Telling the Truth

Sometimes God's will isn't what we would have picked out for ourselves. It isn't what we want. And it's difficult to accept.Esther's life didn't turn out how she wanted it to. She found herself separated from her family and married to the unbelieving King of Persia. Through these trials, God made Esther into a Supernova, shining even more brightly in the hardships. But before she could get there, she had to die to her own dreams and her own plan. Are you willing to do the same? To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29

If God called you to a difficult task in a difficult place, would you shine light into that place? Would you, like Esther, be a star for God? Esther is a great example of someone who faced seemingly impossible circumstances. She was forced to marry a very powerful, very worldly man: the King of Persia.While not many of us can relate to such a circumstance as Esther had, we can learn from her faith and obedience. You are right in center stage of where God wants you to be and what God wants you to do in your life. Will you be obedient? To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29

If God called you to a difficult task in a difficult place, would you shine light into that place? Would you, like Esther, be a star for God? Esther is a great example of someone who faced seemingly impossible circumstances. She was forced to marry a very powerful, very worldly man: the King of Persia.While not many of us can relate to such a circumstance as Esther had, we can learn from her faith and obedience. You are right in center stage of where God wants you to be and what God wants you to do in your life. Will you be obedient? To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29

If you’re a Christian, you have been called by God. Simply by beckoning you into a relationship with Him, God has called you to be a part of His ministry.In this message, Stuart challenges you, as a member of the community of believers, to use your unique gifts for reaching your unique mission field. God gave you certain gifts to reach certain people. This is what it means to be the church. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29

Do we ever really recognize the enormity of what it means to be part of the body of Christ?If you are a Christian, you have been invited and commanded to join in on God’s plan to make all things new. God wants to renew everything that was lost in the fall. This is what mission means—to be part of the community infiltrating culture and society in order to bring people into the kingdom and to bring about the purposes of God. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29

In the modern day church, our constant emphasis on our personal relationships with Christ has caused us to lose sight of the community of faith that we’re a part of. Jesus commanded that His people gather as a church so that they would be reminded of their citizenship in this community—both the visible and the invisible. Fellowship is also the reason that Jesus first commanded His disciples to disciple others, so that more people could come to share the fellowship that Christians enjoy with the Father, Son, and Spirit.In this message, Stuart walks through what this fellowship and community looked like in the early church. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29

If we’re stuck in the mindset of the church as a building in which we gather, instead of a community of believers, we lose sight of one of the key purposes of the church: to scatter among the lost.The first church understood what it meant to be a rich, powerful community that prepared and supported people for mission work. Have we lost this in our churches today?In this message, Stuart explains the missions of the early church, while encouraging us to use our churches today not just to gather, but also to scatter. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29

The church was officially born at Pentecost, when the Spirit of the Lord was sent to indwell Christ’s followers.In this message, Stuart describes the beginnings of the church and how the indwelling of the Spirit marks the new identity of every believer in Christ. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29

When we think about the church as a building, we lose sight of the real purpose of the church—to be an example of loving community to the fragmented communities in the world around us.In this message Stuart explains what it means to be part of the community of the called. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29

Is there a “good” thing distracting you from loving Jesus? It can be tempting to dedicate yourself to busyness and miss one of the most important things Jesus asks of you—love. Good things are absolutely worthless without love.In this message, Jill Briscoe studies the story of Martha and Mary to uncover the choice that’s yours to make in order to love Jesus with all your heart, soul, and strength. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29