Over the last few weeks we’ve been discussing the power or value of discipline in your race -- the way it trains & refines us in our race. In this message we discuss 3 areas that discipline has the power to train and refine us in our race.

Even though this season is painful, you are not abandoned, your not alone, God is with you, he’s refining you, running alongside you, helping you take the next steps…this suffering will work like discipline to strengthen & deepen your faith in the race! You can embrace it as part of the race. Discipline has power.

BACK TO SCHOOL SUNDAY!!
What do students and school staff have in common...they both need perseverance to make it through the school year. :)

//when our understanding can’t comprehend “how?”…faith is required
//when our emotions don’t match God’s word…faith is required
//when our will is begging to move toward comfort…faith is required

Here’s the powerful truth: a faith-filled race will speak to generations long after you… faithfulness is a legacy!

Who are your neighbors? In this message we will discuss what Jesus is calling us to when he says, "Love your neighbor..."

In part 3 in our Matthew 25 Challenge series, Pastor Mike Foell discusses God's heart for the poor. Through looking at the overwhelming amount of scriptures in the Old & New Testimony, as well as Church history we begin to see God's heart for the widow, orphan, poor & disenfranchised.

We are blind to injustice because our vision is distorted, “we see through a glass, dimly.” (1 Cor 13:12) It's as if we are all wearing thick glasses with multiple distorting lenses that cloud our vision:
o Race
o Rich/Poor
o Male/Female
o Republican/Democrat/Other
o Educated/Uneducated
o White collar/Blue collar
o American patriotism (Football players protesting)
o Previous generations of Christians didn’t see slavery.
o We didn’t see the oppression of women or civil rights for African-Americans.
o We still don’t see clearly God’s great concern for the “least of these” in our world, who often don’t look or speak like us.

God sees all people without these distorted lenses and we must do our best to see the world as God sees it.

Matthew 25:31-46 is a sobering passage that provide incredibly specific details about what Jesus expects from those who claim to follow Him. They describe what till take place on the day of final judgment. It’s not a parable like the verses before it…it’s a prediction.

God calls us to share in this concern as we build His kingdom. Over the next 5 weeks, we will read this passage carefully, seek to understand it fully, and consider how we can live it out in our daily lives.

Pastor Rick McGee teaches on how God invites us on a journey through generosity toward others.

What is a steward or manager? Someone entrusted with caring for something that belongs to another.