Grassroots Messages

In this message, Tiffany Staman unpacks the story of Jesus' encounter with the woman at the well in John 4. Similar to his encounter with the rich young ruler, Jesus encountered her in the middle of her mess and invited her into a kingdom way of living. 

Dan Hinz teaches out of Luke 18:18-30, discussing missed opportunities and how even though God has a plan we still have to make a decision to be a part of that plan. Because when we fail to surrender to Jesus, we miss out on God's plan for our lives.

God calls us to multi-dimensional work.  We are doing tasks to the best of our ability, but we are called as we do that to be salt and life. We get paid for products and services and hours, but as we do that we are doing something that transcends all of that.  We are bringing the message of the gospel through our conduct, our relationships, and our words.

God calls us to work towards something more than temporal. The products and the services we do right now might be temporary and seasonal, but the "why" we go to work is bigger than our paycheck. Through our work and through our person we are representing Christ. Rather we are working as for God and not for man. No matter what our hands are doing in our work we are bringing the kingdom of God into our space. 

God made us for work. There is a difference between work and toil. However, we were designed to be contributing and caretakers and involved. The American image is different- we work so that someday we don't have to anymore. Rather as a Christian, we work to care and steward our gifts and this place and each other. Someday we might reach a point where we don't need the money anymore, but our theology would dictate that we are still called to be "working". Nowhere in scripture is sitting back and doing nothing praised. Christians with a good theology of work don't complain about it.

The overarching theme of David’s life is despite who he was in the eyes of others or how good or bad he behaved, God remained at work. When he was nothing, God moved forward with his promise. When he had to wait and hide, God’s was moving. When he experienced success and favor, God used him to accomplish his purposes. When he was arrogant and sinful, God still moved his plan and his promise forward. Even in his brokenness, he still gave David hope of a Messianic King. So David’s story is still a story about God, and that’s why we can find hope that our story is truly about God, not about us. Thank goodness.

In the fourth and final week of this series, Matt Nyberg teaches about leaving a broken legacy and God’s redemptive plan.

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."

The overarching theme of David’s life is despite who he was in the eyes of others or how good or bad he behaved, God remained at work. When he was nothing, God moved forward with his promise. When he had to wait and hide, God’s was moving. When he experienced success and favor, God used him to accomplish his purposes. When he was arrogant and sinful, God still moved his plan and his promise forward. Even in his brokenness, he still gave David hope of a Messianic King. So David’s story is still a story about God, and that’s why we can find hope that our story is truly about God, not about us. Thank goodness.

In the third week of this series, Tiffany Staman teaches about success and blessings in our life, and the important role making exceptions in our lives has when it comes to sin.

The overarching theme of David’s life is despite who he was in the eyes of others or how good or bad he behaved, God remained at work. When he was nothing, God moved forward with his promise. When he had to wait and hide, God’s was moving. When he experienced success and favor, God used him to accomplish his purposes. When he was arrogant and sinful, God still moved his plan and his promise forward. Even in his brokenness, he still gave David hope of a Messianic King. So David’s story is still a story about God, and that’s why we can find hope that our story is truly about God, not about us. Thank goodness.

The overarching theme of David’s life is despite who he was in the eyes of others or how good or bad he behaved, God remained at work. When he was nothing, God moved forward with his promise. When he had to wait and hide, God’s was moving. When he experienced success and favor, God used him to accomplish his purposes. When he was arrogant and sinful, God still moved his plan and his promise forward. Even in his brokenness, he still gave David hope of a Messianic King. So David’s story is still a story about God, and that’s why we can find hope that our story is truly about God, not about us. Thank goodness.

Do you ever stop and wonder why you are the way you are or what drives you to respond to things the way you do?

Tiffany Staman examines the "Head Triad" of the Enneagram. The Enneagram is widely viewed as one of the most powerful and insightful tools for understanding ourselves and others.