THIS WEEK PASTOR JOHN GAVE US A FEW REMINDERS ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST. WE’VE BEEN ADDED TO THE LORD, BECAME A MEMBER OF HIS BODY AND ARE CALLED TO BE DEVOTED TO CHRIST AND ONE ANOTHER. (ACTS 5:12-20; JOHN 15:4-16)

THIS WEEK, BRYAN AND ERAINA LARSON TAUGHT ON EPHESIANS 6 AND HOW IT RELATES TO PARENTING.

THIS WEEK PASTOR JOHN, WITH SOME HELP FROM HIS WIFE, KASEY, UNPACKED THE ROLES THAT HUSBANDS AND WIVES PLAY TO MAINTAIN UNION IN MARRIAGE. MARRIAGE IS THE COVENANTAL UNION OR PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE, DESIGNED BY GOD TO DISPLAY THE UNION OF CHRIST AND THE CHURCH. MARRIAGE IS DESIGNED BY GOD TO HELP BOTH THE HUSBAND AND WIFE TO FULLY LIVE OUT THEIR DESIGNED PURPOSE FOR BEING. THE WIFE IS TO ALLOW HER HUSBAND TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HER AS CHRIST TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CHURCH. THE HUSBAND IS TO LOVINGLY LAY DOWN HIS OWN AGENDA AND TO LEAD HIS WIFE LIKE CHRIST DOES FOR THE CHURCH. (EPHESIANS 5:18-33).

SUNDAY WAS PASTOR JOHN’S FIRST SUNDAY BACK AND HE LEAD US THROUGH PSALM 62, “THE ONLY PSALM”. THIS POEM IS AN INVITATION INTO THE VISCERAL EXPERIENCE OF BEING HUMAN AND TRUST IN GOD ALONG FOR SALVATION AND HOPE IN THE MIDST OF TRIAL (PSALM 62:1-12; ROMANS 5:3-5, MATTHEW 11:28-30).

TODAY, JOHN KASERMAN PREACHED FROM EPHESIANS 5:8-14 AND TAUGHT US WHAT IS MEANS TO “LIVE AS CHILDREN OF LIGHT”. PLEASE SEE VIDEO BELOW FOR THE SERMON THAT JOHN REFERENCED FROM RICK WARREN.

THIS WEEK JOSHUA FLYNT WALKS US THROUGH EPHESIANS 5:3-10, AND HOW SPENDING TIME WITH GOD AND CULTIVATING A CULTURE OF GRATITUDE IN OUR LIVES SETS US FREE FROM SINS THAT CAN SO EASILY ENTANGLE US.

MO BRINGS US BACK INTO EPHESIANS, STARTING WHERE WE LEFT OFF AT THE BEGINNING OF CHAPTER 5. WE TALK ABOUT THE HIGH CALL THAT GOD HAS FOR US TO BE IMITATORS OF HIM AND THAT IT’S ONLY ADTER WE UNDERSTAND AND WALK OUT IN OUR IDENTITY AS BELOVED SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF HIS THAT WE CAN FULFILL THAT CALL.

ON MOTHER’S DAY, LAUREN WILLIAMS WALKS US THROUGH THE EXCHANGE BETWEEN JESUS AND THE RICH, YOUNG RULER. TOGETHER WE CONSIDER GIVING AND GETTING THE WAYS OF THE KINGDOM AND WHAT THIS SHOWS US ABOUT THE GOODNESS OF GOD.