Missio Church - Bismarck

Verses Used: Exodus 35:23-36:7 Romans 12:3-8 1 Corinthians 9:6-7 Takeaways : God Gives People Gifts God still uses people’s skills to accomplish His purposes. God gives talents to everyone in some measure. God gave you your abilities for His purposes. It all starts with recognition that God is the giver of gifts. More Than Enough God is building His church and uses us - with our talents and abilit...

Verses Used: Mark 10:46-52 Psalm 90:10,12 James 4:13-14 Ephesians 5:15-17 John 17:4 Takeaways: Time is Limited Time is short, but God gives us enough to live the life He intends for us. Our time is God’s time Generosity and Priorities Being present with other people is possible when we manage our priorities. Discussion Questions: Why is it hard to live with margin in our schedules? What is your re...

Verses Used: Jonah 4 Samuel 16:7 Luke 6:45 Proverbs 4:23 Job 1:21 Takeaways: A Heart of Anger Jonah’s anger came from a place of judgment and self-righteousness God was not operating the way Jonah thought He should. Jonah thought he knew better than God. A Heart Lesson God is sovereign over creation, He decides when to give and when to take away. God brings the plant and He brings the worm. God wa...

Verses Used: Jonah 3 Takeaways: The Reluctant Messenger Jonah was God’s mission while he was on God’s mission. God doesn’t wait for us to “arrive” spiritually before sending us on mission. The Repentant City Repentance is not just feeling bad about sin, it’s about belief and behavior. The God of Mercy The Ninevites repented, so God relented. It was humans who changed their course, not God. The goo...

Happy Birthday Missio! Today you'll hear the stories of members of Missio. Each story brings something different, but they all point to the Father.

Verses Used: Jonah 1:17-2:20 Takeaways: Jonah gets a second chance. Prayer is often our last resort. Prayer is often the last thing we do when all else fails. God gives second chances even though we don’t deserve them. God gave grace to Jonah by giving him a second chance. God gives that same grace to us too. Jonah and Idolatry. If we turn to worship idols, we give something up. Idol worship costs...

Verses Used: Jonah 1:1-16 Psalm 139:7-10 Hebrews 12:6 Takeaways: God will often ask you to do things you don’t want to do. Like Jonah, we can always find a boat sailing in the wrong direction. God sometimes sends a storm to get our attention. God disciplines His children because He loves them and knows what is best for them. God will ask you to do the hard things. You can’t outrun God When we need...

Verses Used: Luke 24:13-32 Takeaways: Creation - we can ask: What do they look to, trust in, depend on, for their worth? This answers: Who or What a person credits for who they are. Fall - we can ask these questions: What is wrong? What is the real problem/issue? Fall answers: Why things and people are not the way they are supposed to be and who is to blame for it. The key question for fall is: Wh...

Verses Used: Luke 19:37-44 Luke 2:14 Matthew 5:3-8 Zechariah 9:9 Luke 23:18-25 Takeaways: Jesus’ kingdom was a different kind of kingdom, and His entry into Jerusalem reflected not only His teachings, but who He was. It’s easy to worship Jesus when things are looking up; circumstantial worship. Jesus came to fill the earth with God’s glory—to show the world what God is like. God created humans to...

Verses Used: Matthew 3:13-17;  Matthew 28:19-20 Col. 2:11-12 Genesis 15:6 Takeaways: Baptism isn't about your personal holiness, it’s about God’s purpose for us. For John, it was a recognition that his role was to point to Jesus. For Jesus, it was a demonstration of God’s purpose for him, and the start of his earthly ministry.  Through His own baptism, Jesus was declaring God’s claim on...

Welcome back Missio Family. Today you’ll hear Pastor Josh talk about how the fruit of the spirit is evident in the life of a believer, not because they try harder to exhibit the fruit, but because they walk in the Spirit. God produces the fruit of the Spirit when we walk in faith.  We have one quick announcement for you! On March 26th, we are going to have a Baptism Sunday. If you have any in...

Verses Used: Galatians 4:1-12 Galatians 3:8 Ephesians 1:4-5 Takeaways: Heirs - Paul uses the analogy of being an heir, something is coming in the future, but not knowing it right away. He is referring to God having good things in store for his people, and that it is coming. We get to share in the reward of Jesus because he was/is perfect. Even though we don’t really deserve it, we get to be in the...

Verses Used: Galatians 3:1-14 Hebrews 11:6 (ESV - NLT - TLB) Takeaways: There is a common thread running through every world religion: I do what my god wants, therefore I am accepted. Christianity teaches: There is nothing I can do to get right with God on my own. I trust in the finished work of Jesus Christ, therefore I am accepted. I am accepted, therefore, out of love and relationship, I obey G...

"When you are thrust into a situation that is like mine or similar to mine, you learn a lot of things. You will definitely learn who you are as a person. You will have all of your life choices, good and bad, flash before you and you will either feel sickened by them, or you will be satisfied with what you see. The most important thing that I learned through this is that I need to trust God no matt...

Verses Used: Galatians 2 Takeaways: There will always be religious people who want to add to the gospel and make it legalistic. We all get pressured to be religious. People may say, “Your gospel is too easy, there must be some added rules to this.” That’s being legalistic. Hypocrisy is one of the main complaints of people who are not Christians. Hypocrites are… Someone who says they have particula...

Verses Used: Romans 3:23 Galatians 1:1-10 Mark 7:6-8 Colossians 2:20-23 Mark 7:18-23 Takeaways: Grace says, “take off the mask, you don’t have to prove anything here.” The greatest commandment - love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. Undermining the Messenger - False teachers were trying to discredit Paul’s teaching. There was a battle for truth happening.  Dist...

Verses Used: Luke 3:21 Luke 5 Mark 1:35-38 John 17 Galatians 4:6 1 Thess. 5:17 Matthew 6:7-8 Phillipians 4:6-7 Luke 6:12-13 Jeremiah 33:3 Takeaways: We can learn to pray “up, in, and out”.   Up - Prayers of communion with God. Which means to be talking with him and being in His presence.  Jesus understood His relationship to the Father and pursued God through prayer because of it. Jesus...

Verses Used: Matthew 11:28 (invitation) Luke 1:16 (invitation) John 7:37 (invitation) Luke 9:60 (challenge) Mark 9:37 (challenge) Matthew 16:24 (challenge) Matthew 4:19 (both) Mark 1:15 (both) Matthew 16:15-23 Ephesians 5:22-24 Colossians 3:21 Ephesians 6:4 Takeaways: Josh mentioned last week that: We can’t reach people who don’t know Jesus if we don’t know people who don’t know Jesus. Invitation...

Verses Used: Luke 10:1-12 NLT Takeaways: We can’t reach people who don’t know Jesus if we don’t know people who don’t know Jesus. The Harvest is Big; Jesus tells us that there are more people to be reached than there are workers to bring in the spiritual harvest.   Our belief in what Jesus says about the harvest radically changes how we live our lives. Just because we don’t see the harve...

Takeaways: God gives strength. We can’t do it on our own. When we try to deal with stresses and challenges of life, we end up turning to things to medicate our situation or we distract ourselves so we don’t have to face reality God reveals love. Love is more important than anything else. God created humans to need love, to receive it and to give it.  Love is also transformational. It changes...

Verses Used: Zephaniah 3:17 Luke 1:46-55 Luke 5:31-32 1 John 4:9-18 Psalm 145:8 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 John 3:16 Takeaways: God designed humans to experience love. Love is a rescue. Jesus came to rescue lost people Love drives out fear God’s desire is for us to love others

Takeaways: The Gospel brings joy, not a list of rules. God desires for you to regularly experience joy in your life. We can’t fully realize the joy of Christmas without realizing the significance of the new covenant. We can’t please God through good works or serving. That’s Legalism. God gives us a life of living in grace. Legalism steals our joy, grace frees us up to experience it. Discussion Que...

Takeaways: I am NOT God. Discussion Questions: Do you know Jesus? Do you know him personally? Verses Used: Luke 2:1   (NIV) Isaiah 7:14 Romans 5:1 Philippians 4:6-7

Takeaways: God is here and he has a plan. He is with us The impossible is possible with God. Live with hope because what God said is true. Discussion Questions: What are some things that you hope for? How might your week be different if you believe God’s promises and hope in him? How might it look to offer the hope of Jesus to others this week? How would our neighbors/community be impacted by the...

Missio Church Sermon Audio Our Vision To see disciples of Jesus made in the community of Bismarck through missional communities and weekly worship gatherings. We want to help disciples to love Jesus (Great Commandment), and to live as missionaries (Great Commission) in the everyday stuff of life. website: https://missio.life/home Donate: https://missio.life/give email: josh@centurybaptist.org or o...