Arrows Church Weekend Messages

Heaven came down so we could come home. Using the Parable of the Lost Son we see how God's heart is always on that which is lost. No matter where we are in life we can come home to the Father and be received with open and welcoming arms. Luke 15:11-31 (NIV) The word 'Prodigal' is primarily an adjective, not a noun.  Definition 1 - “reckless & wasteful in spending” Definition 2 -...

In Genesis we read how God created the first 'home'. A loving community between Himself, man, woman, and child. A community where everyone loves and is loved. And since we've been created in the likeness and image of God, this loving home community exists in each of us. Yet, because of sin, the only way we can truly be 'home' for Christmas is to accept the forgiveness and...

Jesus takes the narrow audience of adultery and opens it up to the larger audience of lust. Not all of us have experienced the pain of adultery, but all of us has experienced the fallout of lust. Jesus wanted our response to sexual temptation and sin to be radical. A Different Kind of Purity (Matthew 5:27-30)  • Do not equate looking with lusting • Lust is not a casual look or momentary desire......

In Matthew 5:21-26, Jesus stresses that refraining from murder is not enough; harboring anger and hatred is also detrimental. He highlights the importance of reconciling with others and maintaining healthy relationships, as unresolved conflicts hinder genuine worship. The passage emphasizes addressing issues promptly, as even minor problems can escalate if neglected. Need Prayer? 

God calls us to praise Him in the good and in the bad, in the best and in the worst, in the easy and in the difficult. No matter if you're in a Palm season or a Willow season, we can respond accordingly as God leads. We praise Him for what He has done, and we worship Him for who He is.  Need Prayer? 

While this passage is short, it is a vitally crucial passage in the Sermon on the Mount as Jesus establishes his authority of scripture and teaches a different king of Righteousness. Matthew 5: 17-20 Main Theme: Jesus is Lord of the Old and New Testament. This passage of scripture provides us with three aspects of our faith that of which we need to have a proper understanding. A Proper understandi...

The Beatitudes are one of Jesus' most well-known teachings within the Sermon on the Mount. Rather than representing eight different types of people, they represent qualities each believer is called to exhibit. The Beatitudes represent our relationship to God and to others.  Matthew 5:3-12 (NIV) • The qualities introduced here do not refer to 8 different types of people. • These qualities do n...

The Sermon on The Mount is perhaps Jesus' best known teaching and yet many have questioned the sermon's relevancy and practicality. After all, what does a 2,000 year old sermon have to teach us today?  Understanding the Sermon on the Mount...  Leviticus 18:1-4 (NLT) Psalm 106:34-36 (NLT) 2 Kings 17:7-8 (NLT) Matthew 4:17 (NLT)  What do people who have come under the complete gracious aut...

If we live life with unordinary vision, unordinary generosity, courage, and togetherness, we can't help but also experience unordinary difference. As believers we are called to be different, specifically in Purpose, Holiness, Attitude, and Love. Different doesn’t always mean Opposite . Different doesn’t always mean Separate . God never calls us to live a completely different life, He calls us...

Part Four of our series The Art of Being Unordinary   Need Prayer? 

Ordinary Fear is when we look to ourselves, estimate our own resources, and conclude we do not have what it takes to do what God is calling us to do or to face what God is asking us to face. Unordinary Courage however is when we look to God, estimate His resources, and conclude He will equip us for whatever He calls us to do or face what He calls us to face. Unordinary Courage (Part 3) Joshua 3:14...

Some generosity is common among everyone... you let your neighbor borrow sugar or an egg, you cover for your coworker, etc. But then there is unordinary generosity. That's where people start asking questions and have difficulty understanding the way God uses our finances to further His Kingdom. If we want to break the mold... we must practice unordinary generosity. Unordinary Generosity (Part...

Simply leading an ordinary life, unnoticed, won’t leave a lasting impact on the world. The pages of history are not graced with tales of those who stayed in obscurity. We invite you to break free from the mold of ordinary and master the art of being unordinary. Unordinary Vision (Part 1) It’s easy... To be just another face in the crowd To play it safe. To fly under the RADAR. We are a community w...

Since Jesus is the way... we can follow Him. Further, if you're really serious about following someone for the rest of your a life, it should matter where that person is going because the goal of following someone is to end up where they end up. Jesus' call to his first disciples and to us today remains the same... follow me! The Way Out Matthew 4:18-20 (NIV) If you're really seriou...

Since Jesus is the way... we can follow Him. Though it might be easier to focus outwardly, Jesus wants us to follow him inward... inside ourselves. If we're going to focus on God in our lives, we must be comfortable looking inward because that is where God is.   The Way In James 1:22-25 (NLT)  22But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling you...

Jesus calls his followers to follow Him up through partaking in communion, or the Lord’s Supper. Communion unites the church in remembering Christ’s sacrifice for our sins and in looking ahead to his return.  Need Prayer? 

Since Jesus is the way... we can follow Him. Also, the very first direction that Jesus wants us to follow Him is the way down and the way we follow Jesus down is through baptism. Baptism is the very first thing Jesus wants new disciples to do. It is our first step of obedience and is the first public testimony we will ever give.  The Way Down 1. Baptism openly IDENTIFIES us as followers of Jesus....

Sometimes it helps to have a little guidance on the journey of life. We learn from the Bible that Jesus is the way and that we can follow him in every direction. Even in the midst of the storm, even in the chaos of the hurricane we can experience total confidence and calmness. John 14:1-6 (NIV) •A cultural hurricane... •A relational hurricane... •A personal hurricane... •An imagined hurricane... T...

Ephesians 1:1-14 Salvation brings praise to God and glory to His name.  Need Prayer? 

Paul calls the Galatians to bear one another’s burdens, take responsibility for their faith, not grow weary of doing good, and boast not in themselves but to boast in Christ. Galatians 6:1-18 (ESV) Faith is done best in Biblical Community (6:1-3) Faith is your Responsibility (6:4-5) Faith takes Work (6:6-10)  Faith Boasts in Christ (6:11-18) Need Prayer? 

Five chapters of arguing for freedom from the law comes down to this truth... Resisting the flesh isn't about our efficiency... it's all about the Spirit's sufficiency. Even though the Spirit and Flesh are in conflict with one another, they are not competing with one another, the Spirit has already been victorious through Jesus!  Part 11 - Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:16-26) •Re...

Life-probing questions like "What is the meaning of life?" "Why am I here?" and "What is my purpose?" are actually easily answered when we realize that what ultimately counts in this life is what ultimately matters on judgement day. In this section of Galatians, Paul is pleading for all people to live lives of true freedom! Part 10 - Freedom In Christ (Galatians 5:1-1...

Freedom does not come from us being able to do anything we want, living anyway we want to live, or acting anyway we want to act. True freedom comes by placing ourselves under the authority of God and others. Paul uses the story of Abraham's two sons to illustrate the difference of living life as a slave and living in true freedom.  Part 9 - A Tale of Two Sons (Galatians 4:21-31) Under the law...

Deconstruction is a natural step in the process of maturity but it certainly is not the final step, or even the goal. All too often (due to external and internal factors) people get stuck in deconstruction and fail to live comfortably in the tension that is the human condition. Sadly, the Church isn't great at dealing with deconstruction and people get hurt. Galatians 4:8-20 helps us see a be...

Happy Father's Day! Earthly adoption can often be extensive, intensive, and expensive. This passage shows us how we have been adopted into the family of God as sons and daughters of a true, loving Father. Through Jesus, we have been granted all the rights and privileges of a true child of God. Part 7 - We Are Family (Galatians 4:1-7) Galatians 4:4-5 (NIV) 4 But when the time had fully come, G...