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We are joined today by our dear friend Pastor Dave Buehring as he shares a timely and timeless message about how we can live with purpose. Pastor Dave encourages us to begin our day, our relationships, our next project, and ultimately our life journey as disciples of Jesus always with the end in mind. He then lays out three practical ways we can walk this out. Let’s purpose to hear and apply this word today!

Church Family - please listen if you missed this service, and feel free to follow up with any questions you may have!

This Sunday we had a mid-year update discussing topics like the re-launch of our life groups which are starting soon, a review of our church finances, and an explanation of our leadership structure. We also received some encouraging updates from the local and foreign ministries we partner with and support, and encouraged our church body to keep doing what we are called to do - be a welcoming house of grace, grow as disciples and disciple-makers, and have an outward focus to love our community well.

In this message we hear from Zack Blevins as he shares his testimony. As he teaches how he found his identity, we explore how to find our own identity as children of God in Christ.

As we wrap up this series, we turn once again to the Lord’s Prayer and discover what is available to us when we determine to allow Jesus to de-clutter our hearts. His invitation to give and receive forgiveness, and be delivered from temptation is a challenging yet rewarding way of life - leading to healing, freedom, and peace.

In Part 2 of our Remodel series we explore the first few verses of the Lord’s Prayer. Jesus teaches us the importance of understanding our position, giving God permission to be in charge, and looking to Him for daily provision. Our prayer life should be rooted in humble adoration that leads to a life of surrender and devotion so we can be filled, sustained, and strengthened by the daily bread God has for us.

We begin a new series this week exploring the important role that prayer plays in the development and growth of our relationship with God and the transformation of our lives. Today we look at several passages that teach us that we are the true temple in which God longs to dwell, and are warned about potential obstacles that can keep us from inviting His presence into our lives to do as He pleases. May we all be committed to meeting God in the prayer closet, and giving Him the keys to the rest of the house!

This week, Krystal and Alex share some thoughts on worship and living in the presence of the Lord. These two things are absolutely tied together. With King David as our example, we see that when the Lord becomes our one true desire, we are truly able to worship Him and when we truly worship Him we get the blessing of living in His presence. This is “One Desire”.

God has given us Sabbath Rest, and its ultimate fulfillment is found in him. Time with Jesus is not a matter of ridged ritual devotion, but needed joyful communion. May we learn to find rest in him by consistently practicing Sabbath Worship in both the Solitude of a private prayer life, and worshipping with the family of God in his Sanctuary.

In Part 4 of our series, we get really practical, discussing the importance of scheduling time to rest. God commanded Sabbath rest for his people, but as we see throughout Israel’s history, they rarely followed his directive and suffered as a result. Let’s be intentional to learn how we can Sabbath, and use our calendars to help create the margin needed to care for one of our most basic needs.

In part 3 of our series, we reflect on the tension between work and rest. God always intended for us to work, but because of the fall of man, work has become a constant struggle. If we are to find rest, we have to have a proper perspective on work. We are made to live a life of meaning, and we are called to provide for, tend to, and enjoy all God has given us. May we learn to live in the rhythm of work and rest that Jesus longs to teach us