Warehouse 242 : Sunday Talks

A message by Roxanne Morgan from Romans 8:22-25 on living in liminality is normal life for us as missional followers of Emmanuel.

A sermon by Wes Vander Lugt on Luke 2:22-39 (ESV)

A message from Nate Ledbetter on Isaiah 51:1-3 on how Christ in you is the ONE we’re waiting for. 

A message by Mike Lawrie on Lamentations 3 (“Yet this I call to mind...his mercies are new every morning...it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.”)

Lament: Me & Mine (American Aquarium)   

For thousands of years, God’s people waited for the promised Messiah. Now for thousands of years, we  have been waiting for the Messiah’s return  and God’s promised renewal of all things. We are participating in the slow story of a slow God, and following Jesus today means learning how to wait well. Advent in particular is a season of waiting as we celebrate the long-awaited arrival of Jesus’ first coming and anticipate his second coming.

Real life happens in the waiting. Encounter with God happens in the waiting. We are not waiting for God to show up, because God is already here in the midst of our waiting. And yet we struggle with impatience in the waiting. It’s difficult to maintain our hope in the waiting. The story of God is slow, and we want it to go fast. Not only that, but there are plenty of life situations, seasons, and relationships that are an invitation to holy waiting, but in reality we would much rather get it over with and rush on to the next thing.

What does it look like, therefore, to wait well and with the virtues of faith, hope, and love? Is it possible to be a people of waiting and action at the same time? How does the practice of waiting connect to the way of discipleship as contemplative action? How might the waiting be an opportunity to grow in greater intimacy with Christ and others?

A message by Kurt Graves on  Genesis 25:1-8.

A message by Nate Ledbetter on Genesis 24:1-67.

A message by Wes Vander Lugt on Genesis 22:1-19.
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God’s sovereignty is unwavering / His timing is absolute.  

While it looks like things are out of control, behind the scenes there is a God who has not surrendered His authority.  A.W. Tozer

Hope may feel laughable, but with God all things are possible.