OneLife Church

Who is God? What is He like? This week Chris Nagel continued our sermon series through the gospel of Mark, and we looked at Jesus’ baptism and His temptation by Satan. Many people want a relationship with Jesus, but they want it on their own terms. They want Jesus to orbit them and their life. But in this short passage we get a stunning revelation of who Jesus is. Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and the second person of the trinity. Jesus has a reality and a gravity all to His own, and He is pulling us into His orbit. For all eternity God has existed as three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - who all relate to each other in self-giving, others glorifying love. Jesus invites us into this dance, this orbit of the trinity - to stop making everything orbit around us, and to experience the true meaning of life as we orbit the triune God.

You can join our OneLife Sunday morning gatherings via livestream at 9am and 11am CST every Sunday morning. Or if you’re local to the Bay Area of Houston, we’d love to have you join us in person Saturdays at 5pm and Sundays at 9am and 11am!

Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join us live on Sunday mornings: https://www.youtube.com/@onelifechurch381

Listen to more messages from OneLife Church at https://www.onelifehouston.com/messages

If you would like to give to OneLife Church, you can do that here: https://www.onelifehouston.com/give

At OneLife, we want to be and make disciples of Jesus who love God, one another, and our world. We are God’s people making much of Jesus in everyday life for the good of the neighborhoods in the Bay Area of Houston and beyond.

For more information about us and our gatherings, visit https://www.onelifehouston.com

Connect with us over social media!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onelifehouston​

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onelifechurch

You can join our OneLife Sunday morning gatherings via livestream at 9am and 11am CST every Sunday morning. Or if you’re local to the Bay Area of Houston, we’d love to have you join us in person Saturdays at 5pm and Sundays at 9am and 11am!

Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join us live on Sunday mornings: https://www.youtube.com/@onelifechurch381

Listen to more messages from OneLife Church at https://www.onelifehouston.com/messages

If you would like to give to OneLife Church, you can do that here: https://www.onelifehouston.com/give

At OneLife, we want to be and make disciples of Jesus who love God, one another, and our world. We are God’s people making much of Jesus in everyday life for the good of the neighborhoods in the Bay Area of Houston and beyond.

For more information about us and our gatherings, visit https://www.onelifehouston.com

Connect with us over social media!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onelifehouston​

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onelifechurch

What is the gospel? This week Brian Barr kicked off a new sermon series through the book of Mark in the Bible. Mark is an eyewitness account of Jesus' life, death, and resurrection. It was written specifically to Christians who were suffering in Rome under the persecution of Nero. Mark begins by announcing the purpose of his book - to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. The gospel is the good news about Jesus - that the Son of God Himself has come in the flesh to rescue His people. The whole book challenges the reader to make a decision about who you think Jesus is. Is He a good moral teacher? Is He a prophet? Is He an example of how we should live? Or will you, the reader, recognize that He really is the divine Son of God who can control the wind and waves, who can forgive sins, and who suffered and died to rescue His people?

You can join our OneLife Sunday morning gatherings via livestream at 9am and 11am CST every Sunday morning. Or if you’re local to the Bay Area of Houston, we’d love to have you join us in person Saturdays at 5pm and Sundays at 9am and 11am!

Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join us live on Sunday mornings: https://www.youtube.com/@onelifechurch381

Listen to more messages from OneLife Church at https://www.onelifehouston.com/messages

If you would like to give to OneLife Church, you can do that here: https://www.onelifehouston.com/give

At OneLife, we want to be and make disciples of Jesus who love God, one another, and our world. We are God’s people making much of Jesus in everyday life for the good of the neighborhoods in the Bay Area of Houston and beyond.

For more information about us and our gatherings, visit https://www.onelifehouston.com

Connect with us over social media!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onelifehouston​

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onelifechurch

What is baptism? This week, Brian Barr explained the significance of the practice of baptism, as we celebrated baptizing 21 people over the weekend! In the great commission, Jesus commands that we make disciples, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The first step of becoming a disciple of Jesus is baptism. Many people think they need to wait until they "get good at being a Christian" before being baptized, but that misses the meaning of this practice. Baptism is an acknowledgment of our sinful state before God. It shows our need for the Savior He has provided - Jesus Christ. It is a step of obedience that visibly portrays the invisible reality that we have been rescued from sin and death by Jesus alone. 

You can join our OneLife Sunday morning gatherings via livestream at 9am and 11am CST every Sunday morning. Or if you’re local to the Bay Area of Houston, we’d love to have you join us in person Saturdays at 5pm and Sundays at 9am and 11am!

Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join us live on Sunday mornings: https://www.youtube.com/@onelifechurch381

Listen to more messages from OneLife Church at https://www.onelifehouston.com/messages

If you would like to give to OneLife Church, you can do that here: https://www.onelifehouston.com/give

At OneLife, we want to be and make disciples of Jesus who love God, one another, and our world. We are God’s people making much of Jesus in everyday life for the good of the neighborhoods in the Bay Area of Houston and beyond.

For more information about us and our gatherings, visit https://www.onelifehouston.com

Connect with us over social media!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onelifehouston​

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onelifechurch

What does it look like to conform into the image of Christ? This week, Brian Barr closed out our Conform series by looking at the primary marker of a life transformed by Jesus - our love for others. Our culture has defined love as self-centered and self-gratifying. But the love of God is sacrificial and living for the benefit of others. God’s love is powerful! The instruction for followers of Jesus, who have experienced first-hand the love of the Father, is to take this sacrificial, servant hearted love to the people around us. It’s in fact, the primary way God intends the Gospel to spread through the world! God calls us to a mission that is worth everything we are and everything we have! And it will only be accomplished through wholehearted, followers of Jesus who have been conformed into the image of Christ and known for their love for others. 

You can join our OneLife Sunday morning gatherings via livestream at 9am and 11am CST every Sunday morning. Or if you’re local to the Bay Area of Houston, we’d love to have you join us in person Saturdays at 5pm and Sundays at 9am and 11am!

Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join us live on Sunday mornings: https://www.youtube.com/@onelifechurch381

Listen to more messages from OneLife Church at https://www.onelifehouston.com/messages

If you would like to give to OneLife Church, you can do that here: https://www.onelifehouston.com/give

At OneLife, we want to be and make disciples of Jesus who love God, one another, and our world. We are God’s people making much of Jesus in everyday life for the good of the neighborhoods in the Bay Area of Houston and beyond.

For more information about us and our gatherings, visit https://www.onelifehouston.com

Connect with us over social media!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onelifehouston​

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onelifechurch

What is the most radical thing that Jesus instructed His followers to do? “Love your enemies.” This week we had the privilege of having Bob Roberts with us from Northwood Church in Dallas, Texas. In a world where people are divided over differing beliefs, ethnicities, and political parties, whole hearted followers of Jesus are commanded to love everyone - even their enemies. This is so countercultural. The Gospel changes the way we see people because we have experienced the love of God when we were not worthy of His love. The only way we are able to love people is when we are abiding with the Father. We are called to embrace those around us with the love of God. It’s not enough to just say that you love them - loving someone means that you move towards them with compassion to seek their benefit. Love isn’t based on the worthiness of the person, but on the generosity of the one who loves. When we “consider others more significant than ourselves”, we humble ourselves and allow God to fill us with His love for those around us.

You can join our OneLife Sunday morning gatherings via livestream at 9am and 11am CST every Sunday morning. Or if you’re local to the Bay Area of Houston, we’d love to have you join us in person Saturdays at 5pm and Sundays at 9am and 11am!

Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join us live on Sunday mornings: https://www.youtube.com/@onelifechurch381

Listen to more messages from OneLife Church at https://www.onelifehouston.com/messages

If you would like to give to OneLife Church, you can do that here: https://www.onelifehouston.com/give

At OneLife, we want to be and make disciples of Jesus who love God, one another, and our world. We are God’s people making much of Jesus in everyday life for the good of the neighborhoods in the Bay Area of Houston and beyond.

For more information about us and our gatherings, visit https://www.onelifehouston.com

Connect with us over social media!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onelifehouston​

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onelifechurch

Every parent has goals for their kids. But as Christians, our greatest desire is that our kids would grow to be wholehearted followers of Jesus! In this Mother’s Day message, Brian Barr gives us five practices of families who are raising wholehearted disciples of Jesus. Discipleship has to start in our homes and in the way we model what it looks like to love God wholeheartedly. If we are emphasizing cultural values over Christian values or if we are not living as wholehearted disciples ourselves, our children will see the hypocrisy. As parents, it's our responsibility to teach our kids to know and apply the Gospel to their lives and prioritize gathering with other believers so that our children grow into spiritual maturity. 

You can join our OneLife Sunday morning gatherings via livestream at 9am and 11am CST every Sunday morning. Or if you’re local to the Bay Area of Houston, we’d love to have you join us in person Saturdays at 5pm and Sundays at 9am and 11am!

Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join us live on Sunday mornings: https://www.youtube.com/@onelifechurch381

Listen to more messages from OneLife Church at https://www.onelifehouston.com/messages

If you would like to give to OneLife Church, you can do that here: https://www.onelifehouston.com/give

At OneLife, we want to be and make disciples of Jesus who love God, one another, and our world. We are God’s people making much of Jesus in everyday life for the good of the neighborhoods in the Bay Area of Houston and beyond.

For more information about us and our gatherings, visit https://www.onelifehouston.com

Connect with us over social media!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onelifehouston​

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onelifechurch

How storm-proof is your life? This week we had the privilege of having Mbonisi Malaba with us from OneTribe Church in Nairobi, Kenya. Mbonisi led us through Jesus’ famous parable of two builders who built their houses on the rock and on the sand. When a great storm came, with violent winds, rain and floods, the house built on the rock stood firm, but the house built on the sand was destroyed. Christianity doesn’t promise us a storm-free life. Jesus was clear that we will encounter many kinds of suffering in this life. But what Jesus offers is a storm-proof life. If we build our life on a foundation of what seems best to us, it will be like building on the sand. When the storms come (including the storm of judgment in the life to come), the house will collapse leaving us lost and destitute. But if we build on the foundation of Jesus plus nothing else, if we hear His words and obey them, it will be like building on the rock. When the storms of life come, we will stand firm because we have Jesus in the midst of the storm. Jesus is the power of the storm-proof life, and receiving Him fully is the only path to true, eternal, unshakable life.

You can join our OneLife Sunday morning gatherings via livestream at 9am and 11am CST every Sunday morning. Or if you’re local to the Bay Area of Houston, we’d love to have you join us in person Saturdays at 5pm and Sundays at 9am and 11am!

Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join us live on Sunday mornings: https://www.youtube.com/@onelifechurch381

Listen to more messages from OneLife Church at https://www.onelifehouston.com/messages

If you would like to give to OneLife Church, you can do that here: https://www.onelifehouston.com/give

At OneLife, we want to be and make disciples of Jesus who love God, one another, and our world. We are God’s people making much of Jesus in everyday life for the good of the neighborhoods in the Bay Area of Houston and beyond.

For more information about us and our gatherings, visit https://www.onelifehouston.com

Connect with us over social media!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onelifehouston​

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onelifechurch

What does it look like to grow in spiritual maturity? This week, Nate Miller finished our Disciple: Conform series looking at how we change to be more like Jesus. Like plants produce fruit as they grow, followers of Jesus are also called to produce fruit of the Spirit in their lives. In Galatians, Paul says that we are to “walk by the Spirit and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.” As followers of Jesus, we must submit to the leadership of the Holy Spirit. Being led by the Spirit is like being led by a father who is gentle and full of love for his children. We also start living by the Spirit’s desires and starving the sinful desires of our flesh. It’s in an environment that is submissive to the Spirit that we can begin to bear fruit of Godliness in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control.

You can join our OneLife Sunday morning gatherings via livestream at 9am and 11am CST every Sunday morning. Or if you’re local to the Bay Area of Houston, we’d love to have you join us in person Saturdays at 5pm and Sundays at 9am and 11am!

Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join us live on Sunday mornings: https://www.youtube.com/@onelifechurch381

Listen to more messages from OneLife Church at https://www.onelifehouston.com/messages

If you would like to give to OneLife Church, you can do that here: https://www.onelifehouston.com/give

At OneLife, we want to be and make disciples of Jesus who love God, one another, and our world. We are God’s people making much of Jesus in everyday life for the good of the neighborhoods in the Bay Area of Houston and beyond.

For more information about us and our gatherings, visit https://www.onelifehouston.com

Connect with us over social media!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onelifehouston​

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onelifechurch

What should our response to sin be in our lives? This week, Chris Nagel continued our series Disciple: Conform giving us five steps to help us in turning from sin. While we no longer are enslaved to sin when we become a Christian, we will still battle the temptation to sin. It’s not only external threats that we fight against - like Satan or the world, but we also battle the internal threat of our own flesh. We must fight sin in our lives by running to Jesus and his throne of grace. He has given us a new identity and it’s from this new identity that we have the power to fight sin. We must turn and point our desires towards God, relentlessly pulling up the roots of sinful desires in our lives. God has given us the Holy Spirit to empower us to walk in a manner that glorifies Him. But we also must be ruthless to cut out anything in our lives that leads us to sin. Jesus is the great physician that came for the sick - it’s your very sin that drew Jesus to you in the first place. So in our battle against sin, we must be people who run boldly to the throne of his grace.

You can join our OneLife Sunday morning gatherings via livestream at 9am and 11am CST every Sunday morning. Or if you’re local to the Bay Area of Houston, we’d love to have you join us in person Saturdays at 5pm and Sundays at 9am and 11am!

Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join us live on Sunday mornings: https://www.youtube.com/@onelifechurch381

Listen to more messages from OneLife Church at https://www.onelifehouston.com/messages

If you would like to give to OneLife Church, you can do that here: https://www.onelifehouston.com/give

At OneLife, we want to be and make disciples of Jesus who love God, one another, and our world. We are God’s people making much of Jesus in everyday life for the good of the neighborhoods in the Bay Area of Houston and beyond.

For more information about us and our gatherings, visit https://www.onelifehouston.com

Connect with us over social media!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onelifehouston​

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onelifechurch