Missio Dei Community Church

JUDAS. The poster child for deceit and betrayal. A life lived so close to God and yet remarkable unchanged in deeply meaningful ways. His is a life in which he gave evil a foothold and control. While it's easy to judge at arms-length, perhaps our lives are not so different from his. What lessons can we learn from the life of Judas? How did Judas so miscalculate his life that he completely missed o...

CALM. Take a deep breath. Slow down and keep perspective. It's difficult to experience calm when there's so much chaos around us. God reminds us continuously of His POWER over and PRESENCE in the midst of a world seemingly unglued. There are objective realities that can bring peace into our lives today and forever. What are these realities? How do we navigate the chaos? What brings calm into our s...

ANCHORS. We all need something to deeply stabilize us when the storms of life hit. This past year+ has shown us that what we thought we could trust in wasn't really that strong in the end. Do anchors even exist that can secure our hearts and souls in difficult circumstances? What are we to focus on, and even nurture, in our lives that will help anchor us in troubling times? What tools has God give...

PIETY. A word that means devotion, especially in spirituality. Unfortunately, we mostly hear of someone being "pious" in a negative context. Can piety be a good thing? The difficulty with evaluating piety is to determine the difference between external and internal MOTIVATIONS. What motivates me in my relationship with God? What motivates me in my love for others? What does my faith look like when...

AFTERLIFE. What we know and think about life after death will determine how we live our lives today and what we value as important now. Because we lack a compelling vision of our futures/eternity, many of us lack understanding and power to live the lives of joy and contentment that God has designed us to live. What are we to think of death? What does eternal life look like and how does the topic o...

GOVERNMENT. A polarizing topic indeed. Especially when you add GOD into the mix. We tend to think God and government are at odds with one another. We fail to have a healthy balance in understanding of the role government in our lives. With a lack of understanding comes a lack of respect and submission to government. What is to be our approach with this topic? What role does God want government to...

EXPOSE. There's nothing hidden that won't eventually be brought into the light. While hiding seems like a temporarily good choice and a safe refuge, it cannot bring contentment and joy in the long run. We long to be found out, but fear it will be unpleasant and unsatisfying. God seeks to bring light to the darkness, health to the sick, joy to the discouraged, and truth to falsehood. How does God e...

PEACE. Seeking after peace is an ever-elusive journey for most of us. It doesn't have to be that way. God gives peace, but not as the world gives. How do we access this peace? What does that peace from God look like? What difference does God's peace make in our lives? Join us for an important conversation about this topic tomorrow as we look at Luke 19:28-44

INVESTMENT. All of us have been entrusted with TIME, TREASURE, and TALENT. These things are gifted to us and are to be used ultimately to make a difference for time and eternity. How we think about the future will significantly impact how we "spend" those things presently. What have you been given? Do you think beyond yourself when using these gifts? How importantly does God factor into your day-t...

SEEKING. We seek after many things in our lives. Some more important than others. Oftentimes, we seek the most meaningful things in the most meaningless ways and end up frustrated. Things of value like spirituality, identity, purpose, and significance are sought after without knowing God and knowing others genuinely. We can end up with emptiness instead of fullness and misery instead of joy. How c...

DESIRES. What would you have God do for you? What a question to consider! We have desires and God wants to meet those desires. Our joy and contentment is wrapped up in our relationship with Him and what He wants to do in our lives. How does this work? Do we truly know what we want? What desires does God want meet? What are the steps in asking and receiving? Do we even know this God that we're aski...

GOOD. A highly misunderstood word indeed. Why? Good seems to be relative to everyone, everywhere. This is the reason ideas, opinions, and worldviews clash. What is good? Who is good? Can there be many definitions for "good" in our world or is there one baseline of "good" that all must come into conformity with? Join us as we discuss this important topic tomorrow as we look at Luke 18:15 ​-30. We l...

MERCY. Pride and superiority do not make us a better community. Humility is the key to make us a more loving and accepting people. This is why mercy is critical. A true estimation of our own importance must be redefined by God in order to understand our relationship with Him and with one another. What is mercy and why is it a starting point for a satisfying life? How does receiving mercy and showi...

JUSTICE. A term we hear frequently, but rarely understand the depths of it. Injustices takes place everyday. We're surrounded by instances in which things don't seem fair and we wonder where help is to be found. How are we to approach such situations? Where is God when it seems like injustice abounds? What is God's role in bringing justice to this world? What can we do to help to reflect God's hea...

FUTURE. There is a guaranteed future for each of us. What that future will look like will be different for each of us. Who and what you put your trust in will determine if that future is glorious or ghastly. What can we know about the future? How can we leverage today to make tomorrow more hope-filled? What role does God play in our lives today and what does He promise for tomorrow? What certainti...

KINGDOM. Good Friday and Easter point us to a Kingdom full of joy and without end. What lengths God has gone to make sure you are a part of His Kingdom! But you have to enter it. Are you there? What does it mean to have Him as your King? What does His Kingdom mean for your life now and look like for the future? Join us for an eternally significant conversation as we look at Luke 17:20-21.

RESPONSIBILITIES. Many would be surprised to discover that God has given us specific spiritual principles to keep our relationships healthy and maturing. These are life-giving instructions that many people miss out on or don't practice and therefore end up in a stagnant and shallow relationship with God and with others. What does God expect of us to have authentic community? How are we to relate t...

ETERNITY. How we live now will impact the life we will have in the hereafter. Too many of us have a limited perspective and don't consider the implications of how God wants us to live in light of eternity. What is the best use of our time, treasure, and talent in this world in order to make the biggest impact in the next? How does God want us to view today in light of tomorrow? How does eternity i...

POSSESSIONS. What we do with the wealth and stuff we have reveals so much about what we think of others and eternity. God says what we treasure is an indication of what we worship. This impacts all of us and says a lot about our priorities. Have you ever done a test to check your heart in this area? Have you ever stopped to consider who and what you're living for? What does wisdom look like with o...

PRODIGAL. A word that means "to generously and recklessly lavish." Most know the word from the greatest short story ever told but rarely we associate it with God Himself and His relationship with us. It's a reminder to everyone that while you may think of the many ways God couldn't love you, we're reminded of the many ways HE HAS loved and WILL CONTINUE to love you if you want Him. What an amazing...

FOUND. The deepest longing of every human being is to know and be known, to love and be loved. But with all of the criticism and condemnation that comes from outside and within, it's easy become impenetrable to any kind of intimate relationship with anyone. Yet, God knows us AND He loves us and meets us in the deepest places of our personhood. We also know He finds JOY in loving us deeply. Want to...

FOUND. The deepest longing of every human being is to know and be known, to love and be loved. But with all of the criticism and condemnation that comes from outside and within, it's easy become impenetrable to any kind of intimate relationship with anyone. Yet, God knows us AND He loves us and meets us in the deepest places of our personhood. We also know He finds JOY in loving us deeply. Want to...

EXCUSES. Benjamin Franklin once said, “He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.” There are major life commitments we cannot afford to make excuses for in order to escape from. The primary area excuses negatively impact us is our in spiritual lives. What God expects of us is usually excused away at the expense of unsatisfactory outcomes. Gladly accepting and following wh...

OTHERS. I don't think you can fully enjoy LIFE until you understand the importance of being others-centered. With all the self-importance, self-obsession, self-absorption, and self-centeredness being paraded around us, it's a daily battle to consider others as more important than yourself. Yet this is the way to knowing God and loving God. Why do we find it difficult to think beyond ourselves? Wha...

DECISIONS. It's fascinating to consider the choices we regularly make and why we make them. Not all decisions are equally important. Many times we get bogged down by focusing on the TRIVIAL choices and miss out on the TRANSFORMATIVE ones presented to us daily. What are the most important decisions any of us can make? How do these important choices make lesser ones easier? How does God direct us in...