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Life On Purpose // Part 5: Persecution
Life On Purpose: Persecution / Trials Persecution & Trials – How Do We Respond? Each person has something in common: we have all gone through a trial in our lives. Though everyone’s “trial” may look different, each person has faced a challenge in their lifetime, and it’s very likely that they’ll face another in the future.…
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Life On Purpose: Mission Living on Mission: What Does That Really Mean? Do you know the name of your next-door neighbor? Do you know what your coworker likes to do for fun outside of work? Have you ever had a genuine, unhurried conversation with another parent at your child’s school? Missional living can look different…
Read MoreLife On Purpose // Part 3: Brotherhood
Life On Purpose: Brotherhood / Evangelism Why is how we live our lives important? “Preach the Gospel at all times. When necessary, use words.” This quote, attributed to the teachings of St. Francis of Assisi, is oftentimes shared by evangelists, pastors, or Christ-followers to make a point about Christians living their lives in such a…
Read MoreLife On Purpose // Part 2: Life-Change
Life On Purpose: Life Change Life Change: From the Inside Out In our culture today, many people do just about anything to fit in. They change how they act, what kind of words they use, or even what they look like to try to look like the world around them. Sometimes, we even become like…
Read MoreLife On Purpose // Part 1: Salvation
Life On Purpose: Salvation Salvation: The Most Important Decision You’ll Make Think back to a day where you made a decision that would change the course of your life. Maybe it was your wedding day, or the day you chose what career you would pursue. It could be the day that you decided what college…
Read MoreSpecial Message by Bob Goff
New York Times Best-Selling author of Love Does and Everybody Always, Bob Goff, joins us this week as a part of our online worship. Authenticity in love for others is one of the heartbeats of Bob’s ministry, and through stories and lessons from his own life, we learn about how slowing down gives us more…
Read MoreEaster // Part 6: Jesus is Alive! Are You?
The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; He has risen, just as He said.” Matthew 28:5-6a Jesus being alive means: 1. God wants to have a relationship with you. For God so loved the world that He gave…
Read MoreEaster // Part 5: Moving from Fear to Faith
The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the King of Israel.” John 12:12-13 What we learn from John:…
Read MoreEaster // Part 4: The Power of Forgiveness
When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”…Simon Peter answered, ‘You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Matthew 16:13 and 16 1. Jesus sees the potential in you. And he (Andrew) brought him (Simon) to Jesus. Jesus looked at him…
Read MoreEaster // Part 3: Overcoming Doubt
“Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord! But he said to them, ‘Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand…
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