Peter Pereira
This Sunday, we welcome Peter Pereira, our long-time mission partner and friend. Peter and Esther have spent their ministry serving Christ both in the U.S. and southeast Asia, where they care especially for those in poverty through basic needs, education, vocational and leadership training. Their work is deeply rooted in a hunger to see every person come to know life and truth through the gospel of Jesus Christ. Peter has been a particularly strong voice in our ministry, speaking encouragement into our community. This Sunday, he will bring a prophetic word around unleashing, freedom, and how God is using both women and men to spread the good news. I look forward to seeing you on Sunday.
All Will Worship
There will come a day when every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord. Until that day we are called to walk as if God keeps His promises. To walk as if God will never give up on us. To ask for His Holy Spirit in greater measure believing that He is not stingy with His Spirit.
Hearing the Voice of God
Do you know what God's voice sound's like? Have you developed a consistent awareness which empowers you to follow His leading? A disciplined walk with God is how we learn to make consistently faithful choices. It's what made Joseph's life "interruptible" to God. Consequently, God could depend on Joseph. This message shows us how to live in such a way that God can speak to us and use us in His plans.
The Kingdom Forcefully Advances
What does it mean for the Kingdom of God to forcefully advance? How do we partner with God to be a part of His Kingdom work? In this message you will discover what it means to refuse the enemies schemes. To refuse the normal fallenness that keeps us divided and at war with one another. Beyond that, you'll hear God's call to pick up the ball and run with it. To run like you have been invited to welcome and advance God's Kingdom on earth.
We Are Not Abandoned
In the midsts of this Advent Season, the gospel calls us to remember that we are not abandoned. There is a kind of comfort that actually comforts. There is a way through even the most difficult circumstances. And there is something we can depend on. It is the presence of Christ among us. It is the presence of Christ building community among us.
This week, we wrap up our series on wisdom with a profound teaching from James that defines wisdom in its most gracious and fruitful form. My deep prayer as we have walked through the Word looking for signs of wisdom is that you have been challenged to care more intentionally for your own mind, seek more intentionally the mind of Christ, and pray more fervently to be transformed by the renewing of your mind ... so that we can all love God with all our minds!
The Humble, Audacious, Mind of Christ
In our series on wisdom and the mind of Christ, we’ve learned that there’s a strong connection between wisdom and humility. But . . . isn’t humility kind of wimpy? Isn’t it out of fashion in our current culture? This Sunday we’ll hear the Apostle Paul face those questions head on. In the first two chapters of 1 Corinthians, we’ll find out what he has to say about wisdom and weakness and what it means to have the mind of Christ. To Paul, Jesus's humility is not to be confused with weakness or timidity. Following a humble, gentle Jesus into hostile environments takes a great deal of audacity which is only possible in the strength of the Holy Spirit.
Wisdom & Assumptions
Often assumptions color what we see more than what is seen itself. Wisdom calls us to check our assumptions at the door so that we can receive revelation from God -- so we can see things the way He sees them. Join us this Sunday as we learn from Jesus and His cousin John the Baptist about how to walk in godly wisdom which comes through revelation from the Father.