Story Sunday | September 1st, 2024

This week we will continue into our series with Story Sunday! At times, attempting to share our faith can become stale, and we can lose steam. We wonder if God will ever change the person's heart we’re praying for? Hearing stories encourages, challenges, and reminds us God is changing lives, and it’s only a matter of time until he does the same in the person's heart we’re sharing with!

We will look at a familiar passage in Matthew 28:16-20. Jesus looks at a small group right before he ascends to the Father and gives them a command. His last words, which should be our first priority, often become the disregarded command. We think it’s for someone else who’s more qualified and experienced and has nothing going on in their life.

This week we kick off our series in Mark 2 with a message titled “Crew’s that Carry." We look at a powerful story; a group of four unnamed men who simply brought someone to Jesus. They believed that if they got the person in the presence of Jesus, the rest would be taken care of! So they get a man to Jesus, and his eternal destination and present circumstances change forever.

Often we are guilty of thinking we need to do more than just get someone to Jesus and his word. God did, and still is using gospel simplicity. We often add things on and think we can do the work, like Jesus needs my assistance in changing lives… the only part we get to play is bringing someone to him!

As we approach our 2nd birthday as a church, we will focus on the heart.

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Jesus + nothing = ????

How would you really answer that question? Sometimes the temptation is to believe that Jesus is not enough, that we need more than what we have and more than what he’s given to us.

If Jesus is with you, you are no longer a minority, but you are a majority; you are sufficient rather than inadequate, effective rather than ineffective, powerful rather than weak. As long as you bring what little you have to Jesus, he multiplies it, blesses it, strengthens it, and makes it sufficient for need.

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This week we’re excited to wrap up our series “This Verse Changed My Life.” We’ll have a very exciting final message, showcasing some verses that have brought life change.

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This Sunday we continue into our series of “This Verse Changed My Life.” We will take a look at how to practically be a pleasing aroma to Christ and the world!

When we put our trust in Jesus, we don’t just fit in with the crowd; we stand out from the crowd! Scripture reminds us that we are to be a pleasing aroma to the Lord. Do you give off the aroma of Christ to those around you?

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This week we continue our series “This Verse Changed My Life." When we have an incorrect view of God, our lives can get frustrating and confusing. What do you think of God? How do you view yourself?

We will be looking at Galatians 4:7, “So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.” This verse stands as a constant reminder that God is our Heavenly Father, and we are his loved children.

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This week Pastor Mike kicks off our series “This Verse Changed My Life” with 2nd Corinthians 12:1-10.

This week we will continue into our series “This Verse Changed My Life." There are some verses you read that have changed your life, that are changing your life, or that you want to change your life. We’re going to have some freedom with the series, and this week will be “This Verse Is Changing My Life."

This week we discuss Deuteronomy 8:3, “Man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.” Much of our story will be determined by how we answer one question: “What do you trust in?”  

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As we wrap up our series this Sunday on the “I AM Statements of Jesus” in John 15, we get a sense that Jesus stops us right in our tracks and says, “I AM the Vine.” Are we really connecting our lives to His? Has he become the source and the lifeline for our lives, or has Jesus just been thrown into the mix with everything else we have going on? 
What does it really mean to produce fruit that will remain? How do we demonstrate this fruit every day as an indication that we are truly connected to the vine?

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This week we look at the 6th claim Jesus makes: “I AM the Way, the Truth, and the Life.” Jesus is the way to the Father and ultimately the only way to receive eternal life. But how does that impact our lives here and now? When anxiety increases and the unknowns of life overwhelm our minds, where will we go? There is a problem with knowing where to go when we encounter the unknown in our lives. We don’t want to miss God’s plan for us, but even more than that, we don’t want to do the wrong thing. We don’t know which way to turn, and we constantly focus on the “what-ifs” of making the wrong move. This week, Jesus speaks to the worries of the mind and the hurts of the heart to reveal to us what “way” we must go. I look forward to learning more about this story with you all!

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