MyCalvaryLife

Big Idea: You can have real STRENGTH when you EMBRACE HIM - Stronger in IDENTITY - Stronger in PEACE/PRESENCE - Stronger in PURITY - Stronger in HIS POWER

- A prayer for divine FAVOUR: "Show me your ways" - A prayer for divine PARTNERSHIP: "Don't send us without you" - A prayer for divine ENCOUNTER: "Show me your glory"

- His PROMISE without his PRESENCE is our PROBLEM - A HEARD WORD leads to a HEART SHIFT - A HUMBLE HEART softens a STIFF NECK

- Settle DOWN - Don't RUSH God's timing - Multiply - BLESS and do not CURSE - Do not be MISLED - HOLD ON to His promises

Big Idea: MAKE ROOM for more of God in your life   - Seeking requires SEPARATION - Seeking is for EVERYONE and ANYONE - Seeking leads to FINDING

Psalm 137:1-4 "How can we sing the songs of the Lord while we are in a foreign land?" Big Idea: SINGING in seasons of STRUGGLE is one of the LEAST APPEALING things we can do, and also one of the most PROFITABLE - Singing is often SILENCED during times of SORROW and STRUGGLE - Singing STEERS us OUT and THROUGH times of sorrow and suffering - Singing SWELLS after the song of STRUGGLE

- The DISILLUSIONMENT of suffering - The CLARIFICATION of suffering - The PROCLAMATION over suffering - The BLESSEDNESS of suffering

Resolute: Admirably purposeful, determined and unwavering, marked by firm determination, bold, steady - There is an OPPORTUNITY before you - You should expect OPPOSITION - You CHOOSE your SPIRIT

- WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW: That God has remained in control, even though the world feels out of control - WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW: How to nurture gratitude and starve entitlement - WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW: How to make room for God in 2021

Join us as we celebrate the greatest story every told.

- Be FED and FIXED - It's CAUGHT in a CROWD - GRASP the GREATNESS (of His Love) - FEEL the FULLNESS (of His Love)

- Joy is a GIFT from God - Joy is a gift found in His PRESENCE - Joy is a gift that CHANGES our PERSPECTIVE

Series Verse: Romans 15:13 Today's Passage: Colossians 1:19-20 Hebrew word for Peace: SHALOM Greek word for Peace: EIRENE - Jesus made a way for us to feel PEACE with GOD - Jesus calls us to make PEACE with OTHERS - Jesus wants us to feel PEACE within OURSELVES

Big Idea: Jesus offers us an invincible, eternal and unrivalled HOPE - Jesus is hope for all TIME - Jesus is hope for all THINGS - Jesus is hope for all PEOPLE - Jesus is hope in all TROUBLE

- Be ALERT - Expose the IMPOSTER - Identify the THREAT - RUN and RESIST

- Run AFTER Jesus not AWAY FROM Jesus - Endurance to run FOR Jesus comes from a life that believes IN Jesus - Instead of hiding FROM Jesus, hide IN Jesus

OUR 'RUNNING' BEGINS WITH SINFUL SEPARATION OUR 'RUNNING' CONTINUES WITH SHAMEFUL ISOLATION OUR 'RUNNING' ENDS WITH PAINFUL DESOLATION OR POWERFUL EXONERATION

Big Idea: Some burdens are meant to be CAST, not CARRIED Other burdens are meant to be CARRIED, not CAST Burdens that are meant to be CAST: >>> MY OWN Burdens that are meant to be CARRIED: >>> OTHERS'

Big Idea: Gratitude is a spiritual super power Gutsy Gratitude: Give thanks in all circumstances, not just the great ones Gutsy Gratitude: Gives thanks for a prayer heard, not just a prayer answered Gutsy Gratitude: Gives thanks for purpose in the pain, instead of deliverance from it

BIG IDEA: The "House of God" (Corporate Gathering) is a place of DIVINE CONNECTION and DIVINE COMMISSION Place of Divine Connection: Where God's Word, Heart and Power is BROADCAST to a corporate GATHERING Place of Divine Commission: Where our combined burdens, gifts and resources are utilized and devoted to FULFILL the MISSION of God

BIG IDEA: The House of God is a BODY not a BUILDING - Building God's house in the home requires a DEVOTION to FELLOWSHIP - Home is a place to KNOW and be KNOWN - Home is a place to be AUTHENTIC - Home is a place to GROW

BIG IDEA: God wants you to build Him a house IN YOUR HEART - Take responsibility to build something - Expect a divine encounter - Embrace personal transformation

- Engage the MIND - Engage the HEART - Engage the SOUL

BIG IDEA: YOU CAN BE PHYSICALLY CAPTIVE, YET SPIRITUALLY FREE - WE NEED TO KNOW HIM - WE NEED TO KNOW HIS HOPE - WE NEED TO KNOW HIS RICHES - WE NEED TO KNOW HIS POWER

- "YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID, 'EYE FOR EYE, AND TOOTH FOR TOOTH" MATTHEW 5:38 - BUT I TELL YOU, DO NOT RESIST AN EVIL PERSON. IF ANYONE SLAPS YOU ON THE RIGHT CHEEK, TURN TO THEM THE OTHER CHEEK ALSO. MATTHEW 5:39 - AND IF ANYONE WANTS TO SUE YOU AND TAKE YOUR HEART, HAND OVER YOUR COAT AS WELL. MATTHEW 5:40 - IF ANYONE FORCES YOU TO GO ONE MILE, GO WITH THEM TWO MILES. MATTHEW 5:41 - GIVE T...