Main Point: "What only God can give is never earned, only received."

Memory Verse: "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast." – Ephesians 2:8-9 (ESV)

Series Description: While under house arrest for proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus, the apostle Paul wrote a letter to the church in Ephesus and declared two main themes: 1) that mankind has been reconciled to God through the work of Jesus Christ, and 2) how Christ-followers should practically live out this union with God and union with His body of believers, the Church. During this series we take an in-depth look at the book of Ephesians.

Main Point: "The Church united to Christ and each other represents Him to bring hope to a world of hopelessness."

Memory Verse: "I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so that you will know...what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe." – Ephesians 1:18a, 19a (NASB)

Series Description: While under house arrest for proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus, the apostle Paul wrote a letter to the church in Ephesus and declared two main themes: 1) that mankind has been reconciled to God through the work of Jesus Christ, and 2) how Christ-followers should practically live out this union with God and union with His body of believers, the Church. During this series we take an in-depth look at the book of Ephesians.

Reading Plan for this Week: Ephesians 1:3-14

Main Point: "When we are united in Christ, we receive the blessings of God…and when we aren’t, we don’t."

Memory Verse: "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ." – Ephesians 1:3 (NIV)

Series Description: While under house arrest for proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus, the apostle Paul wrote a letter to the church in Ephesus and declared two main themes: 1) that mankind has been reconciled to God through the work of Jesus Christ, and 2) how Christ-followers should practically live out this union with God and union with His body of believers, the Church. During this series we take an in-depth look at the book of Ephesians.

Reading Plan for this Week: Ephesians 1:1-2

Main Point: "The church is united as one in Christ, and lives out that unity through their love for Him and one another."

Memory Verse: "Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place." – Revelation 2:4-5 (NIV)

Series Description: While under house arrest for proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus, the apostle Paul wrote a letter to the church in Ephesus and declared two main themes: 1) that mankind has been reconciled to God through the work of Jesus Christ, and 2) how Christ-followers should practically live out this union with God and union with His body of believers, the Church. During this series we take an in-depth look at the book of Ephesians.

Main Point: "Not having a plan to give is an inevitable pitfall."

Memory Verse: "We will not neglect the house of our God." – Nehemiah 10:39b (NIV)

Series Description: It’s hard to go one way when everyone around you is going the other way. But God has called His followers to live a life that often looks different than the culture around us. In this series we look at 3 things that—though customary for those who don’t follow Jesus—can easily draw our hearts away from God.

Main Point: “Neglecting the Sabbath is an inevitable pitfall.”

Memory Verse: Then the Lord said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the Lord, who makes you holy.’” – Exodus 31:12-13 (NIV)

Series Description: It’s hard to go one way when everyone around you is going the other way. But God has called His followers to live a life that often looks different than the culture around us. In this series we look at 3 things that—though customary for those who don’t follow Jesus—can easily draw our hearts away from God.

Main Point: "Uniting with the wrong person is an inevitable pitfall."

Memory Verse: "Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God." – 2 Corinthians 7:1 (NIV)

Series Description: It’s hard to go one way when everyone around you is going the other way. But God has called His followers to live a life that often looks different than the culture around us. In this series we look at 3 things that—though customary for those who don’t follow Jesus—can easily draw our hearts away from God.

Main Point: "Jesus really is the ONLY way, if Jesus really rose from the grave."

Memory Verse: "Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." – John 14:6 (NIV)

Sermon Description: In the Bible, Jesus claims that "I am THE way, THE truth, and THE life" and that "no one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). Quite a statement. Many people believe there are multiple ways to an "afterlife" and that Jesus was a good guy, but he's certainly not the ONLY way to heaven. What we have to wrestle with is this: if he isn't who he said he was, doesn't that make him a liar, or at least a little crazy? There's really no middle ground.

Main Point: "The Holy Spirit will fill us with His power together, when we walk in the Holy Spirit by powerfully pursuing Him together."

Memory Verse: "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” – Acts 1:8 (NIV)

Series Description: If God is with us, if His Spirit is truly living in us, why do our lives feel so ordinary? What are we missing? Last series we talked about who the Holy Spirit is and how He works. In this series we turn our attention to how we personally experience the fullness of God’s Spirit in our lives. What does it mean to be “filled with the Holy Spirit”? What is the fruit of God’s Spirit dwelling in us? How do we “walk in the Spirit” as individuals and as a church community?

Main Point: "Walking in the Holy Spirit requires putting WE before ME."

Memory Verse: "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others." – Philippians 2:3-4 (NIV)

Series Description: If God is with us, if His Spirit is truly living in us, why do our lives feel so ordinary? What are we missing? Last series we talked about who the Holy Spirit is and how He works. In this series we turn our attention to how we personally experience the fullness of God’s Spirit in our lives. What does it mean to be “filled with the Holy Spirit”? What is the fruit of God’s Spirit dwelling in us? How do we “walk in the Spirit” as individuals and as a church community?