Thrive.Church Weekly Message

[Habakkuk 1:1-2] This is the message that the prophet Habakkuk received in a vision. [2] How long, O LORD, must I call for help? But you do not listen! "Violence is everywhere!" I cry, but you do not come to save. Faith isn't just believing God CAN, it's waiting when He HASN'T yet. [Habakkuk 1:3-4] Must I forever see these evil deeds? Why must I watch all this misery? Whereve...

[Deuteronomy 28:1-8] ““Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. [2] And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God [3] “Blessed shall you be in the city,...

[1 Timothy 6.12] Fight the good fight for the true faith. Hold tightly to the eternal life to which God has called you, which you have declared so well before many witnesses. God doesn't choose the _______________ people. [Genesis 37:5-10] One night Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him more than ever. [6] “Listen to this dream,” he said. [7] “We were out i...

[Acts 13:1-2, 4-5] Among the prophets and teachers of the church at Antioch of Syria were Barnabas, Simeon (called "the black man"), Lucius (from Cyrene), Manaen (the childhood companion of King Herod Antipas), and Saul. [2] One day as these men were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Appoint Barnabas and Saul for the special work to which I have called them.&qu...

Before you have a comeback you have to have a _________________. Our setback becomes the _________________ for our comeback. [John 16.33 NIV] “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” You can't have _________________ without a battle. [Luke 24:1-7] But very early on Sunday morning the women...

Just because you've stopped EXPECTING doesn't mean God's stopped WORKING. [Luke 15:1-2] Tax collectors and other notorious sinners often came to listen to Jesus teach. [2] This made the Pharisees and teachers of religious law complain that he was associating with such sinful people--even eating with them! [Luke 15:10 NLT] In the same way, there is joy in the presence of God's angel...

Solitude is _____________________ from the noise of life to spend time with God. [Psalm 16.11] You reveal the path of life to me; in your presence is abundant joy; at your right hand are eternal pleasures. Loneliness is inner __________________. Solitude is inner _________________. ~Richard Foster [Psalm 28:1] I pray to you, O Lord, my rock. Do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you are silent, I m...

Don't spend so much time talking about what God DID that we stop asking what God's DOING. [Joshua 13:1] When Joshua was an old man, the LORD said to him, "You are growing old, and much land remains to be conquered. Don't get COMFORTABLE because there's still TERRITORY to take. [Joshua 4:6-7] We will use these stones to build a memorial. In the future your children will ask you...

[Psalm 46.10a] Be still and know that I am God This verse doesn’t mean “while it is still, know I am God” [Psalm 46:1-3 ESV] God is my refuge and God is my strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be thrown into the midst of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. If _______...

The more confident I am that God CAN speak, the more HUMBLE I should be about claiming He DID. [Romans 8:14] For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. [Acts 8:29] The Holy Spirit said to Philip, "Go over and walk along beside the carriage." [Acts 10:19-20] Meanwhile, as Peter was puzzling over the vision, the Holy Spirit said to him, "Three men have come looking...

The Holy Spirit doesn't just want to do something IN you, He wants to do something THROUGH you. [Acts 1:8] But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere--in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." Jesus promises us POWER, but He attaches the power to a PURPOSE. God's powe...

Deep inside there is a desire for a more ______________ life. [Psalm 127:2] It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, anxiously working for food to eat; for God gives rest to his loved ones. It is easy for us to get caught in the trap of ________________. [Luke 10.38-42 NIV] As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named M...

Sometimes we ask God for more _________________ when what we really need is more _________________. [1 Corinthians 6:19] Don't you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, Don't _________________ anything from the Holy Spirit. [Ephesians 4:30 ESV] And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom y...

Our gifts are to be used in ___________, to ___________ people, and ___________ them to Jesus. [Ephesians 4.11-12] Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. [12] Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. Teachers are passionate about God's Word &am...

Our gifts are to be used in ___________, to ___________ people, and ___________ them to Jesus. [Ephesians 4.11-12] Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. [12] Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. A pastor is a _______________ of people. [Acts 2...

God is not telling you to _________ ___________________. [Galatians 3:3] How foolish can you be? After starting your new lives in the Spirit, why are you now trying to become perfect by your own human effort? Salvation begins with ___________________. We can't trust ___________________ to save us and then trust ___________________ to change us. [Galatians 5:19-23 ESV] Now the works of the fles...

Our gifts are to be used in ____________, to ____________ people, and ____________ them to Jesus. [Ephesians 4.11-12] Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. [12] Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. __________ are God's __________ for reach...

The Holy Spirit is a ________________, not a _______________. [John 14:26] But when the Father sends the Advocate as my representative--that is, the Holy Spirit--he will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have told you. The Holy Ghost isn't the presence of someone _______________, He's the presence of Someone _______________. [Romans 8:11] The Spirit of God, who raise...

Our gifts are to be used in _____________, to ____________ people, and _____________ them to Jesus. [Ephesians 4.11-12] Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. [12] Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. Prophets _____________ and _____________ th...

Minding the gap isn’t always ________________. It can be full of ________________. Our stories don’t have to end at our ________________, when we’re most ________________. [Acts 9:3-6] As he was approaching Damascus on this mission, a light from heaven suddenly shone down around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?” “Who are you, lord...

Our gifts are to be used in ___________, to ___________ people, and ___________ them to Jesus. [Ephesians 4:11-12] Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. [12] Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. The Church is ________________ when these five g...

It is in the gap that God does his ________ work in our hearts. God wants closeness with _____! [Exodus 14:11-12 NIV] They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us, bringing us out of Egypt? [12] Is this not the very thing we told you in Egypt, ‘Let us alone so that we can serve the Egyptians’? For i...

[1 Peter 4.10] God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another. Everyone that follows Jesus has been given a _____________ ______________. [Acts 1:8] But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the end...

Do we let the strains of life drive us ___________________ God or _______________________ from him? [1 Samuel 1:3-16] Each year Elkanah would travel to Shiloh to worship and sacrifice to the Lord of Heaven’s Armies at the Tabernacle. The priests of the Lord at that time were the two sons of Eli—Hophni and Phinehas. [4] On the days Elkanah presented his sacrifice, he would give portions of the meat...

[Psalm 1:1-3] Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with mockers. [2] But they delight in the law of the Lord, meditating on it day and night. [3] They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season. Their leaves never wither, and they prosper in all they do. God promises _____________ & _____________ f...