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September 04, 2016 Part Of The Plan 1 (Jeremiah) - What's The Problem?
The first message in a seven-week series called "Part of the Plan" studying the Old Testament prophet Jeremiah.

Click HERE for sermon notes and Scripture references through YouVersion.

GROW Questions:
1. If Jeremiah were alive today and speaking to the church what beliefs, assumptions, or behaviors might he challenge?
2. What Type 1 or Type 2 idols do you see operating in your life?

GO:
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. 2 We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith." - Hebrews 12:1-2a (NLT)

39 min
August 28, 2016 Vision - Parenting: What I Want My Kids To BE When They Grow Up
These "Vision" messages on August 21 and 28 will be covering primary relationships. Every few months we take a break from our regular teaching schedule of working through all the books in the Bible to cover issues that are important to us as a family and help lead us to being people who "Love God and Love People."

Click HERE for sermon notes and Scripture references through YouVersion.

GROW Questions:
1.Do you have a vision for who you want your kids to BE?
2.Are you who you want your kids to be?
3.Do you have a strategy to meet them where they are and help them take the next step?

GO:
"Parents, do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord." - Ephesians 6:4 (NLT)
43 min
August 21, 2016 Vision - SOME Of The Best Years Of My Life
These "Vision" messages on August 21 and 28 will be covering primary relationships. Every few months we take a break from our regular teaching schedule of working through all the books in the Bible to cover issues that are important to us as a family and help lead us to being people who "Love God and Love People."

Click HERE for sermon notes and Scripture references through YouVersion.

GROW Questions:
1. What is the greatest struggle in your marriage right now?
2. How is God using it to address something in your life?
3. Are you attending to that or pushing it off?

GO:
"And further, submit to one another out of reverence for Christ." - Ephesians 5:21 (NLT)
41 min
August 14, 2016 Pure Religion - The Imitation Game
This is the third and final message in the "Pure Religion" series studying the New Testament letter of James.

Click HERE for sermon notes and Scripture references through YouVersion.

GROW Questions:
1. Are you trusting God (or has the Church taught you to trust God) to save you from death, or to save you from the desires within you that cause you to hurt and violate others?

2. How will your faith change if you started to adopt the latter instead of the former? How would it change your daily life if God is actually interested in saving you from the desires that lead to sin which lead to death?

GO:
"Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it." - James 4:17 (NLT)
41 min
August 07, 2016 Pure Religion - Grading On A Curve
This is part two of a three-week series called "Pure Religion" where we're studying the New Testament book of James.

You can view sermon notes and Scripture references HERE through YouVersion.

GROW Question:

If “faith” means something more like “faithfulness,” what must “faith” start to include for you as you leave this morning?

GO:
"Now someone may argue, 'Some people have faith; others have good deeds.' But I say, 'How can you show me your faith if you don’t have good deeds? I will show you my faith by my good deeds.' ” - James 2:18 (NLT)
32 min
July 31, 2016 Pure Religion - Let It Grow
This is the first sermon in a three-week series called "Pure Religion" studying the New Testament book of James.

The link to the video referenced can be found here: Vimeo - O'Shea Both Hands
Sermon notes and Scripture references for today's message can be found HERE.

GROW Questions:
1. What is the one thing God would have you do as an act of faithfulness to love your neighbor as yourself?

GO:
"Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you." - James 1:27 (NLT)
34 min
July 24, 2016 Resisting Revenge - A Conflict of Character
This is the third and final message in a series called "Resisting Revenge" where we've been studying some of the minor prophets of the Old Testament. This week Derek Moran covers the book of Nahum.

GO Verse:
"For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies..." - Ephesians 6:12a
40 min
July 17, 2016 Resisting Revenge - Living By Faith
This is the second message in a three-week series called "Resisting Revenge" where we're studying minor prophets of the Old Testament. Today we covered the book of Habakkuk.

GROW Questions:

1. What does being righteous mean to you? Reflect on how this impacts your daily life.

2. What do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your soul in the process? Is anything worth more than your soul?

3. What does being faithful or having faith mean to you?

4. When/if you are able to fully embrace the idea that even if you are faithless, He remains faithful what does this ultimately mean for you and your loved ones? What does it mean for your enemies?

GO:
“Don’t let evil conquer you, but conquer evil by doing good.” - Romans 12:21 (NLT)
32 min
July 10, 2016 Resisting Revenge - Working Out Your Salvation
This is the first message in a three-week series called "Resisting Revenge" where we're studying minor prophets of the Old Testament. Today we covered the book of Obadiah.

GROW Work:
1. Identify someone in your life whom you currently see as an enemy
2. Reflect on what you know of him or her: family, upbringing, health, education, challenges, etc.
3. Consider his or her hopes, dreams, fears, etc. and the promises God has made him/her.
4. Process if/how this changes your view of him/her
5. Take these into account as you pray for him or her before your next interaction.
6. Whatever you would like him or her to do to/for you...do to/for him or her.

GO:
"Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God." - Romans 12:19 (NLT)
37 min
July 03, 2016 Two Sides Of Truth
Guest speaker Tom Stuber shares his personal testimony and talks about the difference between being a settler or being a pilgrim when it comes to our faith.

GROW Question:
1. Am I a spiritual pilgrim, ready for God to reveal more of Himself to me; or am I a spiritual settler, ready to build walls and fight to defend my current perspectives?
GO:
"The eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is clear, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is bad, your body also is full of darkness. Then watch out that the light in you is not darkness." - Luke 11:34-35 (NASB)
30 min