Episodes

Sunday Nov 03, 2019
Going Sane, Part 9: Life to the Full
Sunday Nov 03, 2019
Sunday Nov 03, 2019
The world often looks at a religious life as a life of stifling restrictions, a list of things you can’t do. Jesus told His disciples that He came to bring people full, abundant lives. That’s a bold claim for someone who was falsely accused and executed when He was in His early thirties. What did He mean, and how can we live that kind of right side-up life in an upside-down world?
John 10:10 (NASB) "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.”

Sunday Oct 27, 2019
Going Sane, Part 8: The Next Great Evangelist May Not Know Jesus Yet
Sunday Oct 27, 2019
Sunday Oct 27, 2019
Saul had an uphill battle trying to get people to trust that he wasn’t going to kill them. He didn’t let that stop him from spreading the Good News. Who will be the next Gospel champion in our community, how hungover are they this morning, and who will believe in them enough to share the Good News with them?
Acts 9:26-27 (NLT) 26 When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to meet with the believers, but they were all afraid of him. They did not believe he had truly become a believer! 27 Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and told them how Saul had seen the Lord on the way to Damascus and how the Lord had spoken to Saul. He also told them that Saul had preached boldly in the name of Jesus in Damascus.
During the Reflection Time: Retreat to Your Own Prayer “Wilderness”
Name a time and a place where you could pray uninterrupted…
- For a short time each day:
- For a longer time once per week:
- For an extended time once per month:
Recommit yourself to prayer, or start a new commitment by putting these times and places in your calendar.

Sunday Oct 20, 2019
Going Sane in a Crazy World: Not Right, Just Surrendered
Sunday Oct 20, 2019
Sunday Oct 20, 2019
Philippians 3:7-9 (NLT) 7 I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done. 8 Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ 9 and become one with him. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ. For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith.
Praying for People to Have a Life-Changing Encounter with God
- Me
- In My Family: ________________________________
- At Work/School: _______________________________
- Where I Relax/Play: ____________________________
- Who I Don’t Know Personally: ____________________

Sunday Oct 13, 2019
Going Sane in a Crazy World: I love to see a plan come together!
Sunday Oct 13, 2019
Sunday Oct 13, 2019
Romans 8:28 (NLT) And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.

Sunday Oct 06, 2019
Going Sane Part 5, Pneumatic Living
Sunday Oct 06, 2019
Sunday Oct 06, 2019
Luke 11:11-13 (NLT) 11 “You fathers—if your children ask for a fish, do you give them a snake instead? 12 Or if they ask for an egg, do you give them a scorpion? Of course not! 13 So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him.”
“Did You Receive the Spirit When You Believed?”
Possible answers according to Pastor John Piper*:
- Yes, I have seen the Spirit of obedience at work in my life subduing sin and inclining me to acts of love.
- Yes, I have seen the Spirit of praise in my life filling my heart and mouth with worship to Jesus and God the Father.
- Yes, I have seen the Spirit of courage at work in my life overcoming fear and giving me a will to risk things for the cause of Christ.
- And yes, even though I know that speaking in tongues and the gift of prophecy are no sure sign of God's grace, yet together with other evidences they too are a precious evidence that the power of God is on me.
*www.desiringgod.org/messages/what-does-it-mean-to-receive-the-holy-spirit

Sunday Sep 29, 2019
Going Sane in a Crazy World 4 (Acts 8:1-25)
Sunday Sep 29, 2019
Sunday Sep 29, 2019

Sunday Sep 22, 2019
Going Sane, Part 3
Sunday Sep 22, 2019
Sunday Sep 22, 2019
KEY VERSE:
Deuteronomy 6:4-9 (NLT) 4 “Listen, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone. 5 And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. 6 And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. 7 Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. 8 Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. 9 Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Sunday Sep 15, 2019
Going Sane in a Crazy World--The Foundation
Sunday Sep 15, 2019
Sunday Sep 15, 2019
It seems like every generation has greater opportunities, but also faces greater temptations and challenges. We have a responsibility to bring sanity into the crazy world of upcoming generations. What is the foundation that will help us all weather the storms?

Sunday Sep 08, 2019
Going Sane in a Crazy World
Sunday Sep 08, 2019
Sunday Sep 08, 2019
We’re kicking off a new series: Going Sane in a Crazy World. Plus, it’s the second Sunday of the month, so plan to stick around in the Commons after the service to enjoy a meal together.

Sunday Sep 01, 2019
Tipping Sacred Cows
Sunday Sep 01, 2019
Sunday Sep 01, 2019
3 John 2 – “Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.”
Rom 12:2 - “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.”
1 John 3:21 – “Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God.”
Rom. 8:1-2 – “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who[a] do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death”.
Rom. 8:9 - “But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not
His”.
Gal. 2:20 – “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me”.
2 Tim 2:15 - “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
Then you be “walking by Faith, not by Sight” – 2 Cor. 5:7
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Worthiness is a Gift - Matt 10:38 – “And he that does not take up his cross, and follows after me, is not worthy of me.” (before the cross)
Ephesians 4:1 - "I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation wherewith you are called".
Colossians 1:12 - "Giving thanks to God the Father, who hath made us worthy (qualified us) to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light".
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The Gift of Righteous – 2 Cor. 5:21- “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”
Rom. 10:4 - “For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.”
Rom. 5:17 - “For if the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who received the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.”
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The Gift of Sanctification – 1 Cor. 1:2 - “To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints.”
Acts 26:18 – “…that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who ARE sanctified by faith in Me.”
1 Cor. 1:30 - “But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.”
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The Gift of Holiness – Eph. 1:4 - “For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence, in love.” Col. 1:22 - “He has now reconciled in His body of flesh by His death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before Him.”
Heb. 10:10 - “And by that will we have been MADE holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.”
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The Gift of Perfection – Matt. 5:48 - “Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.” (Before the cross)
Heb. 10:14 - “For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who ARE sanctified.”
1John 4:17 - “Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is so are we in this world.
GRACE CAN
Whereas Law can show us God’s holiness but can never empower us to live holy lives, GRACE CAN!
Whereas Law can point out where we fall short but can never produce change in our hearts, GRACE CAN!
Whereas Law can create feelings of failure but can never enable success, GRACE CAN!
Whereas Law can mandate certain behaviors but cannot give us the desire to walk in righteousness, GRACE CAN!
Whereas Law can command us to love God and neighbor but can never inspire us to do so willingly, GRACE CAN!
Whereas Law can reform our behaviors but cannot transform our hearts, GRACE CAN!

