Moni shares a brief word from Luke 5:4. In this passage, Jesus tells Simon Peter to cast his nets out into the deep water after a long night of having caught nothing. Peters many years of experience produces nothing, but his obedience leads him to a miracle.
Honoring Our Moms
God brought Israel out of captivity after may miraculous events. When Moses met God on Mt. Sinai, he received the Ten Commandments, and in Ex 20:12, we are commanded to honor our mothers and fathers that we might live long upon the earth. On this special Mother’s day, Darrell encourages us with some important details of how we can take seriously this promise and so honor our mothers.
Loving People
How can we join Jesus in His mission of redemption? Jacob reminds us that following Jesus is more than just knowing and doing the right things. It is a journey of moving toward Jesus that begins as God draws people to Himself. Our role is to come along side and share our story.
Christian or Disciple?
In a recent survey, 83% of Americans say that they consider themselves to be a Christian. In this message, Darrell explores what people are expressing when they use the term Christian. In doing so, he answers the question, "What is the difference between being a cultural Christian and a true disciple of Christ?"=
Reconciling Communities and Neighborhoods
How seriously do we take the command to love our neighbors as ourselves? So, as asked in Luke 10:29, “Who is our neighbor?” Daniel challenges us to take seriously the neighbor who is difficult to love and the neighbor who actually lives next door.
Testimony of Kathy Brown
Ministry of Reconciliation
Darrell describes his life in a commune filled with people who love Jesus. He learned to live with people of different backgrounds and learned to appreciate God's kids. We are called to reconcile people to God and to each other.
A Call to Reconciling Relationships
We all have stories that describe our personal journey of reconciliation with God—the mending of what was broken. In being reconciled to our Father, He further calls us to be reconciled to others and to build relationships. In this message, Monira highlights the basic need of relationships and the challenges they present.
Easter
Darrell explains how Easter is about various forms of reconciliation, notably between God and people.
The Lord's Supper
The Last Supper was the Passover meal Jesus ate with his disciples just before his crucifixion. Darrell describes this meal and meaning of the Lord's Supper, known as Communion.
Looking for Trusting Relationships
It is difficult to move forward in relationships without trust, and wounds that result from failed trust are hard to overcome. In Christ we find One who is worthy and entirely trustworthy, and because of this we are able to follow the radical example of the disciples in following Him.
Community of Hope
We live in a world that is struggling with despair and desperate for hope. As the hands and feet of Jesus, it is our calling to bring that to those around us. Listen in as Daniel tells us what this might look like.
Loving and Serving Those Around Us
As we serve people in and around our church community, we find that the love of Christ is seen in us. It is this love that binds us together and displays our unity to the world. As Jesus says of us in John 17:21, "that all of them may be one, Father... so that the world may believe that you have sent me.” In this message, Darrell exhorts us to ask ourselves what changes we should make so that this important work of Christ increases daily in us.
A Personal Testimony and a Close Look at Adoption Through God's Eyes
Through his own life’s experience, Casey gives us a stirring look at how families in the church can fill in the gap for children who are at risk. If adoption is our model, each one of us can look no further than our own salvation experience where we were adopted in Christ Jesus.
Better Together
Darrell reminds us that Jesus prayed in John 17 for us to all be ONE. This is our common call, that we would be a community that builds each other up on a foundation of love. We are better together.
Eternity in Our Hearts
Darrell reflects on how we as humans seem to be instinctively aware that there is a God who is in ultimate control. There is something inside each of us that is radically connected to God, because we were made in His image and are drawn to experience this connection. In this context, when we encounter Jesus and declare Him as Lord, we move outside of our self centered existence and discover “eternity in our hearts.”
Unity and Diversity for Eternity
Phil exhorts us to consider that we are better together in our diversity and that this signifies our calling for eternity. United in the Father’s love we find our purpose individually and collectively. Listen in as Phil discusses what keeps us from this high calling.
Unity in a Shared Life Together
True unity as described in John 17 is found in a shared life together. As Jesus’s words become a part of us, we are filled with joy, delivered from evil, set apart, sent out with purpose, and ultimately changed from the inside out. We are made one as Jesus and the Father are one.
Growing Together in Unity
As a community of faith, we firmly believe that we cannot go where God has called us without increasing unity in every area of our lives together. With our focus on growth in 2017, we are particularly exhorted to seek unity in the areas of growth we’ve been developing, so that we can grow together in our expression of authentic community. As God continues His work in us, there is only one way forward and that is— together.
That We May Be One
Jesus is always making intercession on our behalf. He prays in John 17 that we may be one in Christ. It’s importance is tied with the all important message that our unity communicates to the world, that the Father did, indeed, send the Son.