Generations Community Church

You will encounter a wall several times over your life. A wall where you get stuck in your faith, where your faith doesn't seem to work any more. These walls are (actually) opportunities for you to let go of power and control and to actually TRUST God. We Americans have a hard time with this - because we think things ought to be easier than they are and because we are terrible at waiting.

You will encounter a wall several times over your life. A wall where you get stuck in your faith, where your faith doesn't seem to work any more. These walls are (actually) opportunities for you to let go of power and control and to actually TRUST God. We Americans have a hard time with this - because we think things ought to be easier than they are and because we are terrible at waiting.

Chances are, you have some FAMILY stuff going on in your family. Stuff you take with you to college. Stuff you bring with you into your marriage. Stuff that lingers into your adulthood. That's because what happens in ONE generation often repeats itself in the next. BUT. But God wants to do something in your life that not only changes you (for the better) but changes your family tree. Our family of origin influences who we are today, which is why it's important to GO BACK in order to GO FORWARD.

Chances are, you have some FAMILY stuff going on in your family. Stuff you take with you to college. Stuff you bring with you into your marriage. Stuff that lingers into your adulthood. That's because what happens in ONE generation often repeats itself in the next. BUT. But God wants to do something in your life that not only changes you (for the better) but changes your family tree. Our family of origin influences who we are today, which is why it's important to GO BACK in order to GO FORWARD.

Far too many people DIE without knowing who they really ARE. They live out someone else's life or the live out someone else's expectations of whom they should be. As Meister Eckhart warned his students...no one can know God who does not first know himself.

Far too many people DIE without knowing who they really ARE. They live out someone else's life or the live out someone else's expectations of whom they should be. As Meister Eckhart warned his students...no one can know God who does not first know himself.

Your life is like an iceberg. There's the 10% on top that everyone can easily see and that you can easily project to others. But there's 90% below the surface - your childhood, things that happened to you, the way you see yourself and the world around you. And that 90%, if NOT dealt with, can ROB you of a rich and satisfying life. Fortunately for us, being emotionally unhealthy is NOT a new problem. One character after another (from the pages of the Bible) struggled with it - and God wants to change it (change US, from the INSIDE OUT).

Your life is like an iceberg. There's the 10% on top that everyone can easily see and that you can easily project to others. But there's 90% below the surface - your childhood, things that happened to you, the way you see yourself and the world around you. And that 90%, if NOT dealt with, can ROB you of a rich and satisfying life. Fortunately for us, being emotionally unhealthy is NOT a new problem. One character after another (from the pages of the Bible) struggled with it - and God wants to change it (change US, from the INSIDE OUT).

What's suppose to happen in a family is that a child is LOVED unconditionally by his/her parents that that child becomes an adult, who when they hear about a God who loves them unconditionally, immediately understands the concept and is able to trust God no matter what. RARE is the home where THAT kind of love is demonstrated. So these kids become adults who labor under a burden of becoming successful enough, having enough people like them or owning enough to believe they are SOMEBODY. Jesus didn't need any of that - because Jesus KNEW he was LOVED. In this message, Max Vanderpool, unpacks part of Jesus's identity - available to EVERY believer today.

What's suppose to happen in a family is that a child is LOVED unconditionally by his/her parents that that child becomes an adult, who when they hear about a God who loves them unconditionally, immediately understands the concept and is able to trust God no matter what. RARE is the home where THAT kind of love is demonstrated. So these kids become adults who labor under a burden of becoming successful enough, having enough people like them or owning enough to believe they are SOMEBODY. Jesus didn't need any of that - because Jesus KNEW he was LOVED. In this message, Max Vanderpool, unpacks part of Jesus's identity - available to EVERY believer today.