FG Students (MS)

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 Dallas Greenaway finishes up our series, “Peace & Pain,” where we talk about pain in life and how Jesus is our source of true peace. Dallas talks about depression this week as we look at the story of Elijah in 1 Kings 19, verses 3-8 and 14-16. We see how depression and suicide are not new topics, but even affected Elijah, a man that was used in great ways by God. Dallas talks about how God is not done with us yet and challenges us to remember that God often uses our hard times to produce fruit in our lives.

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

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, and how we can trust and have peace from that truth.

This week Dallas Greenaway continues our series, “Peace & Pain,” where we talk about pain in life and how Jesus is our source of true peace. Dallas talks about anxiety and challenges us to think about what we’re anxious about and where we turn when we experience anxiety. We look at 1 Peter 5:6-7 and talk about 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.

 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 one of our volunteers Peter Peach finishes up our series, Lifelines, talking about how Godly friendships can change the world. Peter talks about his testimony and how community has changed him. We look at Hebrews 10:24-25 and what community looks like in the church back then. Peter challenges us to be ready to share with others about how Jesus has worked in our own lives, like it says to do in 1 Peter 3:15.

This week Dallas Greenaway continues our series, Lifelines, talking about how Godly friendships can change the world. We look at Acts 2:42-47 to see how Godly friendships were in the early church. Dallas challenges us to look at the ways God is changing every day of our lives as Christ followers and find ways that we can use our gifts to serve people for God’s glory.

This week Dallas Greenaway continues our series, Lifelines, talking about how Godly friendships never leave you all alone. We looked at John 11:1-16 when Mary and Martha were grieving their brother’s death and talked about how God always has a purpose for our pain. Dallas talks about how we all have times we feel alone and how we need to get alone with Jesus and tell others how we are feeling.