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Send us Fan Mail This week the worship team brings a word  Thank you for listening to the Relate Community Church podcast! Don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode. If today’s message spoke to you, share it with a friend or leave us a review to help spread the word. To learn more about Relate Community Church, visit us at www.relatecommunity.com . You are always welcome here, and rem...

Send us Fan Mail Thank you for listening to the Relate Community Church podcast! Don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode. If today’s message spoke to you, share it with a friend or leave us a review to help spread the word. To learn more about Relate Community Church, visit us at www.relatecommunity.com . You are always welcome here, and remember—you are loved

Send us Fan Mail 4 young speakers speak about there experiences with coveting. Thank you for listening to the Relate Community Church podcast! Don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode. If today’s message spoke to you, share it with a friend or leave us a review to help spread the word. To learn more about Relate Community Church, visit us at www.relatecommunity.com . You are always w...

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Susan God's image is life * Genesis 1:27  we have a unique capacity for moral and rational awareness  Deut 30:19 Col 1:16 as Gods image bearers we must presence, protect, and promote LIFE! presence to maintain, keep current state, remain as is protect: to keep, cover and shield them from harm, Guard from destruction  promote: actively progress something, to support and...

Send us Fan Mail Summer in the Forge                    Week 2 You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name. Exodus 20:7 Vain: empty, useless, meaningless. 1. Respect His Name. Don’t let your   with God become   for God. 2. Reserve His Name. Common misuses for the Name of God: Playing “ The God Card." I did not send these...

Send us Fan Mail Give Them Courage Joshua 1: 2b - 3 NKJV Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them—the children of Israel. 3 Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses. Joshua 1: 5 No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with...

Send us Fan Mail Once Again The child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the reapers. He said to his father, “My head! My head!” His father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.” After the servant had lifted him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died. 2 Kings 4:18-20 When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she took...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes People Suck – week 4 Two Faced People Hypokrites: Stage actor—One who hides behind a mask. Hypocrites: Do it and act like you don’t . Outwardly you look like righteous people, but inwardly your hearts are filled with hypocrisy and lawlessness. Matt 23:28 NLT 1) They don’t know God  yet. Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth...

Send us Fan Mail Critical People Option 1: Don't  respond. He did not retaliate when he was insulted, nor threaten revenge when he suffered. He left his case in the hands of God , who always judges fairly. 1 Peter 2:23 A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense . Proverbs 19:11 Option 2: Respond  carefully. Now the Ephraimites asked Gideon, “Why have you tr...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes People Suck – week 3  Needy People 1. Give the best  Answer. When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money. Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, “Look at us!” So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them . Acts 3:3-5 Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have but what I do have I give you. In th...

Send us Fan Mail Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them , for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Deuteronomy 31:6 Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him . “Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to you!” Matthew 16:22 Jesus turned and said to Peter, “ Get behind me, Satan ! You are a stumbling block to me; you d...

Send us Fan Mail IT IS FINISHED, BUT IT’S NOT OVER Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark , Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” John 20:1-2  John 2...

Send us Fan Mail Are you bold about your faith  in Jesus? The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, for they could see that they were ordinary men with no special training in the Scriptures. Acts 4:13 NLT ἰδιῶται idiotai - ordinary, untrained , , with no credentials, no religious status, and outside the traditional system. … they were astonished and they...

Send us Fan Mail As Jesus and his disciples approached Jerusalem, they came to the towns of Bethphage and Bethany on the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent two of them on ahead. “Go into that village over there,” he told them. “As soon as you enter it, you will see a young donkey tied there that no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks, ‘What are you doing?’ just say, ‘The Lord...

Send us Fan Mail This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased” Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord. Psalm 19:14 Tongue has the power of life and death. Proverbs 18:21 Like a maniac shooting flaming arrows of death is one who deceives their neighbor and says, “I was only joking!” Proverbs 26:18-19 We can make a large horse go where...

Send us Fan Mail Fruitful “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing… This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. John 15:5,8 You will know them by their fruits… Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. Matt 7:16-17 Jesus didn’...

Send us Fan Mail United in Lov e “My prayer is … that all of them may be one … so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one … so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.” John 17:20-23 God approves of a Church that is U...

Send us Fan Mail And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.” Matt 3:17  And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.  Hebrews 11:6 NIV Faith is not: Busyness   So we make it our goal to please Him,  2 Corinthians 5:9a NIV Enoch walked faith...

Send us Fan Mail Approved – week 1 – The Fear of the Lord And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.” Matt 3:17 A church that pleases God is made up of people who are pleasing God. 3 Qualities of a Church That Pleases God Fears the Lord Full of Faith (without faith impossible to please God) A Loving A reverential awe that produces obedience, intimacy, a...

Send us Fan Mail Join Relate on superbowl sunday, and chose which of the 5 ads best descibes where you are at this week! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNxvsxU2rJE (Alexa) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4TMQVYiIKk (Nike) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv8NRl-C3WA (KFC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7KENDxBFaU (Uber) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY9Mlz99z0A (Big Brother Big Sister) Thank...

Send us Fan Mail Relate's 8th  Birthday Party and the How to be Bold Panel! Join our Leadership team in a discussion about practical ways to Bold this Year! - We have to be bold for God in a wise way. - Obedience is our job, the outcome is God's job - You've got to die to yourself and be obedient, because obedience begets         blessing every single time. - Even the timid boldness...

Send us Fan Mail Just Believe I looked up and saw a man dressed in linen clothing, with a belt of pure gold around his waist. His body looked like a precious gem. His face flashed like lightning, and his eyes flamed like torches. His arms and feet shone like polished bronze, and his voice roared like a vast multitude of people. Only I, Daniel, saw this vision. The men with me saw nothing, but they...

Send us Fan Mail Get Strong The wicked run away when no one is chasing them,  but the godly are as bold as lions.  Proverbs 18:1 It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom, with three administrators over them, one of whom was Daniel. The satraps were made accountable to them so that the king might not suffer loss. Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administr...

Send us Fan Mail Stand Out is a call to bold faith in a culture that rewards compromise. The godly are as bold as lions, not because they are loud, but because they are rooted. Daniel and his friends were pressured to blend in, renamed, retrained, and offered comfort in exchange for conviction. They chose obedience over convenience and decided early who they belonged to. Part-time Christianity doe...

Send us Fan Mail For to us a child is born to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Luke 2:10 no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it notbe held against them. But the...