I'm Dead To Me

I'm Dead To Me

How does Peter go from telling Jesus he’d die for Him, and later while trying to defend Jesus from his captors,  cutting off the ear of someone who was there to arrest Jesus – to 44 years later asleep in a prison cell chained to two guards the night before he was to be executed? How do you go from feeling like you need to conquer the world by exerting your voice or strength to being at peace with whatever life bring your way? In Peter’s life, we see that real spiritual maturity is measured in depth of surrender and expressed in obedience, not in hype or overconfidence. Spiritual maturity isn’t measured in how many bible verses you can quote, it is measured in how you die to yourself.

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In The Meantime

In The Meantime

Have you ever had one of those moments when you thought things were just about to go the right way? One of those moments when you felt like you had just dodged a bullet only to have something totally unrelated go haywire in your life? In Acts 12 we have one of those moments. Luke starts the chapter with the words “In the meantime” which means while all this other stuff was already going on, there’s another thing to add to the story. In this case, although Peter had dodged a bullet in one area of his life, he was about to experience fierce opposition in another that could even cost him his life. Acts 12 is Luke’s way of stopping to let us know that all the power and might of this world is nothing compared to the power and might of God if we would just earnestly seek Him in prayer. This is the story of how prayer can change the course of nations even.

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The Proximity Effect

The Proximity Effect

The lives of the disciples weren’t transformed because of their scholastic study. In Acts 4:13 we read why they were transformed, because they “had been with Jesus.” As a church we are charting a course for the future and everything is hinged on one thing, the presence of Jesus. We believe that Jesus is the most attractional and transformational force on earth, and that if we get serious about walking into His presence we will experience the same proximity effect that the disciples did.

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Colossians #6

Colossians #6

It isn’t a matter of whether we will face battles in our relationships, battles in our mind, battles physically or battles spiritually. We will! The question is how will you fight those battles when they come? Often, what we are going through isn’t as important as why we are going through it, and when we understand the “why” it can help shift our perspective, which precedes peace in the storm.

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Colossians #5

Colossians #5

Week 5 in our series from the book of Colossians.

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Colossians #4

Colossians #4

Week 4 in our series from the book of Colossians.

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Colossians #2

Colossians #2

What if you’re not stuck in your career, in your marriage, in your social life? What if God has an assignment for you while you go through this season of life? Perspective is everything and the apostle Paul knew that what he saw happening around him wasn’t what would define him or change the new perspective God had given him. So, are you stuck or are you stationed?

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Colossians #3

Colossians #3

Week 3 of our book study in Colossians.

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Colossians #1

Colossians #1

There was a problem in Colossae that Paul saw looming on the horizon. The young christians were in danger of compromising the simple gospel of Jesus Christ, bending to the pressures of the culture of the day.  The book of Colossians is 4 chapters and 95 verses. It is the shortest of Paul’s letters, but it packs one of the biggest punches. In this opening to the book we discover when it was written, who the people of Colossae were and why Paul probably wrote the book. We also take a look at the importance of how Paul introduces himself to the Colossians in chapter 1:1.

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Your Closest Friend

Your Closest Friend

Have you ever thought of the Holy Spirit as your friend? The Bible says that we have a friend that is closer than a brother but all too often we struggle to experience the close relationship, even friendship of the Holy Spirit. So, how can you experience the friendship of the Holy Spirit in new and deeper ways?

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