The conclusion of our two-part look at vocation will focus on what the coming of Christ's kingdom has to teach us about our work. We've already seen that creation, fall, and redemption depict the goodness of human labor, the reality of strife, and the need to pursue peace through sacrificial work. Now we will ask what kind of work God wants us to do -- and how to do it. "All Work is God's Work," the final sermon in the God at Work series, looks at what it means to see your job as a sacred calling. Visit us online at www.graceforsiouxfalls.org.

Most of us work because we have to. There are bills to pay, after all. We see work as a means to an end -- or worse, as a curse! The long hours we put in at the job keep us from family, from leisure, and from the life of discipleship, forcing the most important things in life to compete for our after-hours attention. But what if God has a plan for your work? What if your life in Christ is meant to be lived at all hours -- even when you're on the clock? We devoted eight weeks to the vision of discipleship in Ephesians, but we're not quite done with the subject. This Sunday begins a two-week coda exploring a question raised during the last series: how do we balance the call of discipleship with the reality of work? First, we will explore a biblical view of work from the standpoint of creation. What was the nature of Adam's work in the Garden, and what can we learn from it? "The Sweat of Your Brow: The Curse (and the Blessing) of Work," is the first sermon in the two-part God at Work series. Visit us online at www.graceforsiouxfalls.org.

It was our great pleasure at Grace to have Rev. Bernie Haan with us to celebrate the sacraments of baptism and communion. In this sermon, he speaks to the significance of the sacraments by considering them through an Old Testament lens.

Our look at the journey of discipleship ends not in motion but in stillness, as the Apostle Paul urges believers to stand firm. We cannot stand firm in our own strength, and we cannot stand firm without protection against the blows we endure every day. We also cannot stand firm on our own, apart from the saints. While we crave happiness and personal fulfillment, what God calls us to (and equips us for) is perseverance. "Stand Firm," the eighth and final sermon in the Find Your Way series, encourages us to endure in what Eugene Peterson describes as "a long apprenticeship in holiness." Visit us online at www.graceforsiouxfalls.org.

We are obsessed with power. If you don't have it, you want it. If you have it, you'll do anything to keep it. Power means you get to make the rules. You're in control, and who doesn't crave that? The thing is, grace changes everything, even the way we think about power. Our new life in Christ leads to a new approach to power, one that turns our ideas about control upside down. "A New Approach to Power," the seventh sermon in the Find Your Way series, explores the way power changes in Christ's Kingdom from brute force to spiritual authority. Visit us online at www.graceforsiouxfalls.org.

New life in Christ gives us new ways to approach pleasure and power. This sermon tackles the first part of that equation, looking at sex and money. Next time, we'll look at the second part, power. Grace changes everything ... including the things we enjoy. The old adage "sex sells" touches on two pillars of contemporary culture: lust and consumerism. Central as they are to the world we live in, the Gospel calls into question our ideas about both. What if we've been thinking about sex all wrong? The Bible isn't prudish, but it challenges our deeply cherished assumptions. What if we've been looking at material things all wrong, too? "A New Approach to Pleasure," the sixth sermon in the Find Your Way series, will point you toward a fresh understanding of where to find joy. Visit us online at www.graceforsiouxfalls.org.

Maturity means finding your identity. Being comfortable in your own skin. Being the unique, independent person you always wanted to be. If this is true, what are we to make of Ephesians 4, where we're told to throw off our "old selves" in exchange for something new? As we attempt to follow Jesus, are we in danger of losing touch with our own identity? If we strive to be selfless, do we run the risk of, well, losing ourselves? These are some of the questions we will ponder in Part 5 of the Find Your Way series. Visit us online at www.graceforsiouxfalls.org.

The Find Your Way series explores the vision for discipleship in Paul's epistle to the Ephesians. Part four reveals Paul's prayer for every disciple: that we will receive power from the Holy Spirit to comprehend the vastness of Christ's love. "He who possesses this one thing," John Calvin wrote, "has enough." Love has the power to transform, and it's no surprise: human beings are lovers by design. Only the love of Christ, however, can fill the empty. This sermon explores the way we come to know that love. Visit us online at www.graceforsiouxfalls.org.

The Find Your Way series explores the vision for discipleship in Paul's epistle to the Ephesians. Part three reveals the mystery of God's eternal plan: from the beginning salvation included the Gentiles. What did this mean to the letter's original readers? And what does it mean for our discipleship today?

The Find Your Way series explores the vision for discipleship in Paul's epistle to the Ephesians. Having considered the body last time, the second part turns our attention to the path itself. God's plan is to unite all things in Christ. Our salvation brings us into union with Christ. But that union doesn't mean the life of discipleship progresses from blessing to blessing until we simply cannot experience more joy. Instead, the pattern of Christ's life becomes the pattern of our lives -- which means the things that so often discourage us shouldn't, for they are things Christ, too, experienced.