When you look back over your life, you might agree that your boldest moments have been your best moments. °The day you popped the question. They time you jumped in the pool to pull your little brother to safety. You overcame something in each of those moments that made them great.° This week we’ll see the same is true when we pray, invite, give and launch more boldly.

I think that all of us want to live our lives boldly. But sometimes the difference between living bold and living a boring life is thinking that the impossible is possible. What problems are you looking at right now that seem impossible to you? What situations are you facing that seems unsolvable? Impossible? Jesus can make your impossible possible. Our God isn’t just able—He is more than able! So are you living bold? Or are you just settling for boring?

Churches rarely get in trouble because of theological issues. They get in trouble over competing agendas and power grabs. That’s not what Jesus had in mind when he launched his church. In fact, when he prayed for his followers, he prayed that they would be one. But what does that look like?

Though it may seem like a extreme attitude that we only see on TV or in odd circumstances, the truth is that anger is all around us, and it’s apart of ALL of our lives. Some anger is good, other anger is bad. But regardless of good or bad, anger always has the same consequence when we let it build up in our lives.

God wants to give you the gift of joy. In fact, if you are a in a relationship with God you already have it. His gift of joy is enough to keep us going on the both the good and bad days. It’s still there when we are unemployed, sick, lonely or discouraged by our circumstances. But Satan wants to steal our joy and suffocate the peace it gives our lives by with discontent and comparison.

“The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy.
My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.”
John 10:10 (NLT)