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Friend of Sinners | Week 4 | The Heart of the Issue | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma

There are two ways to experience distance:

Self-serving ACTIONS and self-righteous ATTITUDES

Jesus came to save those who are BROKEN BY REBELLION and those who are BLINDED BY RELIGION.

Luke 15:1-2, 11, 23-32 (CSB)

ACTIONS can take you to a distant LAND.

ATTITUDES can keep you in a distant and defensive POSTURE.

The Father PURSUES BOTH the BRING us in to His joy.

"For certain types of people, grace is not only amazing, it is also infuriating." -Kenneth Bailey

Proverbs 4:23 (CSB)

What am I most ANGRY about?

Ephesians 4:26-27 (CSB)

Who do I currently RESENT that I haven't carried in PRAYER?

Am I KEEPING SCORE - measuring my OBEDIENCE against others?

2 Corinthians 10:12 (NLT)

Is there anyone I have already CUT OFF through CONDEMNATION?

Is there an ATTITUDE in me that is creating DISTANCE?

Your WORST days are never so BAD that you are outside of the REACH of God's grace.

Your BEST days are never so GOOD that you are outside of the NEED of God's grace.

Friend of Sinners | Week 3 | Better Than I Planned | Pastor Josiah Thomas | Life Center Tacoma

Luke 15:1-3, 11-24 (CSB)

HIS PLAN is better than your plan

Luke 15:12 (CSB)

Luke 15:14 (CSB)

Isaiah 55:8-9 (CSB)

Luke 15:19 (CSB)

HIS LOVE doesn't cost you anything, but it cost Him everything

Luke 15:20-21 (CSB)

"The father, in his house, clearly represents God. The best understanding of the text is to see that when the father leaves the house and takes upon himself a humiliating posture on the road, he becomes a symbol of God incarnate. He does not wait for the son to come to him but rather at a GREAT COST goes down and out to find and resurrect the one who is lost and dead." - Kenneth Bailey

HIS RESTORATION isn't earned, it's freely given

Luke 15:22-24 (CSB)

Friend of Sinners | Week 2 | The God Who Rejoices | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma

When you think about God, do you imagine Him JOYFUL?

What brings God joy?

God rejoices in RESTORED RELATIONSHIP

Luke 15:1-2, 8-10 (CSB)

Restoration required INTENTIONALITY

Restoration required INTENSITY

The outcome of restoration: JOY!

Zephaniah 3:14-17 (CSB)

Restoration is found in REPENTANCE

Friend of Sinners | Week 1 | One is Worth It | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma

Luke 15:1-7 (CSB)

For Jesus, ONE is WORTH it.

Ezekiel 34:1-2, 4, 11-12 (CSB)

John 10:11 (CSB)

Isaiah 53:6 (CSB)

Our shepherd SEEKS US OUT

Our shepherd JOYFULLY CARRIES US

1 Peter 2:24-25 (CSB)

You are so VALUABLE TO GOD!

Our DNA | Week 4 | Love Well | Pastor Doug Myers | Life Center Tacoma

1 Corinthians 13:1-3 (CSB)

We Reach Wide | We Build Strong | We Love Well

Luke 14:15-24 (CSB)

LOVE is our ORIGIN

John 3:16-17 (CSB)

1 John 4:9-10 (CSB)

LOVE is our IDENTITY

John 13:34-35 (CSB)

1 John 4:7-8, 19-21 (CSB)

LOVE is what DRIVES us

Romans 10:13-15 (CSB)

Matthew 7:24-27 (ESV)

Jesus calls us to be His DISCIPLES, and then He TEACHES us how

Mark 1:16-20 (CSB)

To become a disciple of Jesus we don't have to have a GREAT RESUME, because we SIMPLY PRESENT HIS

The journey of discipleship starts with BEING IN RELATIONSHIP with Jesus

John 17:24, 26 (CSB)

Discipleship is not something that is DONE TO US, discipleship is a DECISION TO ACCEPT HIS INVITATION

The journey of discipleship is a LIFETIME PROCESS of BECOMING MORE AND MORE LIKE JESUS

Luke 9:23-25 (CSB)

You can't FOLLOW Jesus ALONE

Jesus desires that we BECOME HIS DISCIPLES and INVITE OTHERS to do the same

Matthew 28:19-20 (CSB)

As we follow Jesus, we will BUILD THE STRONG FOUNDATION we need to stand strong NO MATTER WHAT COMES OUR WAY

Luke 14:15-24 (CSB)

God wants HEAVEN CROWDED

Bring LIFE IN JESUS to EVERY LIFE in our communities

We reach wide

Everything has been PREPARED

There is ROOM at the TABLE

Jesus invites us to REACH WIDE - with the same REACH that RESCUED us

Our DNA: What Makes Us "Us" | Week 1 | It's About Life | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma

We are about LIFE, because LIFE is who JESUS is

1 John 5:11-13 (CSB)

Our mission is to bring LIFE IN JESUS to EVERY LIFE in our communities

John 1:4 (CSB)

John 10:10 (CSB)

John 20:31 (CSB)

We CARRY the life: I carry the life of Jesus WITH ME and IN ME

Galatians 2:20 (CSB)

We CARE for lives: every life in our COMMUNITIES matters to God... And if it matters to Him, it must matter to us

We CLING to the spirit: we cling to the Holy Spirit as our source - because we can't do this mission without Him

Ezekiel 47:1, 8-12 (CSB)

John 7:37-39 (CSB)

A God of Justice | Josh Sperry | Life Center Tacoma

David was ANOINTED long before he was APPOINTED. God was shaping him in private before using him in public.

Justice: Making things right according to God's character and design.

Injustice: The abuse of power, the neglect of the vulnerable, or the failure to act when wrong is done.

Psalms 89:11-14 (NIV)

1 Samuel 17:26 (NLT)

Justice begins with seeing clearly

David sees what others can't or won't, the vulnerable and the hurting

[Ansel Adams Photo]

"I just want people to see what I see" -Ansel Adams

What cause is the Lord calling you to stand for?

Justice is rooted in God's character, not human strength

1 Samuel 17:32-37 (NIV)

Justice doesn't come from having power - it comes from knowing the God who defends the powerless.

Injustice, by contrast, is always about power misused.

Justice confronts evil courageously

1 Samuel 17:45-50 (NIV)

Justice happens when ordinary people walk into hard places because they know God walks with them.

Justice brings freedom and writes a larger story

What is your cause? Are you willing?

What are Goliath is standing in your way today?

Are you willing to see what others are not?

What is my something?

How can you trust in God's character over your own strength?