What does it mean to be Positively Selfless? It sounds so counter-cultural — because it is! It's the way of Jesus; the way God's people are called to live for others. Discover why selflessness is the greatest characteristic of strength, and how we can begin a more selfless lifestyle today.

We're continuing our series in the book of Philippians, today in Chapter 3, where Paul talks about winning through losing. Everything he'd based his identity upon before he met Jesus had to be thrown out in order to gain something incredibly better!

We started a new series today called, "Positively," that's through the letter of Philippians. In this letter, the Apostle Paul is writing to his friends about many things that the world views as negative, but God says are positive. Today we're taking a new look at what it means to win — and it may surprise you — because as God's people, we can win no matter what happens! 

The decisions we make shape the outcome of our lives. So how can we know if we are making choices that are following where Jesus is leading? Often He leads us through a process of discernment — and in Acts 15 we find the church doing four things to discern the right answer to a difficult question — things we can do as well as individuals and as a church. 

If the church is nothing else, it must be a community that follows after God! But how does Jesus lead us? How do we know it’s God who is calling us to take a certain path? In this first of a two-part message, we're looking at two distinct ways God led the Apostle Paul: supernaturally (through God's voice) and naturally (through the voices of other people). We have much to learn through Paul's stories of following after God! 

The story in Acts 12 is about a church coming together in prayer during a time of crisis. It’s about persecution and death — faith and breakthrough — and has some hilarious, very human moments sprinkled in. It shows both the natural and supernatural ways that prayer works together in our lives. 

Acts 12 also speaks to us in our moment of cultural history when many believe the church is in a season of persecution. Is that indeed what's happening, or is something else going on we can respond to in faith?

The church is a community that both receives and gives ministry. And in Acts 10:36, Peter — in one powerful statement — gives us a deep understanding of what we're giving when we minister. He stated, "This is the message of Good News … that there is peace with God through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all." Let's dive in together and discover how this three-part statement shows us how to effectively minister to others. 

When Peter and Cornelius meet up in Acts 10, they engage in an amazing conversation — one that helps us learn how to both receive ministry and give it away to others. Today we're focusing on three ways to prepare our lives to receive ministry (clue: they have to do with "presence and presents!"). 

What do flying carpets and exploding dams have to do with becoming a ministering community? That's what Peter finds out in Acts 10. This is where he is confronted with the reality that life in Jesus would be radically different from the life in which he grew up — one where customs and traditions, mixed with some ethnic prejudice, had held him back from people who were different than him. But all that changed in Acts 10 — and we pray it changes for us as well. It's time to blow up some dams. 

You have been chosen by God — uniquely called out to be part of His family! In Acts 9 we find the story of two men (one bad, one good) who were called out by God. Find out how their responses changed history forever and teach us about how we can respond to Jesus as well.