In Acts 3:6, Peter said “silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.” That same presence and power of God that healed the lame man is what inhabits every believer! This message looks at the birth of the early church.

“The Son of Man came to seek and save the lost,” (Luke 19:10). What does it mean to be lost? In this message, Benjamin Shanks unpacks the story of creation as humanity being lost apart from God, and how Jesus’ mission is the Ezekiel 34 mission of God himself come to seek and save His creation.

When Jesus was bringing His kingdom to earth, there was a mission to be shared. After a prayerful night, He chose 12 from among His followers to be called apostles. When He ascended to Heaven, he empowered these 12 to carry on the mission to reach the ends of the world with the Gospel.

In the fourth and final week of our series Xponential: The Abundant Kingdom, Jonathan Shanks unpacks our 12 Core Values at NorthernLife. This message will encourage you to love God, love others and make disciples.

The Kingdom of God runs on an economy of exponential multiplication—multiplication of sacrifice. In 2 Kings 4, a man from Baal Shalishah brings a first-fruits offering to the prophet Elisha who God uses to multiply the bread to feed 100 people. This message will challenge you to have FIRST FRUITS FAITH that would give first to the Lord.