Summit Spokane | Church

We look at Colossians 3:5-10 where Paul challenges the early church to, "Put to death what is earthly in you." Is that just behavior modification or is it choosing to put on a new self, being renewed after the image of our Creator? But this is a process, we are daily in process of taking off the old and putting on the new... we are "Free To Be In Process."

Colossians 3:1-4 encourages us to set our minds on things above, not on things of this earth. This idea creates a tension of being fully present here on earth with people and real issues of life, and focusing beyond the here and now, on Christ. We look at this tension through the lens of setting our minds on things above and allowing that to shape the direction of our lives. Jesus came not to make...

In Colossians 2 we see that the church was getting distracted with the rules and regulations of "religion." Religion is about restrictions and striving to be "good enough", Jesus is about relationship and freedom. Jesus died so all the rules and guilt would be taken away; we're not hungry for religion, we're hungry for relationship.

In week two of this three part series, Grant talks about the promises of the Holy Spirit.

To live missionally, we need the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit comes as a guarantee when we choose to follow Jesus. Don't settle or the best you can do, engage the Holy Spirit to do what only God can do.

Jesus came to do a lot more than just clean up our mess. Because of Jesus, we can be made alive in God, restored in our faith with relationships characterized by wholeness, health, and peace. We can experience and extend the Kingdom of God today.  

If you want to live the mission of God, you don't just invite Jesus on your path, you live in Jesus, who is the epicenter of the mission of God. 

Brad talks about the idea of identity, and where we fit in the big picture. 

People are intended to meet Jesus in us. Are you participating with Jesus' mission and purposes? Or is the cross just a symbol? 

We are all lost and jesus wants to save us and He wants us to help others in their lostness- this is participating in the mission of God.