Better Series Week 3 - Better Less Than More [Chad Simpkins]

Ecclesiastes 4:4-6

Life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.

Luke 12:13-21

What is MOST important to you in your life?

If you had 30 days to live, what would be most important in your life?

You need let go of that does not MATTER?

1. Let Go of What Doesn’t Matter

-Cut back on spending

-Cut back on schedules

-Throw out the clutter

-Turn off

2. Fight For What Does Matter

Nehemiah 4:14

-What are you fighting for?

-And what SHOULD you be fighting for?

Better Series

Week 2 - Better Relationships [Daniel Roach

Life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.

Proverbs 15:17 - Better a small serving of vegetables with love than a fattened calf with hatred.

3 Vital Relationships For a Better 2021

1. Friend that Gets You

2. A Friend that Pushes You

Ephesians 4:14-15

Proverbs 13:20 - He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

Who will speak truth in love to you?

Find a Life Group! https://thejourneynova.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/135/responses/new

3. A Friend to Invest In

Ephesians 4:11-12 - You are Gifted…For a Purpose!

Ephesians 4:32 - Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Better Series

Week 1 - Better Year [Chad Simpkins]

Life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.

Philippians 3:5-14

How do we change?

1. Forget The Past

2. Look To The Future

Question #1

Is there something you need to LEAVE BEHIND to know Jesus better in 2021?

Question #2

Is there something you need to PURSUE in 2021 to know Jesus better?

Philippians 3:13-14

Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.

4 Questions For This Year:

1. What’s Important To You?

2. What Do You Do Well?

3. What Can You Do Better?

4. What Dreams Do You Have For This Year?

Messy Christmas Series

Week 5 - Christmas Eve [Chad Simpkins]

Messy Christmas Series | Week 4 [Chad Simpkins]

Matthew 2:1-11

Gifts: Gold | Frankincense | Myrrh

The Persian priests understood the gift given to humanity - Jesus!

What is the gift you bring? You!

Psalm 139:13 - For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made…

How do I give the gift of me to the World?

1. Give Your Time

2. Give Your Ears

3. Give Your Words

4. Give Your Love

Matthew 2:9-10 - After this interview the wise men went their way. And the star they had seen in the east guided them to Bethlehem. It went ahead of them and stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they were filled with joy!

Experience Joy, Not Happiness.

Messy Christmas Series | Week 3 [Chad Simpkins]

The world has always been messy.

Romans 8:22 - For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.

Luke 2:1-7

3 Political Powers:

1. Roman Empire

2. Jewish Political System

3. Jewish Religious System

-Zealots

-Essenes

-Sadducees

-Pharisees

Jesus was born into this chaos, messy world.

Where are you looking for a savior?

-Savior Politics

-Savior Career

-Savior Relationships

-Savior Religion

Pick the Savior in the Manger

Messy Christmas Series | Week 2 [Stan Rodda]

1. Expect the Messy (Matthew 1:18-19)

1 Thessalonians 5:18 - Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. [NLT]

2. Trust That God Has a Plan (Matthew 1:20-23)

Isaiah 7:14 - Therefore, the Lord Himself will give you a sign: see the virgin will conceive, have a son, and name Him Immanuel. [CSB]

Deuteronomy 6:20-21

Ephesians 2:4-5

3. Be Faithful in Obedience (Matthew 1:24-25)

Ephesians 6:4

John 14:21 & John 15:6

Challenge - Read the book of Mark and ask:

• What do I learn about God/Jesus?

• What do I learn about myself/humanity?

• What is God asking me to do as a result?

Messy Christmas Series | Week 1 [Daniel Roach]

Matthew 1:1-17

Miss the Point of This Passage Without Matthew’s 3 P’s:

1. Matthew’s Perspective

2. Matthew’s Purpose

-Geneology

-Royalty

-Bloodline

3. Matthew’s People

4 Foreign Women

Tamar - Genesis 38:26 “She is more righteous than I, since I wouldn’t give her to my son Shelah.”

Rahab - Joshua 2:8-13

Ruth - Ruth 1:16-18

Bathsheba -2 Samuel 11

Why Does Matthew Share Jesus’ Messy Family?

• It’s Personal

• It’s Practical

Our Messy Family is:

• The Outsiders

• The Imperfect

• The Broken

Compassion Sunday [Chad Simpkins & Kathleen Ambroso]

Pastor Everett Swanson, inspired by Matthew 15:32, “I have COMPASSION on the multitude. I will not send them away hungry.”

Founded Compassion International in 1963.

​Matthew 28:19-20 - Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations,​[b​ ]​ ​ baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. 20 Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

The Journey supported Stadia to help plant a church in ​La Pastora, Colombia through Compassion.

Two Action Steps:

#1. Download the Compassion App

https://www.compassion.com/updated-mobile-app.htm

Communicate with your child and learn more about their community.

#2 Sponsor a Child

There are 52 more children in La Pastora, Colombia waiting to be sponsored.

Text "Journey" to 83393 to get started.

The World Turned Upside Down

Waypoint Church Partners [Tim Cole]

Galatians 5:22-23 - The Fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control

 

The Greek word "Karpos" = Fruit (singular)

 

Philippines 3:20 - "For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ..."

 

Love God | Love People | Turn the World Upside Down

 

Acts 17:6 - "The people who have turned the world upside down have now arrived in our town"