Missio Dei Community Church

FORGIVENESS. Too many people walk around with an internal burden of guilt that they don't know how to break free from. No matter what we try to accomplish and pursue, there is no escaping the reality of this bondage of the soul that is experienced. Is liberation possible? What role does God play in rescuing us? Is it possible to live a life of liberty and forgiveness? Join us for a life-altering j...

EMPTINESS. All of us have felt to longing for something more. We've even discovered that the things of this world can't deeply satisfy us or bring us the contentment we long for. This is an indication that we have been created for something more...or Someone more. God reminds us continuously that He wants to be our everything. Where do we go to fill our emptiness? How has God shown us that He want...

GRACE. Something we all hunger for, but many of us are reluctant to accept ourselves and/or show others. Thankfully God excels is being gracious and lavishing upon us grace without limits. What is grace? What does it look like? What is the measure of God's grace? What purpose does His grace have in our lives? How should we live our lives once we experience this grace? Join us for an encouraging di...

SUPERNATURAL. Every day things happen that defy explanation. There are happenings that occur that cannot be measured or reproduced. We can either embrace or excuse away these events as potential ways God is continually breaking into this world. Perhaps, the supernatural is most powerful seen and displayed in the lives of people that God has/is changing. What does supernatural activity look like? W...

ESSENTIALS. Not everything we think we need is essential. Sometimes we get distracted and prioritize the urgent over the important. When we do that we feel un-grounded and we lack solid footing for our lives. How does God stabilize our hearts for daily living? When we're unsure of what to do presently or how to prepare for tomorrow, what resources does God give that can bring settledness and direc...

ASCENSION. We celebrate Christmas. We celebrate Easter. But there's more. Ascension! God's work continues in our world today. Jesus is currently reigning from on high and still actively involved in our lives in ways that we're often absent-mindful of. What does Jesus' ascension mean for our world today and tomorrow? How can a heavenly perspective give us earthly power for significant daily living?...

POWER. There's a power that this world offers and there's a power that God offers. The world's power is characterized by strength that is usually used for personal or political gain, oftentimes at the expense of another. God's offers a power to us that benefits us in the most important areas of our existence and it comes to us at His expense. It is freely given and deeply experienced. How does God...

VISION. It's a new year! What will you live for? While you may have plans for your life, God has bigger and better plans for you this year...and beyond! What does He have in store for you? What purposes has He created you for? How can this year be a year of contentment and fulfillment? Join us for a discussion of keeping the important things in perspective. We'll be diving into Acts 1:1-3

Join Pastor Scott in this great Q&A Session as we wrap up the Planted Series and 2021. 

SELF-CONTROL. Each of us has confused laziness with grace. We have shirked responsibility over our hearts and embraced a journey toward the urgent over the important, the temporal over the eternal. Perhaps the one area in our lives that leads to more maturity and spiritual health is the discipline of exercising self-control. What is self-control? How is self-control developed and applied in our li...

GENTLENESS. We know when we've encountered gentle people. We feel the grace and kindness in their connection with us and it makes us long for more people like that. Gentleness is something we look for and long for in our relationships with one another, because it's gentleness that helps smooth out the rough edges in our relationships with one another. No matter the difficulties, gentleness helps p...

GOODNESS. What's "good" seems too relativised today. Every one of us has a different standard for good when it comes to music, movies, food, etc. that we like or enjoy. For more important categories, is there a more objective standard for good? What is good? Who is good? By what do we measure goodness and could we be missing substantial aspects of goodness that could make our existence more meanin...

KINDNESS. It's the buzzword today. We recognize it's in short-supply. We feel the lack of it in our communities. We know humanity is suffering due to it's absence, even it's absence in our own practices. Where did it go? Could it be rediscovered? Is it more than a cool slogan we purchase on a shirt at a retail store? Can it be more than a once-a-year designated day of celebration? Where is it born...

PATIENCE. Do you tend to have a short-fuse or a long-fuse when it comes to your relationship to life, people, situations? If we're honest, most of us can get irritable and impatient too quickly. And, most of the time, we get upset over petty and trivial things. Ancient wisdom tells us the first necessity of learning is patience. Are you recognizing daily lessons in growing in patience? How can we...

PEACE. There's a peace that the world gives, that doesn't go deep or last long. We've all experienced that kind of peace have been left wanting more. Then there's a peace that GOD gives that is wonderfully rich and goes beyond our wildest expectations. God's peace isn't disrupted by our circumstances or situations. How does God's peace come to us? How do we cultivate this peace into our lives on a...

JOY. Someone once said that joy is "the serious business of heaven." That makes sense in light of the fact that nothing can ultimately satisfy us this side of eternity. Perhaps we have been created for infinite joy and yet continually fall short because of our short-sighted desires and limited understanding of where joy is to be found. What if we've been designed to discover all joy in and through...

LOVE. Certainly, a word/concept that has a gazillion definitions. Turn on any song or read any novel and you get the picture. Yet, it's our self-understanding and self-focused pursuit of love that leads to disharmony, dissatisfaction, and disappointment. Our experiences only lead to a deeper hunger and longing for something better. Love was never meant to be relativized. What if there's only one w...

PLANTED. Every person is a living, breathing work of the Creator. Every person is designed to walk with God, enjoy Him, and ultimately bring forth "fruit" that reflects that relationship with God and helps others flourish in community. When spiritual fruit doesn't grow, every relationship suffers. How does this fruit grow? What does this fruit look like? How do we honestly examine our lives in ord...

SHATTERED. We've all been there. Our hopes and dreams come crashing down. We don't know what happened or where we went wrong. All we know is that we're left with discouragement and disillusionment. Believe it or not, God has an amazing way to pick up whatever broken pieces there may be. How can faith be restored? What does God do to build back our lives? How can we walk the pathway toward hope and...

RESURRECTION. It's not just for Easter anymore . Your life stands or falls with what you believe about resurrection. And this is not primarily about your resurrection, but about Jesus' resurrection first and foremost. The resurrection of Jesus is the greatest event and most defining moment in all of human history. What specifically happened? What are the facts? What difference does it make? How ca...

EVIL. On this day, we reflect on a great act of evil perpetuated on American soil, against Americans. We take time to remember those who lost their lives and mourn with those who lost loved ones in this tragedy. How often have we asked, "When will the battle against evil end?" Amazingly, God has tackled this problem of evil and dealt with it head-on. God does provide a solution to evil and even pr...

CALVARY. Familiar to many, deeply felt by few. It is a place of love. A location of forgiveness. A hill of hope. It's where God turns horror into healing. It is here God takes tragedy and reveals unstoppable triumph. Have you ever spent much time on the road to Calvary? Have you ever meditated on the final steps of Jesus? Have you ever stopped to consider the men and women at that location and wha...

INNOCENT. Something we deeply do not feel in our souls. Our consciences speak to us something almost inescapably damning. We try to deny it, deflect it, or destroy it but our attempts are unsuccessful. Our guilt is burdensome and imprisoning. But it doesn't have to be. There is freedom and liberation for those who come to God. There is One, the Innocent One, who graciously becomes a substitute for...

TRAINWRECK. It's how many people think about their lives or this world. It's easy to draw that conclusion when it seems like everything is feeling apart within us and/or around us. We wonder if GOD even exists and, if so, what is HE doing. How does failure and disaster factor into our human experiences? Where is God when things to be unraveling? What greater purpose does God have in the seemingly...

EATING. One of my many talents Deeper yet, food and our meals can have a deeply spiritual element to them. Jesus loved to gather with people, eat, and have amazing connections. The most famous meal in all of human history is The Last Supper. What we fail to realize is that The Last Supper contains all the truths we need for life and living. What do we tend to miss about this meal? What can this fa...