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BIG IDEA: Comfort is HIGHLY OVER-RATED in our journey of faith. TARGET the big TROPHY. Take some BLACK-EYED selfies. (Push past the COMFORTS of the COMMONPLACE) Put a PURPOSE to your PAIN. FOCUS on the coming CROWN.

BIG IDEA: The constant roar of SOUND and MOTION hinders our ability to hear God's voice and know his heart. Noise will always FIND you to FILL you. We can be ADDICTED to noise and not even KNOW it. We have to create SPACE for SILENCE.

BIG IDEA: No one in the world has more power to SABOTAGE your life than YOU There is a BAD that is hard to STOP, and a GOOD that is hard to START. It may not be our ROOT, but it is our RESPONSIBILITY. Pay ATTENTION to the TENSION. If it is a DUPLICATE, return it.

TODAY'S SCRIPTURE: Mark 5:21-24 Jesus does not see you as an INTERRUPTION. Jesus is the HEALER. Jesus is GOD of the IMPOSSIBLE.

BIG IDEA: There is nothing happening to us that Jesus cannot REDEEM, RESTORE, or REPLACE If it doesn't FIT, return it. If it doesn't WORK, return it. If it isn't BENEFICIAL, return it. If it is a DUPLICATE, return it.

Join us as we celebrate the wonder-full miracle of Christmas.

Full of Wonder (Part Three) Big Idea: Jesus is our greatest SOURCE of HOPE in the world. Our hope WAITS. Our hope is HEARD. Our hope does not LOSE HEART. Our hope is ANCHORED in a greater WORK.

Full of Joy (Part Two) Big Idea: A relationship with Jesus that is missing JOY is incomplete. Our hearts can be full of JOY when our lives are full of SORROWS Our hearts can be full of JOY when our lives are full of STRUGGLES Our hearts can be full of JOY when our lives are full of STRESS Our hearts can be full of JOY when our lives are full of SUCCESS

Join us as we kick off our Full of Wonder Christmas series with a panel of pastoral staff.

BIG IDEA: The pathway to God is a passage of truth * The war on truth will attack it aggressively * The war on truth will avoid it at all costs * The war on truth will adjust it continually

BIG IDEA: We are called to be humbly dedicated to living for His glory instead of trying to win our own.   Dedication One: We don't serve to deserve something. We deserve to serve for someone.   Test One: Do I find myself complaining about where I'm not or content with where I am?   Dedication Two: Our humility is best tested when someone other than us is succeeding. Test Two: Do I find myself com...

Our 100 year Celebration Sunday Message.

BIG IDEA: There are incredible blessings of and responsibilities to spiritual community. Characteristics of Spiritual Circles: - All assigned by individual design. - All together in unity, not uniformity. - All included, no one excluded.

BIG IDEA: The Kingdom culture of celebration invites us to continually life up and uplift. Kingdom Ethic of 'Lifting Up': To declare God's wonder, worth and works. Kingdom Ethic of 'Uplifting': To declare your approval & affirmation of someone else's performance or personhood.

BIG IDEA: Everybody is going to be offended, nobody has to stay offended. 1. Our heart is in trouble if seeing someone troubles our heart. 2. Many offences have more to do with us. 3. Offended people give the worst advice. 4. The spirit of offence will eventually reverse your fortunes.

BIG IDEA: Don't ever give up on growth 1. Extended spiritual infancy leads to unhealthy cycle and unbalanced diets 2. Spiritual maturity comes from consistent grazing careful training 3. Everyone is designed for graduation

BIG IDEA: The primary activity of a Christian is not to be good for God, but to be close to Him 1. Our time with God is essential, and influences everything else we do, or don't do 2. Beware every threat to your intimacy with God 3. Beware every threat to your intimacy with God: SUCCESS · BUSYNESS · APATHY

BIG IDEA: God desires to spread and share Jesus through all our lives, and to everyone - We are all part of a great parade - We spread His fragrance through word and action - The fragrance will be received and rejected - Our responsibility is sacred and significant

BIG IDEA: There is no pathway to Jesus that doesn't lead us through repentance - The hallmark of repentance is humility - The posture of repentance is brokenness - The outcome of repentance is change

The redeemed need to be VOCAL about their VICTORY. He gives the LOST a HOME. He brings us out of the DARKNESS. He sets us free from our PRISONS. He RESCUES us from our REBELLION. He HEALS us from our BROKENNESS. He STILLS our STORMS. He SECURES our SUCCESS.

- Hope is anchored in the original promise - Hope is possible in the problem - Hope is tested in the postponement - Hope is proven in the provision

Reality of the wilderness: test and temptation Overcoming the wilderness: intimacy with God and His word Result of overcoming the wilderness: victory and empowerment