Join us as we celebrate the greatest story every told.

- Be FED and FIXED
- It's CAUGHT in a CROWD
- GRASP the GREATNESS (of His Love)
- FEEL the FULLNESS (of His Love)

- Joy is a GIFT from God
- Joy is a gift found in His PRESENCE
- Joy is a gift that CHANGES our PERSPECTIVE

Series Verse: Romans 15:13
Today's Passage: Colossians 1:19-20

Hebrew word for Peace: SHALOM
Greek word for Peace: EIRENE

- Jesus made a way for us to feel PEACE with GOD
- Jesus calls us to make PEACE with OTHERS
- Jesus wants us to feel PEACE within OURSELVES

Big Idea: Jesus offers us an invincible, eternal and unrivalled HOPE

- Jesus is hope for all TIME
- Jesus is hope for all THINGS
- Jesus is hope for all PEOPLE
- Jesus is hope in all TROUBLE

- Be ALERT
- Expose the IMPOSTER
- Identify the THREAT
- RUN and RESIST

- Run AFTER Jesus not AWAY FROM Jesus
- Endurance to run FOR Jesus comes from a life that believes IN Jesus
- Instead of hiding FROM Jesus, hide IN Jesus

OUR 'RUNNING' BEGINS WITH SINFUL SEPARATION

OUR 'RUNNING' CONTINUES WITH SHAMEFUL ISOLATION

OUR 'RUNNING' ENDS WITH PAINFUL DESOLATION OR POWERFUL EXONERATION

Big Idea: Some burdens are meant to be CAST, not CARRIED
Other burdens are meant to be CARRIED, not CAST

Burdens that are meant to be CAST: >>> MY OWN
Burdens that are meant to be CARRIED: >>> OTHERS'

Big Idea: Gratitude is a spiritual super power

Gutsy Gratitude: Give thanks in all circumstances, not just the great ones
Gutsy Gratitude: Gives thanks for a prayer heard, not just a prayer answered
Gutsy Gratitude: Gives thanks for purpose in the pain, instead of deliverance from it