We live in a culture that promotes thinking more about ourselves than others.  To take care of ourselves first. However, God teaches us that one of the marks of a Christian is a hunger and a willingness to be generous.   The generosity of a believer stems from the gratitude we have for what God has done for us.  

In our final message of the Unlocked series Griffin encourages us to think about living with a heart of generosity.  We are invited to seek opportunities to use our time, gifts and finances to make an impact.  

How do you define greatness?

The world leads us to believe greatness is based on status, achievement, accolades, etc.  It creates the need to be seen and celebrated.  But what does God believe greatness looks like?

In todays message Griffin unpacks how Jesus taught his disciples about greatness.  the Bible flips this concept completely and shows us that a life of service is a life of greatness.  

One of our greatest challenges is finding forgiveness for someone who has hurt us.  

We've all been wounded by someone's actions or words and have found it difficult to overcome the pain it caused.  God is clear on the significance of forgiveness.  If we hold on to anger and bitterness towards people it will impact us in a very negative way.

Most of us want to find forgiveness but the real question is how to we get there?  In this message Griffin shares three misunderstandings and three truths about forgiveness.  And in the end, he shares clear ways to pursue it in our own lives.  

How does God deal with our failures?

We hate the feeling of failing people we love.  We even hate the idea of failing in an important area of our life.  The sobering reality for all of us, however, is that failure is inevitable.  We all miss the mark as the Bible says.

The real questions to focus on are these: how does God react to our failures and how do we react to them as well?  In this message Griffin explores Peter's denial of Jesus after He is arrested.  You will hear about the impact of Peter's failure but also the incredible way in which Jesus responds to it.  It's a clear indication of how God reacts to us when we fail with Him.  

It's a message of encouragement as we grow in our relationship with God.  

Faithfulness is essential to every relationship we have.  

We want to depend on people, trust them and know that they won't let us down.  Faithfulness is powerful.

When it comes to our faith we can struggle to stick with God.  We deal with challenging seasons of life, disappointments and face many things that can impact our ability to stay close to our Heavenly Father.

In this message Griffin walks through the beginning of John 15 where Jesus calls His disciples to stick with Him no matter what they face.  You will hear about why faithfulness is so key to our lives and how we stick with Christ in every season.  

Giving full control to God is easier said than done.  While we are willing to give God some things we rarely fully surrender our whole lives to Him because we like to stay in control of some of it.  

This week Griffin unpacks the story of the rich young ruler in Mark chapter 10. Jesus reveals that he has something in his life keeping Him from a true relationship with God. We learn the key to overcoming this challenge so we can make certain that nothing becomes more valuable to us than our commitment to Him.

What is your why?

It's very easy to turn what is meant to be a relationship with Jesus into more of a religious experience with Him.  And while it is important to attend church, read the Bible,  and pray to Him God desires that we have the right motivation for why we do what we do with Him.

In this message Griffin unpacks a story from John chapter six where Jesus confronts a group of His followers on what they are seeking in their pursuit of Him.  He encourages us to to seek Him for eternal reasons instead of temporary ones.  It's a powerful reminder what Christianity is not a religion, it's a relationship.  

We all understand that in some way or another prayer is important.  We know God has invited us to pray and spend time with Him in prayer. 

But so often our prayer life gets stagnant or even non-existent.  For different reasons we fall into a pattern of not making time to be with our Heavenly Father.  

As we continue our 21 Day Fast this message walks through the how and why we pray.  It is an invitation to to experience God through prayer in the way He intended.  

We all have cravings.

Dreams, goals, desires.  We are hungry to see things happen and make progress in our lives.  And oftentimes our conversations with God are about how we want Him to make that happen.

But what if our greatest craving wasn't wanting more from God?  What if our greatest craving was more of God Himself in our lives.  

Listen and hear Griffin's message on Psalm 37:4 and how it can change your whole perspective on what you are pursing with God.  

We all want to start 2022 strong. As a church we will kick off the year by pursuing our Heavenly Father through fasting. The goal is to give up something physical to gain something spiritual and we can't wait to see what God has in store for each of us.