ANTHEM CHURCH - Chicago, IL

God is sending us, His sons & daughters, into the world to participate in His grand mission of reconciliation.

The story of Christmas - in fact the good news of the gospel - can be summarized in one word; Immanuel, which means God with us.

God can be known. In fact God desires for us to know Him! And to that end God seeks us and sends Jesus as our angel of the Lord.

Stacking up memorials of God's goodness.

God wants us to understand the heart behind the Great Commission and how we are called to live it out in the relationships He has entrusted to us.

The Great Commission and Finances. Learning obedience that comes from faith in the area of our money.

Who do you say that Jesus is? God wants us to know His Son, Jesus Christ, and to be compelled by continual revelation of Him.

There is no set way that God makes Himself known but what is common to each encounter with God; He moves in power as His people humble themselves and pray on behalf of those who don't know Him. So, how does the Bible teach us to pray in such a way that helps us to fulfill the Great Commission?

The conclusion of our study through Jonah: yes, God is relentlessly after the lost, but He's after our heart as we obey Him to reach them, too.

God has called His people to take the Gospel to the ends of the earth and to make disciples of Jesus Christ. Who is waiting on the other side of our obedience?

Chapter two of Jonah takes a break from the chaos and action as God corners Jonah in the belly of the fish to convince Jonah to stop running from His presence and start living in it. Despite Jonah's blatant disobedience, God pursues him and won't relent until Jonah surrenders to God's presence and is reconciled to Him. This slow, existential scene is about the sending and saving hea...

As Jonah runs away from what God told him to do, we see that God's mission continues, with and despite his messenger.

Since the Great Commission has always been God's heart, we can confidently know what His desires are for the lost and for the Church He sends unto them.

5 things everyone needs to know about the Great Commission

Do you have a 'going' mindset? As followers of Jesus, we are called to go and make disciples.

God has given us a sure identity and a rich calling as believers, as the church, and as individuals.

Loving with Father's heart makes our actions worthwhile. We can think and do many things, but, without being motivated by a love for God, we will tend to find our value in achievement or self-promotion. Knowing God's love for us will protect and sustain us, and enable us to love others.

As the people of God, we need to rediscover the breathtaking privilege of enjoying God's presence. When the world sees us loving His presence they know Jesus is from God.

Love is risky; there are no guarantees It puts us in a position that is vulnerable to another's free will but this is how Jesus loves us (while we were still sinners) and how we are to love others.

A reminder of God's call to His people to step out of our comfort zone and love deeply as we advance the kingdom. This sermon reminds us of the heart with which the Apostles crossed boundaries to share the love of Christ, and the incredible destiny in store for those who overcome.

When we gain a revelation of how God sees people and nations -- and our enemies -- we can, by His Spirit, extend the compassion, mercy and forgiveness of Jesus. We give what we have received, and we co-labor with our loving God.

God has called us to show and tell the gospel of Jesus in loving words and actions to our neighbors -- but, "Who is my neighbor?"

How do I love myself well - like Jesus loves me - so that I can love others?

Followers of Jesus are called to live in the same "way" that Jesus did -- The Way of Love. We learn this way by seeing and experiencing the love of Jesus for us. The great commands to love God and love people beckon us to lay our lives down in the same way of self-sacrifice, trusting in the transformational power of God's Spirit working through Calvary-like love to accomplish God&ap...

Living like Jesus is Lord is the adventure of counting the cost of following Him and resting in the promise of His victory.