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Reasonable Faith Stir "One Step" Faith Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 13:1-17 NIV __________ Luke 13:1-17 NIV Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? I tell you, no...

Reasonable Faith Go And Make Disciples Carlos Andres Rodriguez Today’s Scripture: Matthew 28:19-20 NIV __________  Matthew 28:19-20 NIV Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”   Acts 11:26 NI...

Reasonable Faith No Parking Lot Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 12:49-59 NIV __________ Luke 12:49-59 NIV “I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! But I have a baptism to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed! Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division. From now on there will be five in one family...

Habits That Change the World The Position Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 12:35-48 NIV  __________ Luke 12:35-48 NIV “Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching...

Habits That Change the World Habit Of Generosity II Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 12:33-34 NIV __________ Luke 12:33-34 NIV Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.   John 3:16 NIV For...

Habits That Change the World Habit of Generosity Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 12:22-32 NIV  __________ Luke 12:22-32 NIV Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no store...

Habits That Change the World A Life of Stewardship Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 12:13-21 NIV __________  Luke 12:13-21 NIV The Parable of the Rich Fool Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds...

Habits That Can Change the World Heart Habit Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 12:1-12 NIV __________  Luke 12:1-12 NIV Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying: “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. There is nothing concealed that will not be discl...

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Finding God: The Wonder Of Christmas The One Thing Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 2:1-20 NIV  __________ Luke 2:1-20 NIV The Birth of Jesus In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to their own town to register. So Joseph also wen...

Finding God The Wonder Of Christmas Jesse Holcomb Today’s Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12 CSB __________ Matthew 2:1-12 CSB After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, wise men from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star at its rising and have come to worship him.” When King Herod heard this, he was deeply dis...

M.I.A.: Motivation, Inspiration, Accountability Accountability Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 11:45-54 NIV __________ Luke 11:45-54 NIV One of the lawyers said to Him in reply, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us too.” But He said, “Woe to you lawyers as well! For you load people with burdens that are hard to bear, while you yourselves will not even touch the burdens with one...

M.I.A.: Motivation, Inspiration, Accountability Show Up - Lift Others Bobby Humes Today’s Scripture: Luke 11:43-44 NIV __________ Luke 11:43-44 NIV Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the most important seats in the synagogues and respectful greetings in the marketplaces. Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves, which people walk over without knowing it.   Luke 6:45 NIV A good man brin...

M.I.A.: Motivation, Inspiration, Accountability Our Way Out Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 11:37-41 NIV  __________ Luke 11:37-41 NIV When Jesus had finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him to eat with him; so he went in and reclined at the table. But the Pharisee was surprised when he noticed that Jesus did not first wash before the meal. Then the Lord said to him, “Now then, you Pharisee...

Tomayto Tomahto Hard Conversations With Grace Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 11:29-36 NIV __________ Luke 11:29-36 NIV Now as the crowds were increasing, He began to say, “This generation is a wicked generation; it demands a sign, and so no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation. The Q...

Tomayto Tomahto How To Get Along...When We Can't Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 11:21-28 NIV  __________ Luke 11:21-28 NIV “When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe. But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up his plunder. “Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever doe...

Tomayto Tomahto A God Shaped Lens Jesse Holcomb Today’s Scripture: Luke 11:14-16 CSB   Luke 11:14-16 CSB Now he was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon came out, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowds were amazed. But some of them said, “He drives out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.” And others, as a test, were demanding of him a sign from heaven.   1) A UNITED...

Coming Home Your Kingdom Come Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 11:1-4 NIV __________ Luke 11:1-4 NIV One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say: “‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread. Forgive us...

Coming Home Father Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 11:1-4 NIV __________ Luke 11:1-4 NIV One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say: “‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread. Forgive us our sins, f...

Coming Home Teach Us To Pray Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 11:1 NIV John 14:2-3 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.  Acts 17:27  God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps r...

Contagious: A Radically Infectious Faith, Life, and Church Depend Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 10:38-42 NIV   Luke 10:38-42 NIV At the Home of Martha and Mary As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by a...

Contagious: A Radically Infectious Faith, Life, and Church Deploy Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 10:25-37 NIV   Luke 10:25-37 NIV The Parable of the Good Samaritan 25  On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26  “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?” 27  He answered, “‘Love the Lord...

Contagious: A Radically Infectious Faith, Life, and Church Redeem Jesse Holcomb Today’s Scripture: Luke 10:17-24 NIV   Luke 10:17-24 NIV The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.” He said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like lightning. Look, I have given you the authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and over all the power of the...

Contagious: A Radically Infectious Faith, Life, and Church Reach Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 10:1-16 NIV   Luke 10:1-16 NIV Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two 1  After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go.  2  He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harv...

The Unfinished Work Forward Focus Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 9:62 NIV   Luke 9:62 New International Version Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”   1) KNOW THE DESTINATION Philippians 1:21 New International Version For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.   Philippians 3:8-14 New International Version What is...