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Stepping out of Rest into Work! Joel Madson, Missions Pastor The Rest of Sabbath comes to a close now it's time to step back into work.  How do we prepare ourselves to step into the Work God calls us to? Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give

Resting In His Blessings Pastor Michael Lodge We spend a day in the Word of God to find rest in the person of God.  We also find Sabbath rest in the blessings God speaks over us.  The Word is not only His history.  It is also the history of God making man find their new identity in Him.  Every story in the Word is an account of God changing people through His grace and peace.  There is power in re...

Rest in the Lion's Shadow Pastor Michael Lodge We know we need to stop, remember, and rest on our Sabbath.  We have looked at the tools God has given us to help us rest.  Prayer, solitude, fasting, and worship are an important ways of finding rest.  Today we look at the most necessary tool He has given us to usher us into rest.  A tool that the day has always revolved around.  We need the word of...

Worship: Stop, Remember, Respond & Rest John Reynolds, Family Ministries Pastor Worship. What does that even mean? When we gather together to worship God through our praises what should that look like? This week we are going to look at and practice stopping, remembering, responding and resting in our worship of God.    Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card:...

Finding rest in solitude and fasting Stu Hezlep, Pastor & Missionary The discipline of Solitude is less about a remote location and more about being free from external distractions. In the same vein the discipline of Fasting is about having self control over your body and all the internal distractions within it.   Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: http...

Prayer: Part of entering God's rest Pastor Dan Bushy Prayer is an important part of being able to enter into God's rest. Prayer activates our faith, faith produces obedience to the Holy Spirit and obedience enables us to enter into God's rest of faith Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch...

Finding Real Rest Pastor Michael Lodge Have you ever gotten to the end of a day off only to feel like it was wasted?  How can you have time off and feel less rested than when you were working?  Many of us waste our Sabbath because we don't know how to find real rest.  Today we find the third element to complete our Sabbath.  Stop… Remember… and Rest in Worship.  Something happens deep inside of us...

July 17th, 2022 - Remember Pastor Michael Lodge Now that we have stopped… What do we fill our stopping with. In Exodus we receive a similar Sabbath command. Remember the Sabbath to keep it Holy. In our stopping we REMEMBER who Jesus is! Sabbath is a day to fill ourselves and be changed by the power of remembering all that Jesus has done for us. Today we will see how the Jews used the Sabbath to se...

STOP for Real Rest Pastor Michael Lodge We live busy lives in a busy culture.  "How are you?" Is typically responded to with  "Great… just busy."  But is our busyness depleting us?  Does our fast paced life keep us from experiencing real rest?  God doesn't only command us to rest; He also blesses us with the gift of a day of rest.  Today, we look at Deuteronomy 5:12 and see what a blessing it is t...

His Prayer For You Pastor Michael Lodge Jesus prayed for you!  No really on April 3, 33 AD in the cool of the night in the Garden of Gethsemane Jesus prayed specifically for you.  Today we look at this amazingly intimate prayer and are guided by His prayer for us.   Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https:...

June 26th, 2022 - Having a Theology of Suffering: The Path through the Greatest Distraction Pastor Michael Lodge Jesus warned the disciples that life would not be easy and there would be trials and tribulation.  In His final moments with the disciples, Jesus wanted to warn them of the greatest distraction that could cause them to fall away from everything He desired for them.  Jesus wanted them to...

The Greatest Gift: LIFE Through the Spirit Pastor Michael Lodge A car is pretty useless without its engine.  Imagine having a completely restored 1969 Chevy Stingray in your garage.  But you never drive it.  You keep it covered up and rarely even look at it.  That's very similar to living our life ignoring the Spirit in us.  He is the engine in our life that empowers us, convicts us, and leads us...

The Greatest Gift: LIFE IN the Spirit Pastor Michael Lodge The connection to finding LIFE IN Jesus is the Holy Spirit.  The greatest gift Jesus has given us outside of salvation.  More than just knowing who He is, Jesus wants us to live IN the Spirit.  What does it mean to be filled with the Spirit? Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechur...

The Greatest Gift: LIFE and the Spirit Pastor Michael Lodge Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give

The Life of Christ Pastor Michael Lodge Jesus has left us an example of life that we can follow!  We can have His mind, His heart, and His life.  Jesus' life was lived to give us an example of what it looks like to be fully alive.  When He proclaimed to be the way, the truth, and the life, He was giving us the tools to experience life fully alive in His name.  As we are sanctified, we should becom...

The Mind of Christ Pastor Mitch Corea Jesus left His disciples with a command to "Love one another as He loved them". What is new about that? What does it really mean to love like this? As Jesus' disciples we should develop a heart for each other that reflects His heart towards us; a heart of genuine love, full of grace and truth for one another. We should desire to see others know the love of Chr...

The Mind of Christ Pastor Michael Lodge Jesus begins our sanctification with a foundation that shapes our identity.  The example He gives us in John 13 shapes our image from the inside out.  This example is more than a one time action. It is the symbol that was manifested through all of Jesus' life.  What does it mean for us to take on the image of a servant and follow Christ? Click on the links b...

Sitting at the Table with Jesus Pastor Michael Lodge Today, we jump into Part 3 of the John series.  Over the next several weeks, we will be looking at the fuel for our sanctification.  We will be reading the most expansive and intimate conversation Jesus had with His disciples leading up to His death on the cross.  Are you ready to follow Jesus and really become like Him?  It's my hope that we re...

Belief Bears Fruit Pastor Michael Lodge Jesus closes out His public ministry in this section of John chapter 12.  In these verses, Jesus clearly lays out what it looks like to respond to His message and believe in His name.  Belief in Jesus should not only lead us to abundant life but to the fruit of abundant lives!  What does this look like in your life?  Have you truly responded in belief?   Cli...

"It is finished" is only the beginning! Pastor Joel Madson, Missions Pastor Those that encountered the risen Lord Jesus Christ had their lives transformed, never to be the same again!  It continues to be true today! Discover the "how" to walk in resurrection power in daily life! Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give O...

Easter Matters! Pastor Nate Hettinga Easter 2022!  The Bible uses the imagery of shepherds and lambs a LOT!  Why?  Because everybody wants a shepherd and everybody needs a lamb.  This Easter, we'll find that Jesus is BOTH! Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give

Who Do You Say He Is? Pastor Nate Hettinga Mary got it.  Judas missed it.  The crowds got caught up in the moment. Passion week is a week to prepare ourselves and to have an honest conversation.  Do I really get Him?  Do I really know who He is?  If so… what do I do with that? Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Onl...

April 3rd, 2022 - I AM the Resurrection Pastor Michael Lodge Today we look at the last of the seven signs recorded in John.  This was the last sign, the greatest sign, the most impossible sign, and the most significant sign.  Jesus used this sign to paint the clearest picture of who He came to be in our lives.  Jesus came so that we may die to self and find new and abundant life in His name! Click...

John Reynolds - Family Ministries Pastor Hanukkah is the celebration of God's deliverance and victory over oppressive enemies. The Light overcame the darkness. In the wake of this celebration, Jesus steps in to talk about the security only found in His victory. My sheep know my voice, I give them eternal life, and NO ONE is gonna take you out of my hands. I and the Father are ONE. You can trust me...

How to ENJOY Reading Your Bible Keith Ferrin, Author & Speaker Reading and studying the Bible is a "should" for so many people. Let's look at the mindset and tips for turning "should" into "want." Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give