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Welcoming people home to a family being transformed by the love of Jesus
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Saturday Nov 12, 2022
Saturday Nov 12, 2022
You are beautifully and wonderfully made, and God gives each of us unique gifts and abilities to be able to serve others. Part of living like a healthy family is everyone has part to play, and we all benefit when everyone is operating in their gifts. What is your gift and how can you give it away to benefit others? What if we saw our whole lives that way – our jobs, relationships, and calling in life?
THIS WEEK: Take some time to identify one of your gifts and find a way to share it to serve others. Pray and look for opportunities to be generous with the gifts you have received.
Thursday Nov 03, 2022
Thursday Nov 03, 2022
Our words have power and they can be used to build up or cut down. In a culture steeped in attacks and criticism, what if we were generous with our words and freely gave them as gifts to build people up? THIS WEEK: Be generous with your words to encourage others around you. Call out the good you see in others. Tell people what you love about them. Use your words as a gift to build people up and speak life.
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Jesus modeled living a life in his Kingdom with an abundant mindset – that our good father can be trusted and the good things he created don't run out. There is enough for everyone! As we walk with Jesus and practice his abundant way of life, the Spirit renews our minds to live generous and sacrificial lives inviting everyone to the party!
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
The things we own can end up owning us in an endless pursuit for more and more. Sacrificing to help others not only forms us in powerful ways as our trust in Jesus grows, but it also blesses people in practical ways with a tangible expression of God's love for them.
THIS WEEK: Pay attention to the people around you and ask God to show you someone to bless. When you see a need, find a way to meet it. Practice sacrificing something of ourselves to be generous with those in need.
We also have a great opportunity with one of our monthly rhythms to serve the people of our city with Isaiah House in St. E's parking lot Saturday morning at 7:45am. Come serve with us!
Friday Oct 21, 2022
Friday Oct 21, 2022
While we can easily make it all about ourselves, true worship is a sacrificial act of offering up and giving all of ourselves to God. Our love, our attention and adoration, our emotions, and perhaps one of the most valuable resources in our culture – our time. Worship costs us something. Of course it's easier to do this when we learn to see everything as a gift from God... How can you engage in extravagantly pouring out your love to God ?
THIS WEEK: Practice giving with us by spending time in intentional worship to God. What kind of rhythm can you build for this? We also get the opportunity to do this gathered together on Sunday, Oct 23 at 5pm.
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
What kind of story are we living in? Is it all about us and what we can get for ourselves or are we part of something bigger? We believe God is so generous with us and he pours out good gifts for us to share with others to release good and beauty into the world. Because of this, we want to practice living with open-handed generosity in all we do and say. As Jesus said, "Freely you have received, freely give."
THIS WEEK: Practice taking a posture of open hands and repeating a simple breath prayer throughout the day to remind ourselves of this truth.
Breathe in: God everything I have...
Breathe out: ...is a gift from you.
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Sabbath is a gift to us from God waiting to be opened. It's an invitation, not an obligation, and it's not something we have to earn. Receiving this gift allows us to experience the good life in a concentrated time slot that over time infiltrates our whole week. How can you practice intentionally stopping to rest and delight in God this week?
Sunday Sep 04, 2022
Sunday Sep 04, 2022
The good news of the Kingdom of God breaking into our world is that everyone is invited and there's always room for more. Jesus' way of life is so often unexpected and seemingly upside down, but it is our receiving and participating in the story of God that unites us all together as a family on mission.
Sunday Aug 28, 2022
Sunday Aug 28, 2022
Jesus' invitation to follow him is an invitation to change and become something new. But not just any change - to become like him. Why? Because it’s the good way we were created to be AND it’s how the world is being set right. When regular people like you and me let go of the old and surrender to lives of love with Jesus. How are you changing? What are you becoming?
Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
Seasons in the wilderness can form us in ways that places of comfort can't. But how can we find hope and meaning in the midst of times of desolation and distress? If we follow the guides available to us from God within community we can make it out the other side transformed and better equipped for the things Jesus is inviting us into. (Note: The audio clears up after 35 seconds)