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Christianity diverges from all other faith traditions by emphasizing God’s actions for us rather than our work for God, and Abraham’s story is the beginning of that change. This weekend Abram and Sarai show us beautiful faith that is far from perfect, and we learn the essential dynamics of relationship with God.

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What does a life of following God really look like? The portrait of Abraham and Sarah in Genesis provides the earliest and most complete picture of a life of trusting God and his promises. This weekend, we begin inspecting the surprising twists and turns in the life of faith.

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In the aftermath of the Babel account, God chose one particular family to bring blessing to the whole earth. In this first sermon in our new series, we’ll explore two of the first examples of a life of faith. Abraham and Sarah believed God’s promise, but (like us) their faith was often weak and their lives full of missteps. They discovered their failures were never enough to overcome God’s grace and promise. Through their story, we’ll discover how we can trust God to keep his promises.

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Job asked repeatedly for an audience with God and finally he seems to receive exactly what he wanted…or does he? God seems to leave many of Job’s (and our) questions about suffering unanswered. Instead of revealing answers, God reveals himself to Job. At the conclusion of Job’s story, we receive a new view on who God is and what he expects of us.

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Could there be a purpose or any positive result that grows from Job’s tragic experiences or from the trouble in our lives? We might be tempted to view our difficulties as random, inconvenient, and best ignored or overcome. However, it’s possible that some of our troubling experiences shape us into the people God calls us to be. Together, we can search for a purpose behind our pain.

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What difference does faith make when we’re suffering? Job lost everything but was able to hold onto his faith in God. His confident assertion that his life would continue beyond his death creates an important marker in the Old Testament Scriptures about belief in resurrection. We are able to look back on Jesus’ resurrection as strong confirmation of our own future life after death. Let’s consider how faith and hope in the future change life and suffering in our present.

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Sooner or later we all wonder, “How could this happen to me—from where has this unexpected problem or pain come?” These questions echo throughout each page of Job’s story. Responding to these questions can lead us onto dangerous ground, but it’s a necessary part of life. This weekend we begin exploring the causes or sources for the problems and pain in our lives and world.

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When life falls apart, how can we navigate through our pain without falling apart ourselves? Job begins to cry out to God and his friends in chapter 3. His brutal honesty and deep vulnerability can be shocking but also help us faithfully endure our own challenges. Let's explore how to be faithful with the painful parts of our lives.

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Job had it all—family, friends, prosperity, influence, and even a healthy relationship with God—but in one day he lost everything, except for his faith in God. Job and his friends struggled to make sense of his desperate situation. They asked the same kinds of questions that we ask: where does suffering come from and is there any purpose behind our pain and where is God when we suffer? The responses to these questions might surprise or discomfort us just as much as they did Job. Over six weeks, let’s explore the way God delivers his good news through the very bad experiences of Job.

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Building relationships with fellow believers is essential to good spiritual health. These 'Jesus-centered relationships' help us encourage and support one another as we grow and mature in our faith. In Jesus centered relationships, we have the opportunities to practice the 'one anothers' found throughout the New Testament: being kind to one another, praying for one another, loving one another, forgiving one another, and more. Our Group Life ministry offers some of the best opportunities to cultivate these relationships. Today, we will hear from group leaders about how these 'one another' practices are being lived out within their groups.

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