What ridiculous thing is God asking you to do, and how might obedience lead to blessing in your life?

Scripture: Genesis 6-8

Are gay people welcome at church? Are people born that way or is it a choice? Our live panel answered your questions this week as we closed out our "Pronouns" series!

No one wants to be told what to do, right? So we say things like "you do you" and allow all people to make their own decisions. That seems to work for our culture, but does it work for God? While our culture preaches tolerance, our God preaches repentance - and the difference is life-changing.

Most people want Jesus to save them and bless them, but don't want Jesus to be in charge of their life. In the story of the Rich Young Ruler we see that in His great love and wisdom, Jesus is not interested in being our Savior unless He is also our Lord.

Scripture: Mark 10

Anxiety, depression, anger, sadness, and death were never supposed to be part of our world...yet here we are - and those things are all to familiar. Something happened between God's Perfect Creation and today that changed everything - life as we know it.

Scripture: Genesis 3

Fill in the blank: "I am_________." What word did you choose? Chances are the word you chose has something to do with what you believe about yourself. We all have a word that we would put in that blank, but what if we we're not supposed to be the ones to fill that blank in? What if your Creator was the one who was supposed to fill that blank? If God were to fill in the blank, what would He write?

Scripture: Genesis 1 & 2

Want to know what your life will look like in 5 years? Take a look at your friendships today. Our lives are always moving in the direction of closest relationships, and the influences we surround ourselves with today will pull us toward something tomorrow. The question is...do we like the direction we are headed?

Scripture: 1 Samuel 16