MyCalvaryLife

- DIVINE VICTORY REQUIRES DIVINE AUTHORITY - MY ACTION: BE CLOTHED WITH GOD'S POWER - POWERFUL TESTIMONY TYPICALLY COMES WITH PERSONAL SCARS - MY ACTION: ENDURE PAIN WITH PERSEVERANCE - THE PATH TO THE PODIUM CAN BE VERY PUZZLING - MY ACTION: TRUST GOD AND HIS PROCESS

- We need to govern the HARDENED heart - We need to govern the BROKEN heart - We need to govern the IMPURE heart

BIG IDEA: GROWING IN CAPABILITY OF FLEXIBILITY PROVIDES US WITH A GREATER OPPORTUNITY TO BE USED BY GOD  - GOD WANTS ME TO HAVE FLEXIBILITY IN MY AVAILABILITY - GOD PROMISES HIS ASSISTANCE WHEN ENCOUNTERING RESISTANCE #BENDINGNOTBREAKING - FLEXIBILITY WITH WHAT I DO HAVE CREATES STRENGTH WHEN FACING THE REALITY OF WHAT I DON'T HAVE

- THE TONGUE IS THE TINY RUDDER THAT STEERS OUR LIFE! - THE TONGUE HAS UNLIMITED POWER TO DESTROY US - SALT WATER IS FOR SWIMMING AND SWISHING, NOT SWALLOWING - BITTER LIPS WON'T PRODUCE A SWEET LIFE; SWEET LIPS WON'T PRODUCE A BITTER LIFE

BIG IDEA: THERE IS A LIFE OR DEATH DEBATE HAPPENING EVERY DAY IN OUR MINDS - YOUR MENTAL FOCUS REINFORCES ITSELF - THE SEEDS OF OUR THOUGHTS BECOME THE SITUATIONS OF OUR LIVES - EVERYTHING RIDES ON YOUR VOTE

BIG IDEA: If you have a hard time finding space for UNCOMFORTABLE truth, you may need to make more ROOM

Big Idea: LOSS doesn’t have to be LASTING - Sometimes, loss is NECESSARY to make ROOM for what’s better - Elevation out of LOSS and into JOY - Even though we’re suffering LOSS, we can ORIENT ourselves in JOY - It’s hard to SING in the midst of LOSS - One of the most important things we can do when we’re walking through loss is to protect our SONG - We can sing HERE by taking our hearts back THERE...

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BIG IDEA: We can be labelled by the SHAME of our FAILURES, or we can be labelled by the GRACE of our SAVIOUR - Judas was RUINED by the shame of his mistake - Peter was RESTORED by the grace of his saviour - Jesus replaces the label of failure with our true identity and purpose

BIG IDEA: Reconciliation is a hallmark of GOD and His KINGDOM; Division & Separation are a hallmark of Satan, the enemy of our souls - Reconciliation is HARDER than Division - Jesus made His enemy a FRIEND - When JESUS enters the equation, everyone’s labels CHANGE - We behave most like Jesus when we make ENEMIES into FRIENDS

- WE COME BACK TO OUR “REAL” SELF - WE TRY FIXING THE FAULT IN OUR OWN STRENGTH - THE SHAME WAVE - THE DROP OUT NO MISTAKE IS TOO BIG FOR THE GRACE OF GOD

BIG IDEA: What we put in the ground TODAY determines what we get out of it TOMORROW - Let us not become WEARY in doing GOOD - There is a PROPER time for HARVEST - We will REAP a HARVEST

BIG IDEA: CHURCH IS NOT AN EVENT WE ATTEND, BUT A COMMUNITY WE BELONG TO. - ISOLATION MAY BE CLEAN, BUT IT’S ALSO LONELY - COMMUNITY IS MESSY, BUT IT’S ALSO REWARDING - DAVID AND JONATHAN ENJOYED SPIRITUAL COMPANIONSHIP - MOSES AND AARON ENJOYED SPIRITUAL PARTNERSHIP - ELIJAH AND ELISHA EXPERIENCED SPIRITUAL MENTORSHIP

BIG IDEA: We need to pivot from SURVIVAL to SERVING - God’s purpose is not HALTED by HARDSHIP - Serving Gods PURPOSE means serving Gods PEOPLE - The higher the PURPOSE, the greater the SACRIFICE

BIG IDEA: The FURTHER we go in God, the DEEPER we should be in Him   - The river of God brings LIFE wherever it goes - God isn’t discovered all at once but at various DEGREES - The river of God causes perpetual PRODUCTIVITY   BRING IT HOME: It’s safe in the shallows, but we were made for MORE

BIG IDEA: What we sow into our relationship with God TODAY determines what we harvest in the FUTURE

BIG IDEA: There is a MANDATE for a HOLY ENDURANCE to rise up in God's people - Endurance is forged in the fires of ADVERSITY - Endurance is ANCHORED in God's PROMISES - Holy endurance leads to eventual ENJOYMENT

BIG IDEA: God is a WAY MAKER. He can turn ANY situation for GOOD. HE can REDEEM and rescue ANYTHING. - What you see as IMPOSSIBLE, God can make POSSIBLE - God will MAKE A WAY where we see NO WAY - God will make a way THROUGH - God will make a way TO - The PROMISES of God will become our TESTIMONY

- The Test of Sacrifice - The Pain in Sacrifice - The Providential Sacrifice

BIG IDEA: A crisis of ISOLATION can give birth to a new opportunity for DEEPER CONNECTION - The great SCATTERING turned into a great GATHERING - We are responsible FOR each other; and we are responsible TO each other - The Church is on a MISSION God's heart for the body of Christ: That ALL members have EQUAL concern for one another: 1. Find ways to CONNECT in a deeper way, RELATIONALLY 2. Serve SA...

BIG IDEA: When life causes UNCERTAINTY, we can grab hold of a DIVINE CERTAINTY   - Our uncertainty DECREASES as our understanding of Jesus INCREASES  - We don’t know WHERE this is going, but we know the ONE who is leading us

Pastor Jeff Johnston gives an update on Calvary's response to COVID-19.

Sword of the Spirit: The word of God is a POWERFUL WEAPON against a POWERFUL spiritual ENEMY Fitted Feet: Spiritual shoes help us STAND FIRM and GET MOVING GET MOVING: Gospel of Peace for UNBELIEVERS STANDING FIRM: Gospel of Peace for BELIEVERS Our Secret Weapon: PRAYING in the SPIRIT All OCCASIONS. All PRAYERS. All PEOPLE.

We don't seek the breakthrough, we seek the GOD of Breakthrough.