Risen Church North Podcast

Mary blesses the Lord with a heart of gratitude, although her circumstances could've easily lead her to complain or live in fear and worry.

Mary's response when told she would bear the Son of God is an example of surrender and willingness for us all to learn from!

When an angel appeared to Zechariah telling him he would have a son, Zechariah doubted rather than believed. So he was struck mute! How often our doubts cause us to be mute. Let this message bolden you to proclaim what you believe - that Jesus is Lord.

There is nothing more certain than the story of Jesus. It is our foundation! Luke explains this to us at the very beginning of his gospel.

And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

Hospitality is the incarnation of God's love poured out on us. When we are hospitable, we are showing the love of God to the world!

There is coming a day that our bodies will experience a physical resurrection and we will spend eternity in them worshipping Jesus. This is the hope we have!

We serve a generous God who laid down His life for us. That means we can be a grateful people and respond in generosity!

Contentment isn't something that comes easy, and even Paul himself admits that it is something you have to learn! But thanks be to God that He is where we can find our contentment.

On our last Sunday before moving to our new church home, Sean reminds us of what the peace of God brings us in a world that constantly shifts. We are standing on a firm foundation.

All anxiety, all worries, all troubles can be taken to the Lord!! He says bring it! And His peace will guard us.

Our citizenship is in Heaven, and from Heaven, we await our Savior! Persevere until the promise is fulfilled of Christ's return!

I press on toward the goal to win the prize! What a promise we have been given that our future is Jesus!

Christ is our greatest treasure. There is a confidence that comes with this truth that allows us to count everything else as rubbish in this life. Jesus is better!

We should seek the welfare of each other and the city the Lord puts us in, not our own welfare!

We are told to workout our salvation, and to do all things without grumbling or complaining. But praise the Lord we don't have to do it with our own power!

Humility is counting others more significant than yourself. It is this kind of selfless living that Jesus displayed for us, going to the lowest place to raise us up with Him.

We are called to not fear, but to stand firm side by side for the for the name of Jesus and live a life worthy of the manner of His gospel!

When we lay down our lives, inconveniences become opportunities to be leveraged for the Gospel!

If our life's aim is the Gospel being furthered, then any and every circumstance can be viewed as an opportunity for it's advancement! Leverage each moment in that way

The Lord has invited us into a partnership with His gospel! What a gift! What does it look like for us to walk faithfully and continually in that?

He shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace!

"When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son."

God's covenant to Abraham is a covenant to you as well - "I will be your God." What a promise!

At the beginning of Advent, we remember the reason we even needed a Savior. Our sin separated us from God. But God's gift to us was Jesus! God in flesh, entering into the division and bringing us back to the Father.