Waiting on God

We will be following up last Sunday’s message about some of the things that Jesus did after he was resurrected. Specifically, we will be focusing on Jesus’ admonition to his disciples to wait for the Holy Spirit to join them before they set out to spread the gospel. Likewise, we are also called to follow God’s lead - not rushing ahead of Him.

BEING PRESENT

Friend, We will be following up last Sunday’s message about some of the things that Jesus did after he was resurrected. Specifically, we will be exploring how Jesus was not just physically present also relationally present with his friends & followers. The call is for us to also be not just physically present, but also relationally present with the people around us.

Confronting Our Failures

Friend, when have you failed at something horribly before? What did you gain out of that experience? In our Western, victory-driven, and competitive culture, we are prone to avoid meditating on failure because it makes us feel bad. Even though we know we are human and all make mistakes. But if we fail to confront our mistakes and failures, we can’t learn and grow from them. When we fail but don’t become better as a result, then those failures are wasted. Therefore, failures are our greatest opportunities to learn and grow.

Lent: Independence vs. Dependence

 This Sunday, we will be going through Jesus' 40 days being tempted in the wilderness by Satan. Lent in the Old English means "to lengthen,” which we can interpret as lengthening our dependence on God while taking a sober inventory of the things we've replaced God with to try being independent. God reminds us that we can and are called as his children to depend on him as our Father in heaven.

Matthew 4:1-11