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Ephesians 3:8-13 / The world teaches us to summarize our personal identity based on pedigree, education, experience and acquired skill. But what Christ teaches us is that our qualifications for the ministry are not measured by the world’s standards. In this sermon, we learn that God has not only called us, but also qualified us for the mission - - we simply have to commit in faith to obey.

Ephesians 3:1-7 / When discussing identity, it’s important to consider the role that confidence plays in our understanding of self. The confidence that the Christian needs is not a self-confidence, but assurance in what God has called us to, a certainty in his purpose for our lives. In this sermon, we consider what it truly means to find confidence in who he has made us to be.

Joshua 1:1-9 / In Joshua 1:1-9, the Lord encouraged Joshua as he prepared to lead the nation of Israel to conquer and inherit the Promised Land. This passage teaches us how to respond in strength and courage when God calls us to take big steps in our walk of faith.

Guest speaker Jay Schug invites us to reflect on Jesus’ example with regards to our motivation in ministry.

Ephesians 2:11-22 / In our series “Finding Our Identity”, we have been exploring just how difficult it is to know who we are and what our purpose in life is. Oftentimes we look to our past to help us uncover who we truly are. In Ephesians 2, God does the same thing; he points us back to who we were before he found us and graciously declare who he has made us to be. Christ has become our hope, and...

Guest speaker Brian Clark shows us how we can exhibit Christ’s love.

Ephesians 2:9-10 / So many of us have been taught to understand our identity in terms of what we “do”: our vocation, our passion projects, our responsibilities. But are the things we do meant to define us? In what way? In this sermon on Ephesians 2:8-10 we consider the doctrine of our salvation and the work of Christ in order to better understand who we are.

Ephesians 2:1-7 / Every person faces moments of identity crisis, moments where they ask: how did I get here? am I content with who I have become? where am I going and what is my purpose? In Ephesians 2 we discover the perspective we need in order to find value and peace in the identity that Christ has given us: past, present and future.

Ecclesiastes 5:1 In this message we study what the word of God has to say about the topic of genuine obedience to the commands of our Lord and how believers oftentimes attempt to make insincere sacrifices to him instead of simply doing what he's asked.

Ephesians 1:15-18 / We have just learned that God desires for us to get his vantage point and his mind by way of knowledge, understanding and wisdom. But once we begin to see our identity from this perspective, what do we discover? What can God see and understand that we struggle to know? Today we will learn about some of God’s insights and what they mean for how we understand ourselves.

Ephesians 1:15-18 / In order to identify and perceive ourselves rightly, it requires that we gain God’s insight. Paul takes time here to pray for the church in Ephesus that they would have, wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. In this second sermon focused on wisdom, we address what it means to gain a divine insight, one that informs a spiritual view of ourselves and the world in which we live.

Ephesians 1:15-18 / In order to identify and perceive ourselves rightly, it requires that we gain God’s insight. Paul takes time here to pray for the church in Ephesus that they would have, wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. In this sermon, we address what it means to gain a divine insight, one that informs a spiritual view of ourselves and the world in which we live.

Ephesians 1:7-14/ The journey to finding our true personal identity can be a long and difficult one. Life is hard and confusing, but faith in Christ has a way of simplifying our reality. Today we continue exploring what it means to find our identity in the person of Christ, by asking how does knowing Christ effect how I understand myself?

Ephesians 1:3-6 / In the Book of Ephesians, we will be uncovering what it means to know who we are in light of what God says about us. Paul takes time to describe to the church what God has in store for us in heavenly places. These eternal blessing should inform our temporal reality, but so often our sins are difficult to let go of, but is that because we don’t know God the way we should?

In 2 Timothy 2:1-13, we will learn principles about discipleship, what it takes to follow the Lord, and how following the Lord is actually following him into a spiritual war. Are you ready to follow the Lord with everything you have?

2 Timothy 1:1-7 When we take a look at the world around us, we can see so much brokenness and cause for fear in our own lives. We observe in 2 Timothy 1:1-7, 7 keys to persevering in our faith in the midst of a broken world.

John 14:7-21

Ephesians 1:1-2 / In the Book of Ephesians, we will be uncovering what it means to know who we are in light of what God says about us. As we begin the study, we address three important principles about our identity.