StoneBridge Church // Sermon of the Week

Jesus' command to us is to go make disciples. As we launch our small groups, it is not about Christian education, but spiritual formation-helping others become disciple makers.

We were created to be in life-giving relationships. We need to be in relationship with God and others with whom we can be vulnerable and transparent with.

Baptism is a place where our faith intersects God's grace. Are there areas in your life where this is happening? God desires to pour Himself out on us, but will give Himself to the measure that we are willing to receive from Him.

Many of us have responded to the call of Jesus, but are still wrapped in grave clothes. We are forgiven, but never move from forgiveness to freedom.

There is often a tension in our hearts when we have situation where we need God to work and He is not showing up. We know He can, so why isn't He?

Jesus is the Way, Truth, and Life so anything apart from Him is dead. If there are areas of death in our lives, we need to respond to Him and let Him bring life to those places.

We are called to run the race set before us. As we run our race we often judge others in how they are running theirs. We need to trust the Holy Spirit to lead them and give them encouragement along the way.

Our influence has limits because those we are influencing still have the freedom to choose. Influence is not control. Once we try and control, we are no longer operating in the Spirit. We need to speak with Grace and Truth and focus on the relationship.

Some thoughts on where we are headed in the next few years...

If you are a Christian, everywhere you go, every situation you are in, you can be an expression of the Kingdom of God. One avenue of expressing the Kingdom is speaking. The right words at the right time can have a huge impact.