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This week Matt Densky opened up our new series, “The Disrupter.” In this series, we will be looking at how Jesus acts as a disrupter, changing up the comfortable lives we like to live. Matt talks about how a lot of us want Jesus to have our hearts, but we don’t want Him messing up our normal lives in the process. Matt talks about part of his story and how he became a believer, looking at Matthew 7:21-23, the verses that changed his life. Jesus brings healing, victory and hope, but we have to allow Him to disrupt our normal.

This week Matt Densky talked about peace at Christmas and how our first response as humans is fear, not peace. Even in Luke 2:8-14, the shepherds first response was fear when the angels came to them. Because of the coming of Jesus, God replaces our fear with joy and trades our shame for peace. This is such a great truth going into the busy Christmas season and remembering the good news of Jesus!

We hope you enjoy this message and have a Merry Christmas!

This week Stephen Whitacre talks to us about forgiveness and how it relates to Jonah’s story, especially in Jonah 4. We look at what forgiveness is and how God’s forgiveness empowers us to forgive others. Stephen challenges us to think about who Jesus wants us to forgive and what relationships in our lives need to be restored.

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This week Brentley Williams tells her story as it relates to our “Peace and Pain” series. As she shares her story, Brentley focuses on “Identity,” talking about her experience with anxiety, depression, and perfectionism over the years. We look at Mark 10:17-22 and the story of the rich young ruler, whose focus was on performance and money, not fully surrendering these things to God. Brentley asks us to think about what we are holding back from Jesus and challenges us to fully surrender to Him and find our worth and identity only in Jesus.

This week Matt Densky finishes up our series, “Peace & Pain,” where we talk about pain in life and how Jesus is our source of true peace. Matt and Rachel sit down to have a conversation about suicide, a heavy topic but very relevant today. They talk through some common questions about suicide, talk through Elijah’s own struggle with suicide and depression in 1 Kings 19:1-8, and talk about what to do if struggling with these things. We hope this conversation will clear up any misconceptions about these topics and provide helpful support moving forward.

This week Rachel Bailer continues our series, “Peace & Pain,” where we talk about pain in life and how Jesus is our source of true peace. Rachel talks about loneliness, how we all experience it, and how Jesus can relate to us in our loneliness and rejection. We look at Matthew 27:45-50 and how Jesus is fully separated and abandoned by God on the cross. We talk about how we will never be separated from God since Jesus was for us, and how we can trust and have peace from that truth.

This week Matt Densky continues our series, “Peace & Pain,” where we talk about pain in life and how Jesus is our source of true peace. Matt talks about what true peace looks like this week, looking at Philippians 4:4-7 and how it tells us to rejoice and be thankful in our pain and anxiety. Matt talks about how peace doesn’t remove the pain or circumstances in life, but guards our hearts and minds in Christ. 

This week Matt Densky continues our series, “Peace & Pain,” where we talk about pain in life and how Jesus is our source of true peace. Matt talks about anxiety this week, looking at 1 Peter 5:6-7 and what it looks like to humble ourselves and cast all our anxieties on God, because he cares for us. We also look at Jesus in Mark 14 as he becomes overwhelmed with facing death, and Jesus’ example of facing anxiety with others surrounding him.

 This week Justin Best opens up our new series, “Peace & Pain,” where we will talk about pain in life and how Jesus is our source of true peace. Justin talks about worry and what Jesus says about worrying in Matthew 6:25-34. He encourages us to seek God’s kingdom, as God provides what we need, not what we want. When we seek first the kingdom, our priorities in life change, and we start to find true peace.

This week Matt Densky finishes up our series, Puzzle Piece Jesus. We look at Matthew 10:34-39 and how Jesus brings a divisive message. We see that the message of Jesus is good news, but sometimes it’s hard to hear. In this passage, Jesus talks about wanting control over our lives. Matt challenges us to recognize anything in our lives that is more important than Jesus.