Little Hills Church

As we wrap up our series in John 5, we are confronted with the most important question: do we believe His words?

God works through ordinary people facing extraordinary pain. Hannah, a barren woman in a hostile household, pours out her anguish before the Lord rather than seeking revenge or retreating and He answers. He still does.

Are we trying to light up our lives with our own glory or God’s? Pastor Tim takes us back to John 5, looking at verses 41-44 in tonight’s Steadfast.

We are right to realize we can’t do it all and that we need God’s Word to guide us. But if in our pursuit of doing things right before God, we miss Him, what have we accomplished?

Lots of things claim to be of value — but which ones really are? Which ones are just so much “Monopoly money”? Pastor Tim explores the question as we continue in John 5 tonight.

We all want justice against the wrongs we see and experience, but Jesus calls us to better understand just what we really need.

We need something that won’t break right away, but everything in life seems to. Jesus addresses what we need and then gets to the deeper thing we need below that.

Last week we looked at solutions we try to find meaning and validation. But they fall short. Thankfully, God has a better plan for us.

The Pharisees had a standard to make themselves feel justified, but was it good enough to make them truly justified?

The Pharisees had a preconceived notion about God that was unyielding and prevented them from understanding the fuller unveiling before them. We too can struggle as God calls us to greater conformity to His Will.

God wants us to jump in the pool of grace to swim, not to struggle. How we interact with His grace makes all the difference in our experience of the Christian life.

We can miss the more urgent thing because we get distracted by the immediate. As we begin exploring John 5, Jesus encourages us not to miss what’s truly important.

What does the righteousness God wants in us really look like?

Wisdom isn’t something meant to get on and off of. So do we want on?

Proverbs challenges us to be aware of where we are leaving the gracious confines of God’s way. The trouble for us is that we don’t even notice as we wander.

We can’t always discern in the moment what’s right and wrong on our own. We need to be focused on God’s glory so we can see where the dangerous paths are.

The World says, “if you don’t know what to do just do something.” God says, “if you don’t know what to do, follow me.”

We have so many different directions we could follow, but God has a particular one for us that allows us to be part of a masterpiece rather than a cacophony.

If the wisdom the world offers so often seems to point to doing the wrong thing, do we want to give up on wisdom entirely?

We try to draw out what reverence and recognition of God looks like, but our drawings end up a mess unless we let God guide us.

As we return to Proverbs this summer, we look to Proverbs 2. The challenge in seeking wisdom is that the results often take time — are they worth the wait?

The truth of Pentecost is that we live between the Ascension and Jesus’s return, but we do not live between God’s love.

The death of Judas provided the first opportunity to address a perennial issue for the church: how do we find those called to lead the church?

The early church needed preparation before their mission. What did they do to prepare to share the Gospel with the world?

As Jesus ascended into Heaven, the disciples needed to be challenged on what they were going to do next.