Flatirons Community Church Audio Podcast

Everyone is building something and everyone wants to build something good: plans, goals, relationships. The problem is, many of us have no idea what good looks like, let alone, how to build it.

If you watch the Olympics you will see people who have worked harder, gotten up earlier, spent more time and effort than anyone else in the world get rewarded for their efforts. That is the way many of us approach God. Many of us believe that the harder we work to be good, the more God owes us His acceptance. Is that what Jesus taught?

Jesus came to seek and save the lost. We all get lost at some time in our life, for different reasons. But, there is nothing better than being found. That...deserves a party!

Do you have anyone or have you ever had anyone in your life that you just don't like? You may have really no reason at all or you can't count all the reasons. What does Jesus have to say about those we marginalize because we don't like them?

Jesus welcomes everyone to the party. Why can't His followers?

As people, we have a strong tendency to be exclusive. To circle up with people like us and push others away. Jesus lived and taught something very different. He was incredibly inclusive. Jesus came for the sick, the hurting, the broken and the marginalized. He was also very clear that if we want to follow Him, we must do the same thing.

Creating Space in our lives means to intentionally do things today to be available to be used by God tomorrow to care for the things that He cares deeply for...the poor...and...the Gospel.

Everything in your life is important. Some things are more important than other things. Our "priorities" reveal what is important and what is more important.

In God's economy, everyone doing a little, goes a long way.

In spite of our reasons and excuses, God can use anyone and everyone to make a difference that matters.

There has to be more to life than trying to stay safe until we die. There's darkness that needs to be invaded by light, bullies that need to be stopped, hurting and helpless people that need hope and lost and broken people that need to be rescued.

Jesus was born in Bethlehem, lived, died, rose from the dead. Three questions for us today: So What? Now What? For What?

What is standing in the way of PB&J ("very good" relationships) becoming a reality in your life?

A lot of us have different experiences with this thing called fatherhood. With fatherlessness being an epidemic in our culture the question becomes, does the quality of our relationship with our father have any lasting or significant impact on our lives?

Peanut Butter and Jelly don't just happen. It is a long process of decisions, choices and hard work. Relationships are the same way.

We were meant to be ONE. The greatest enemy of our marriages and families is not affairs, addictions or mistakes. It is isolation from and independence of one another.

Now that we know what God intended when He made us male and female, and what He intended when he created marriage, we are all painfully aware that things are not that way. The question is Why?

What does God intend for two equal but different people when they come together in marriage?

Love and marriage were designed to be a complimentary relationship. Too often though, it ends up in a food-fight.

Faith is confidence that God is who He says He is and will do everything He promises to do...and asking Him if you can be a part of what He's doing.

What would going "all in" look like when it comes to Faith?

What are your options when God says "No"?

God doesn't promise to give us everything we WANT, but he does PROMISE to give us exactly what we NEED the most.

The definition of faith is very simple and exactly what you need it to be...you can bet on it.

Faith that is built on our ability to understand our circumstances is a house of cards and eventually will collapse.