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Message notes by Cole Beshore, April 3 2022

’On the Road | Learning to walk with Jesus'

1) Get past my own understanding

Luke 18:31-34

Taking the twelve disciples aside, Jesus said, “Listen, we’re going up to Jerusalem, where all the predictions of the prophets concerning the Son of Man will come true. He will be handed over to the Romans, and he will be mocked, treated shamefully, and spit upon. They will flog him with a whip and kill him, but on the third day he will rise again.” But they didn’t understand any of this. The significance of his words was hidden from them, and they failed to grasp what he was talking about.

2) Get past my own busyness

Luke 18:35-42

As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind beggar was sitting beside the road. When he heard the noise of a crowd going past, he asked what was happening. They told him that Jesus the Nazarene was going by. So he began shouting, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” “Be quiet!” the people in front yelled at him. But he only shouted louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” When Jesus heard him, he stopped and ordered that the man be brought to him. As the man came near, Jesus asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?” “Lord,” he said, “I want to see!” And Jesus said, “All right, receive your sight! Your faith has healed you.” Instantly the man could see, and he followed Jesus, praising God. And all who saw it praised God, too.

3) Get past all obstacles

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Message notes by Cole Beshore, March 27 2022

’On the Road | Evangelism'

1) What do you do with good news?

- Have to share

Luke 10:1-4

The Lord now chose seventy-two other disciples and sent them ahead in pairs to all the towns and places he planned to visit. These were his instructions to them: “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields. Now go, and remember that I am sending you out as lambs among wolves. Don’t take any money with you, nor a traveler’s bag, nor an extra pair of sandals. And don’t stop to greet anyone on the road.

2) Adventure with Jesus

- Good news not good advice

- Go together

Luke 10:16

Then he said to the disciples, “Anyone who accepts your message is also accepting me. And anyone who rejects you is rejecting me. And anyone who rejects me is rejecting God, who sent me.”

- Learning to trust God for the outcome

Luke 10:20

But don’t rejoice because evil spirits obey you; rejoice because your names are registered in heaven.”

3) Why and How

- Starting with the right motivation

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Message notes by Cole Beshore, March 20 2022

’ON THE ROAD’

1) On the road to Easter

- Whats going on?

Luke 3:1-3

It was now the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius, the Roman emperor. Pontius Pilate was governor over Judea; Herod Antipas was ruler* over Galilee; his brother Philip was ruler* over Iturea and Traconitis; Lysanias was ruler over Abilene. Annas and Caiaphas were the high priests. At this time a message from God came to John son of Zechariah, who was living in the wilderness. Then John went from place to place on both sides of the Jordan River, preaching that people should be baptized to show that they had repented of their sins and turned to God to be forgiven

2) Turn

- What should we do?

Luke 3:10-15

The crowds asked, “What should we do?” John replied, “If you have two shirts, give one to the poor. If you have food, share it with those who are hungry.” Even corrupt tax collectors came to be baptized and asked, “Teacher, what should we do?” He replied, “Collect no more taxes than the government requires.” “What should we do?” asked some soldiers. John replied, “Don’t extort money or make false accusations. And be content with your pay.” Everyone was expecting the Messiah to come soon, and they were eager to know whether John might be the Messiah. 16 John answered their questions by saying, “I baptize you with* water; but someone is coming soon who is greater than I am—so much greater that I’m not even worthy to be his slave and untie the straps of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.*

3) Are you ready?

- What does it mean to be prepared?

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Message notes by Cole Beshore, March 6 2022

’BEING THE CHURCH: BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING’

1) Letting love change you

Luke 15:20-32

“So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him. “The older brother was angry and wouldn’t go in. His father came out and begged him, “His father said to him, ‘Look, dear son, you have always stayed by me, and everything I have is yours. We had to celebrate this happy day. For your brother was dead and has come back to life! He was lost, but now he is found!’”

2) Blessing for who?

Luke 10:29,36-37

The man wanted to justify his actions, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” “Now which of these three would you say was a neighbor to the man who was attacked by bandits?” Jesus asked.

The man replied, “The one who showed him mercy.” Then Jesus said, “Yes, now go and do the same.”

3) living a blessed life

Matthew 25:40

“And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’

1 Timothy 6:17-18

Teach those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which is so unreliable. Their trust should be in God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment. Tell them to use their money to do good. They should be rich in good works and generous to those in need, always being ready to share with others.

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Message notes by Kenton Beshore, February 27 2022

’BEING THE CHURCH: ENJOY COMMUNITY’

When life pushes us apart

“Write this letter to the angel of the church in Sardis. This is the message from the one who has the sevenfold Spirit of God and the seven stars: I know all the things you do, and that you have a reputation for being alive—but you are dead.”

Revelation 3:1

Bunch together…community

Wake up

“Wake up!…Repent and turn to me again. If you don’t wake up, I will come to you suddenly, as unexpected as a thief.” Revelation 3:2-3

Strengthen what you have

“Wake up! Strengthen what little remains, for even what is left is almost dead…Go back to what you heard and believed at first; hold to it firmly…” Revelation 3:2-3

Love God

Love your neighbor, community

…accept each other… Romans 15:7

…be kind to each other… Ephesians 4:32

…love each other... John 15:12

…encourage each other… 1 Thessalonians 5:11

Love your purpose

Stop pretending…honesty and authenticity

“…I find that your actions do not meet the requirements of my God.”

Revelation 3:2

Pharisees and religious rulers

“The teachers of religious law and the Pharisees…don’t follow their example. For they don’t practice what they teach. They crush people with unbearable religious demands…Everything they do is for show…What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you shut the door of the Kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces. You won’t go in yourselves, and you don’t let others enter either…then you turn that person into twice the child of hell you yourselves are!” Matthew 23:2-5,13-15

My biggest secret

Spiritual power to build community

“Write this letter to the angel of the church in Sardis. This is the message from the one who has the sevenfold Spirit of God and the seven stars…Yet there are some in the church in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes with evil. They will walk with me in white, for they are worthy. All who are victorious will be clothed in white. I will never erase their names from the Book of Life, but I will announce before my Father and his angels that they are mine. Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches.” Revelation 3:1,4-6

Life is not in conforming…

Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world… Romans 12:2

But in transformation by God…changing your thinking

…but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. Romans 12:2

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Message notes by Cole Beshore, February 20 2022

’BEING THE CHURCH: GETTING OUR HEADS RIGHT’

WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

PHILIPPIANS 4:4-9

Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again—rejoice! Let everyone see that you are considerate in all you do. Remember, the Lord is coming soon. Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you.

1. START WITH GOD

- OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN.

- WHERE DO I GO WITH MY WORRY?

2. FIX YOUR THOUGHTS ON;

NOT FIGHT THROUGH YOUR THOUGHTS ON

- WHAT AM I FILLING MY MIND WITH?

3. FINDING GOOD AND LIVING GOOD

- PEACE COMES FROM GOD.

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Message notes by Cole Beshore, February 13 2022

’BEING THE CHURCH: LOVE’

1 CORINTHIANS 13:1-13

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing. Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever! Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole picture! But when the time of perfection comes, these partial things will become useless. When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely. Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.

1) WHAT DO YOU LOVE?

- THE WAY LIFE TEACHES ME TO LOVE

2) WHERE DO I GET MY DEFINITION OF LOVE?

- AGAPE VS GOOD FEELINGS

- AGAPE = BEHAVIOR

16 FACETS OF LOVE:

3) LOOKING IN THE MIRROR

- "LOVE REJOICES IN TRUTH"

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Message notes by Cole Beshore, February 6 2022

’BEING THE CHURCH IN AN ANXIOUS WORLD’

MATTHEW 14:22-36

IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS, JESUS INSISTED THAT HIS DISCIPLES GET BACK INTO THE BOAT AND CROSS TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAKE, WHILE HE SENT THE PEOPLE HOME. AFTER SENDING THEM HOME, HE WENT UP INTO THE HILLS BY HIMSELF TO PRAY. NIGHT FELL WHILE HE WAS THERE ALONE. MEANWHILE, THE DISCIPLES WERE IN TROUBLE FAR AWAY FROM LAND, FOR A STRONG WIND HAD RISEN, AND THEY WERE FIGHTING HEAVY WAVES. ABOUT THREE O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING* JESUS CAME TOWARD THEM, WALKING ON THE WATER. WHEN THE DISCIPLES SAW HIM WALKING ON THE WATER, THEY WERE TERRIFIED. IN THEIR FEAR, THEY CRIED OUT, “IT’S A GHOST!” BUT JESUS SPOKE TO THEM AT ONCE. “DON’T BE AFRAID,” HE SAID. “TAKE COURAGE. I AM HERE!” THEN PETER CALLED TO HIM, “LORD, IF IT’S REALLY YOU, TELL ME TO COME TO YOU, WALKING ON THE WATER.” “YES, COME,” JESUS SAID.

SO PETER WENT OVER THE SIDE OF THE BOAT AND WALKED ON THE WATER TOWARD JESUS. BUT WHEN HE SAW THE STRONG WIND AND THE WAVES, HE WAS TERRIFIED AND BEGAN TO SINK. “SAVE ME, LORD!” HE SHOUTED.

JESUS IMMEDIATELY REACHED OUT AND GRABBED HIM. “YOU HAVE SO LITTLE FAITH,” JESUS SAID. “WHY DID YOU DOUBT ME?” WHEN THEY CLIMBED BACK INTO THE BOAT, THE WIND STOPPED. THEN THE DISCIPLES WORSHIPED HIM. “YOU REALLY ARE THE SON OF GOD!” THEY EXCLAIMED. AFTER THEY HAD CROSSED THE LAKE, THEY LANDED AT GENNESARET. WHEN THE PEOPLE RECOGNIZED JESUS, THE NEWS OF HIS ARRIVAL SPREAD QUICKLY THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE AREA, AND SOON PEOPLE WERE BRINGING ALL THEIR SICK TO BE HEALED. THEY BEGGED HIM TO LET THE SICK TOUCH AT LEAST THE FRINGE OF HIS ROBE, AND ALL WHO TOUCHED HIM WERE HEALED.

1) THE ANXIOUS WORLD IN SPIRAL

- REACTIVITY - HERDING INSTINCT - BLAME DISPLACEMENT - QUICK FIX MENTALITY - LACK OF WELL DIFFERENTIATED LEADERS

2) INVITATION TO ADVENTURE

- THE WORLD NEED A CHURCH ON ADVENTURE WITH JESUS

3) GRAB HOLD OF JESUS

- LIVING AS A NON ANXIOUS PRESENCE IN THE WORLD

1 CORINTHIANS 11:23-26

FOR I PASS ON TO YOU WHAT I RECEIVED FROM THE LORD HIMSELF. ON THE NIGHT WHEN HE WAS BETRAYED, THE LORD JESUS TOOK SOME BREAD AND GAVE THANKS TO GOD FOR IT. THEN HE BROKE IT IN PIECES AND SAID, “THIS IS MY BODY, WHICH IS GIVEN FOR YOU. DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME.” IN THE SAME WAY, HE TOOK THE CUP OF WINE AFTER SUPPER, SAYING, “THIS CUP IS THE NEW COVENANT BETWEEN GOD AND HIS PEOPLE—AN AGREEMENT CONFIRMED WITH MY BLOOD. DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME AS OFTEN AS YOU DRINK IT.” FOR EVERY TIME YOU EAT THIS BREAD AND DRINK THIS CUP, YOU ARE ANNOUNCING THE LORD’S DEATH UNTIL HE COMES AGAIN.

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Message notes by Cole Beshore, January 30 2022

’WISDOM WITHIN REACH’

PROVERBS 8

8:1-11,15-16,29-31,35-36

1 LISTEN AS WISDOM CALLS OUT! HEAR AS UNDERSTANDING RAISES HER VOICE!

ON THE HILLTOP ALONG THE ROAD, SHE TAKES HER STAND AT THE CROSSROADS.

BY THE GATES AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE TOWN, ON THE ROAD LEADING IN, SHE CRIES ALOUD,

“I CALL TO YOU, TO ALL OF YOU! I RAISE MY VOICE TO ALL PEOPLE.

YOU SIMPLE PEOPLE, USE GOOD JUDGMENT. YOU FOOLISH PEOPLE, SHOW SOME UNDERSTANDING.

LISTEN TO ME! FOR I HAVE IMPORTANT THINGS TO TELL YOU. EVERYTHING I SAY IS RIGHT,

FOR I SPEAK THE TRUTH AND DETEST EVERY KIND OF DECEPTION.

MY ADVICE IS WHOLESOME. THERE IS NOTHING DEVIOUS OR CROOKED IN IT.

MY WORDS ARE PLAIN TO ANYONE WITH UNDERSTANDING, CLEAR TO THOSE WITH KNOWLEDGE.

CHOOSE MY INSTRUCTION RATHER THAN SILVER, AND KNOWLEDGE RATHER THAN PURE GOLD.

FOR WISDOM IS FAR MORE VALUABLE THAN RUBIES(...) NOTHING YOU DESIRE CAN COMPARE WITH IT.

15 BECAUSE OF ME, KINGS REIGN, AND RULERS MAKE JUST DECREES.

RULERS LEAD WITH MY HELP, (...)

29 I WAS THERE WHEN HE SET THE LIMITS OF THE SEAS, SO THEY WOULD NOT SPREAD BEYOND THEIR BOUNDARIES.

AND WHEN HE MARKED OFF THE EARTH’S FOUNDATIONS, I WAS THE ARCHITECT AT HIS SIDE.

I WAS HIS CONSTANT DELIGHT, REJOICING ALWAYS IN HIS PRESENCE.

AND HOW HAPPY I WAS WITH THE WORLD HE CREATED; HOW I REJOICED WITH THE HUMAN FAMILY!

35 FOR WHOEVER FINDS ME FINDS LIFE AND RECEIVES FAVOR FROM THE LORD.

BUT THOSE WHO MISS ME INJURE THEMSELVES. ALL WHO HATE ME LOVE DEATH.”

1. AT THE CROSS ROADS

THE EVERY DAY DECISION

- BACKGROUND AND POETRY

- UNDERSTANDING THE PROVERBS

KING/FATHER AND LADY WISDOM

OR

THE WICKED MAN AND WOMEN FOLLY

2. ORDERING PRIORITIES

- WHAT DOES WISDOM WANT YOU TO KNOW?

- ITS VALUE, THAT IT IS ATTAINABLE, IT IS A CHOICE WITH CONSEQUENCES

3. TRUE WISDOM

- WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?

1 CORINTHIANS 1:30

GOD HAS UNITED YOU WITH CHRIST JESUS. FOR OUR BENEFIT GOD MADE HIM TO BE WISDOM ITSELF.

MATTHEW 23:11-12

THE GREATEST AMONG YOU WILL BE YOUR SERVANT. FOR THOSE WHO EXALT THEMSELVES WILL BE HUMBLED, AND THOSE WHO HUMBLE THEMSELVES WILL BE EXALTED.