The Upside Down Kingdom: The Mysteries of the Kingdom Revealed

In Matthew 13, Jesus shared a parable about a sower and seed, and four kinds of soil.  In this parable and His discourse with the disciples that followed, we learn the reason some have responsive hearts to the Kingdom message, and others simply do not.

The Upside Down Kingdom: The Kingdom Gives Us Worth

One of the most powerful truths about the Upside Down Kingdom of God is the value and worth it places on us as God’s creation.  We look at how this is related in two of Jesus’ “kingdom parables” in this week’s lesson.

The Upside Down Kingdom: Hungering & Thirsting To Be Satisfied

Jesus spoke about how He desires to fill and satisfy the hunger and thirst we have in our souls with Himself.  But in order for Him to fill us, we must first be emptied.

Perhaps the most 'upside down' of all the Beatitudes is the last one, in which Jesus tells us to rejoice when we are mistreated, misunderstood, or treated unfairly. But as we'll discover, Jesus knew exactly what He was talking about!

The Upside Down Kingdom: Mourning & Meekness

We look at the next two Beatitudes and the counter-intuitive nature of both discovering comfort in our mourning and inheriting the earth through humility as Jesus describes two more principles of His Upside Down Kingdom.

The Upside Down Kingdom: Broken To Be Whole

As Jesus lays out what His kingdom is like in the Sermon on the Mount, he begins with the characteristic of being “poor in spirit”.  What an odd place to start, but it has deep meaning and rich blessings when we go there

The Upside Down Kingdom: What Makes It So?

We begin a new series  with this session in which we examine the concept of the Kingdom of God.  It’s a very broad subject, and can seem abstract at times to us, but Jesus offered some very detailed explanations.  We’ll take a look at what makes His Kingdom seem “upside down” to our culture and our logic.

Hearing the Voice of God

Have you ever heard God speak to you?  He is constantly speaking to His children, in a variety of ways; but in order to hear Him, we have to be tuned in…

Finding Peace

Building on last week’s lesson on fear, Ruthi Neely shares this week’s lesson on finding peace in our lives using a powerful word picture from Psalm 91.

Overcoming Fear

Shawn Parker of H.O.P.E. Ministries shares how to overcome the paralyzing effect of fear in our lives through his powerful testimony