Woodside Bible Church Farmington Hills

Life often leaves us wanting more—success, power, achievement, popularity, and more. When we seek our confidence and identity in what is elusive, we will be left feeling unfulfilled. However, God’s Word is clear where satisfaction can be found and it’s in surrendering our lives to Jesus and living for His Kingdom. Join us as we hear from Pastor Ryan Nast on discovering a life of fulfillment as we embrace a life of surrender to Christ.

Who are you sharing the Gospel with in your everyday life? Maybe you are more reserved when it comes to spreading the love of Christ or maybe it's something that comes naturally to you, either way scripture tells us about the joy it brings to communities when it is shared. This Sunday, we will hear from Pastor Chris about sharing the joy of the Gospel. In the church, it's important for us to have leaders who teach the Gospel and members who take the Gospel and to share it with neighbors who need the Gospel. Listen to our latest message, Spreading the Joy of the Gospel, and be encouraged to share the love of Christ.

This week we are finishing our study through the book of Galatians, learning the Good News of Christ and the freedom found in salvation through Jesus. In the final chapter, Paul addresses the church urging them to keep each other accountable and to bear one another's burdens. As we strive to walk in the Gospel we must keep in step with God's spirit. We can do this by immersing ourselves in Christ-centered community and freedom. God gave us the gift of fellowship; we have each other to lean on and to have accountability as we walk in the light of God's spirit. Tune in to the last message of the series, Walking in the Gospel, and be encouraged to remain in step with the spirit.

Today we continue in our message series in Galatians, Good News, diving into what it means to be free in Christ. Before we come to know Christ, we long to gratify our desires, our flesh. We live with internal passions to be fulfilled; every time we fulfill them, they grow. Once we have come to know Jesus and accepted Him as our savior, we learn that those in Christ have crucified their flesh along with their passions and desires. Yet, we still may experience these desires from our old life. So, as we learn to walk with the Spirit, Jesus points out a few steps we should take as we walk alongside Him. We must recognize that we have an inner struggle that goes towards fulfilling our flesh, we should acknowledge the fruit that is growing in our life and put our flesh to death in Christ Jesus. When we walk with the Spirit and crucify our flesh, we will see godly attributes growing in our lives like love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Join us in the newest message of the series, The Gospel Life of the Spirit, and learn how to walk with the Spirit. 

In our Galatians series, Good News, we are continuing to study the freedom from the law and security found in the Gospel. When we find ourselves returning to our old ways, habits, or sins, it's as if we are re-enslaving ourselves to the law and forfeiting our liberty in Jesus. Paul shows us that we lose the benefits of Christ, the scandal of the cross, and the motivation to love when we revert to the law and believe the lie that we can do it all with our efforts. In some ways, freedom is scary. We can find comfort in thinking that our faith is based on works, but Jesus desires us to know in deep ways that our faith is based solely on believing in the Gospel and accepting Christ as our Savior. Jesus saved us by grace alone. Despite our flaws and shortcomings, He loves us deeply. We would be foolish to go back to the law and abandon a gracious Gospel and loving Father. Listen to the latest message, Gospel Freedom, to learn more about how you can stand firm in the freedom of the Gospel and abandon the law.

Where can you find true freedom? Have you found yourself searching for something that will satisfy the longing in your heart? Today, we are continuing in ourGood News series, revealing the goodness of the Gospel. In Christ, we get to experience the truest form of freedom, eternal joy in Him. We are promised of this truth, within His word are several points and promises from Christ that reveal His ultimate desire—to save and free us from the law and burden of sin. In the depths of your souls, maybe you felt a stirring, or deep longing for something more, to be freed. When we enter in relationship with Jesus and put our trust in His Gospel, we get to step into the freedom He promises us. Jesus states that we are children of the promise and free in Christ. The law before Christ brought slavery, but the Gospel brings freedom, and we should stand firm in that freedom. We can’t muster this freedom on our own, it’s a gift given through Christ alone. Join us in the newest message of the series, The Gospel is Not Self-Effort and walk in the true freedom of Christ, that frees our souls and satisfies our hearts. 

As Christians, how does the Gospel form us? Maybe this question has crossed your mind or maybe it hasn’t, the formation we go through in Christ is an ongoing process. This week we continue in our series, Good News, studying the Gospel and how it shapes our lives. As we seek after Christ and are continually molded by Him, we are given three action steps. We are to remember our former bondage—where we were before Christ, return to our former zeal, and receive Christ’s formative work. When we allow ourselves to be formed by the Gospel, we experience the freedom that can only come when we are in Christ. Our Savior renews us each day, as we surrender ourselves to His work and give Him the space to shape and form us. Join us this week in the newest message of the Good News series, Gospel Formation, and walk in the freedom of the Gospel of Christ.

Have you found yourself falling into the lie that if you’re a good person you will receive God's blessings? Or that it is based on your works? We will fail time and time again if we allow ourselves to think we can do it solely based on our efforts. Today, we are continuing our series, Good News, looking at the truth and hope of the Gospel. So, how do we experience the blessings of God? In Galatians, we see how Paul desires the church of Galatia not to believe in a false gospel; he urges them to believe in the true Gospel of Jesus Christ. God’s blessing comes by faith alone in Christ alone. In obedience to Christ, we must surrender our efforts and trust in Jesus, He has won, and we can have hope in Him. Paul asks direct questions to the church in this passage to allow them to think through how they were experiencing the blessings of God in their lives then. We can ask ourselves those same questions today. Tune in to the latest message of the series, The Gospel of Blessing series, and be bold in acknowledging the state of your heart. 

As we dive into another week of our Good News message series, we will see this week that the Gospel alone is all we need. Paul writes in his letter to Galatia that he has been crucified with Christ, stating that Christ lives in him, no longer did he allow his flesh to lead him. As fellow believers in Jesus, this truth is the same for us. When we came to know Christ Jesus, we surrendered our lives to Him, from there our lives are transformed by faith in God. In this chapter, we see that nothing but the Gospel is needed. The Gospel is our source of freedom, ministry, and justification. We have access to lean on Jesus at any moment. The Gospel is rich in hope for a weary world. Join us in the newest message of the series, The Gospel Plus Nothing Else, we pray a fire is stirred in your heart to be a minister of the Good News of Jesus.