We are talking about what makes us an uncommon people. What sets us apart? Historically, Christians are most effective when we do this one thing together. What makes us uncommon people?

How can we steward our time, talents, and treasures the best way possible in everyday life? If we are going to help people find and follow Jesus, it will only happen when we steward our TIME, TALENTS, and TREASURES in uncommon ways.

It's time to start over! Have you failed? Have you been discouraged? Feel like giving up and quitting? Jesus is asking only one question: Do you love Me? You can start over right where you are!

John 3:16 describes why Christmas happened: “for God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son.” Christmas is the unwrapping of ultimate love. A love that has unending depth, warmth, and welcome for us.

God has an infinite capacity for joy. Will you make room for it? God is the most joyful being in the universe. That’s why we say, where God

is, there is joy!

Peace is not an absence of conflict. It’s holistic wellbeing in the presence of God. How can we make room for peace in chaos, peace in distressing times, peace in war, peace in problems, peace when conflict abounds?

Where God is, there is hope! In this season, what is our hop in? How do we make room for hope?

The enemy binds, misdirects, oppresses, lies, accuses, distracts, exploits. We look at scripture to outline this cosmic conflict, and the rescue God LOVES to provide because He LOVES you and me!

Jesus teaches us to pray boldly about this spiritual warfare. This was a lived prayer for Jesus. He engaged head on with the enemy! We ought not be blind to the spiritual warfare waged through temptation, what those temptations are, and who our enemy is.

Releasing Resentment. Jesus teaches this principle in the Lord’s Prayer: forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. Do we really know what we are praying? Do we take forgiving each other seriously enough?