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Good morning. How are we? Doing well. Excellent. If you have your Bibles, why don't you go ahead and grab those? We're going to be in Psalm 100. My plan is not to exegete and break down that text, but I do want us to read it together. So if you have a Bible, go ahead and find that. If you...

We are free to love, minister, show hospitality and do the work of evangelism, trusting that the Lord is mighty to protect us and that He is going to seek and save from among the lost. The Church will survive the loss of cultural and political power.

When Christians are at the center of cultural and political power, we dont quite understand the Lord as a Warrior, but when Christians are marginalized, seeing that the Lord wars for us allows us to live graciously and generously, rather than taking matters into our own hands.

Our courage doesnt stem from our political or cultural favorwhether the world likes or understands us. Rather, it comes from the wealth and power of God, to whom we belong.

How are we? Doing well? Excellent. If you have your Bibles, go ahead and grab those. Exodus, chapter 20, is where we're going to be in our time together today. While you're turning there, I don't know if you've picked up on it, but the last three to five years we've really est...

Hey, how's everybody doing? If you have your Bibles, go ahead and grab them. Ephesians, chapter 2. We're going to start in verse 1. This is week two in a two-week series on prayer that we've called He Hears. We're going to talk a little bit about a couple of different things this ...

How are we? Doing well? If you have your Bibles, go ahead and grab those. Matthew, chapter 6, is where we're going to camp out. If you don't have a Bible with you, there should be a hardback black one somewhere around you, as always. I want you to see that I'm not making anything up h...

Part of our family discipleship framework is marking and making occasions to celebrate and commemorate significant spiritual milestones of God's work in the life of our families.

Part of our family discipleship framework is capturing and leveraging moments in the course of everyday life for the purpose of gospel-centered conversations.

Part of our family discipleship framework is creating intentional time, built into the rhythm of our family's life, for the purpose of thinking about, talking about and living out the gospel.

Before implementing a rhythm of time, moments and milestones in our homes, we must model for our families what it means to live out a genuine walk with God and demonstrate true repentance where and when we fall short.

I am the resurrection and the life. Jesus claims to be the One who will raise all who believe in Him from physical death to everlasting life.

I am the true vine. Jesus claims to be the True Israel, the planting of the Lord. Jesus is the True Vine, and His people are the branches.

I am the way, the truth, and the life. Jesus claims to be the true revelation from the Father. No one comes to the Father except through Jesus, and He grants true life.

I am the good shepherd. Jesus claims to be One with God, leading the lost sheep to the Father. He is the Shepherd of Israel.

I am the door. Jesus claims to be the one and only opening to God. Through Jesus, the people of God will be brought into His Kingdom.

I am the bread of life. Jesus claims to be the ultimate satisfaction for all people, more than mere manna in the wilderness could have ever been.

The Gospel of John paints a profound picture of Jesus ChristHis character, His motives, His interactionsas He echoes the Old Testament declaration of God through His seven I Am claims.