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Reorient towards Formation Reorient towards Invitation Reorient towards Mission Build our structure Ephesians 3:14-21 14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your i...

Matthew 1: 21-23 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: 23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,     and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us)

Mark 10:42-45 42 And Jesus called them to him and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. 43 But it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, 44 and whoever would be first among you must be slave of...

Our friend - Kendrick Banks, shares from John 15:12-17 - helping us See Jesus as a Friend.

What needs do you need Jesus to meet in your life? Prayer: Father, will you help me live a life that can’t be explained apart from Jesus and requires the power of the Holy Spirit.

Where/ how do you struggle to see Jesus as a teacher? Do you need to repent and believe that Jesus is the son of God to come to bring the Kingdom of God and make us right with God? Commit to being a disciple of Jesus Reorder your life around him and his purposes for you!

Seeing Jesus as the Son of God

Seeing Jesus Reading Plan

GOD IS MAKING HIMSELF KNOWN TO US. He is showing us what he is like by sending and giving us Jesus. John 1:1-18 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. 4 In him was life, and&nbs...

God help me see myself the way you see me. Jesus - show me your Glory and help me experience the love of the Father Holy Spirit - Unite our church in the love of the Father and Son that others will see them and follow! Action Read a chapter of a Gospel a day for the rest of the year.   - Starting Oct 4, begin your day reading one chapter from a Gospel for the next 89 days, starting with Matth...

Grow Everyone in Soma is encouraged to be part of DNA group. By the leadership of the Holy Spirit, we help one another to Discover Jesus in the Scriptures, Nurture the truths of the gospel in our hearts, and take Action to obey what Jesus calls us to. These groups (three people of the same gender) meet weekly to share what they are learning and how they are growing as believers in Jesus. This is a...

Reflection Prayers Jesus, will you show me where I trust my own works rather than living in the freedom I have in you? Holy Spirit show me how I can use my freedom as an opportunity through Love to serve others. God, would you help me see me as you see me? Father, Son, Holy Spirit - help me see Jesus.

God loves you. God delights in you. God looks at you and smiles! "What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us." - AW Tozer "How God thinks of us is not only more important but infinitely more important. Indeed, how we think of Him is of no importance except in so far as it is related to how He thinks of us." - CS Lewis Start each day in stillness hearing...

James 1:19-25

Galatians 5:25-6:5

Romans 5:20-21

Week 3 of the BLESS Rhythm series - Sabbath May we be a community of Rest in a culture of exhaustion Are you tired, weary, and heavy-laden - COME TO JESUS - Rest can only be found in the presence of God. Let's IMMITATE our heavenly father, who rested on the 7th day. Let's rest because we have been LIBERATED from the "pharaoh" of our heart to earn!

Week 2 of our BLESS Rhythms  - Eat and Speak Do you have a person or people the Spirit is leading you to eat with or speak and share the Good News with? You are loved and empowered - live with intentionality this week!

Week 1 of our BLESS Rhythms Series Bless and Listen How have you been able to Bless or Listen to others this week? How have others Blessed or Listened to you? I have another resource for us to help implement these Rhythms with intentionality - another Soma church developed the Bless Grid App - https://blessgrid.com/ . This allows you to plan how you can be intentional with each rhythm in your rela...

Teaching on the Holy Spirit