Flatirons Community Church Audio Podcast

Wrestling through trusting God when life is painful, confusing and doesn't make sense.

Today we will take a time out to rethink and remember communion, a symbol of the event that made it possible for us to be free from sin and death to live everyday in the kingdom of the heavens.

The road to life, a life that bears fruit, a house that stands up, is a life that puts into practice (action) what Jesus says is right, true and better.

Jesus's definition of the Gospel, His message of "good news," was simply this: the Kingdom of the heavens is here and is available to any and all who will believe.

Right judgment is the ability to correctly judge a situation or a behavior without condemning people.

If we trust Jesus enough to remove our sins and reconnect us back to God, why do we not trust Him to be able to tell us the best way to live our entire lives?

Worrying reveals on who or what we are really banking our lives.

The conventional wisdom of Jesus' day was that there were three big things someone had to do well in order to be good, to be enough. Jesus turns all three of them upside down and inside out.

While it's never "right" to do something wrong, NOT doing "wrong" things does not necessarily make a person "right."

In the kingdom of the heavens, Jesus is clear that we can expect all kinds of difficulties, but we don't have to be afraid of them.

The kind of king always determines the kind of kingdom, who is a part of it, and how it works.

If we believed that God's Kingdom was right here and available to anyone regardless of the circumstances of their life, good or bad... that belief, put into practice, would change everything.

Everyone has a strategy for life and that strategy will determine the direction of a person's life and how a person's life stands up under the storms of life WHEN they come.

Would your strategy for how you lived your life change if you really believed the same things Jesus believed?

There has to be a better way to live than continuing the cycle of "hurt people hurt people." Nothing changes until something changes INSIDE of a person, redefining what KIND of person they are. Once that happens, all things become possible.

What "kind" of people do we find in the bloodline of Jesus and what difference does that make today in people like us?

When we don't understand what God is doing and why He's allowing certain circumstances in our lives, it's very easy to become bitter and believe that God is not for us, but rather against us.

Jesus is our initiation into the Kingdom: the family of God.

What would it mean to live in the constant thought of "Christ in you" and the reality that "God is near"? Is that still possible

Because of who Jesus is and what He has done, He is worthy of our recognition as first, highest and most important in our lives.

Value #6: Relational Evangelism. When something is effective, important and makes a real difference in our lives, we naturally share it with others.

Value #5: Excellent Environments. Creating the best opportunity for a person to bump into Jesus doesn't happen by accident at church, home or driving through town. It's time to be intentional. Otherwise, people get ambushed.

Value #4: Gifted Service. God is building a temple/body built on and made up of forgiven, broken people.

Value #4: Gifted Service. God is building a temple/body built on and made up of forgiven, broken people.

Value #3: Authentic Community. Pursuing truth together is the best opportunity for truly living out and applying that truth.