Thrive.Church Weekly Message

When you honor ______________ you are honoring God. [1 Samuel 2:30b] But I will honor those who honor me, and I will despise those who think lightly of me. [Matthew 10:40-42] “Anyone who receives you receives me, and anyone who receives me receives the Father who sent me. [41] If you receive a prophet as one who speaks for God, you will be given the same reward as a prophet. And if you receive rig...

[Exodus 3:17] I have promised to rescue you from your oppression in Egypt. I will lead you to a land flowing with milk and honey--the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live."' Some people see __________________, while others see __________________. [Numbers 13:30-33] But Caleb tried to quiet the people as they stood before Moses. "L...

[Matthew 5:8] God blesses those whose hearts are pure, for they will see God. God wants to bless you for living a ____________ life. You have to purify something before it’s ____________. [1 John 1:8-9] If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. [9] But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from a...

We are not formed in ________________. [Nehemiah 1:3-4] They said to me, "Things are not going well for those who returned to the province of Judah. They are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem has been torn down, and the gates have been destroyed by fire." [4] When I heard this, I sat down and wept. In fact, for days I mourned, fasted, and prayed to the God of heaven. W...

[1 Thessalonians 5:18] Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. Be thankful _____ all circumstances not ________ all circumstances. We aren't grateful for something we feel _____________ to. [Romans 1:20-22] For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisibl...

A life of taking ground in our faith is not a life               of adversity, rather it is the                      of having gone through adversity with our eyes fixed on God. [Daniel 1:5, 8-9 NET] So the king assigned them a daily ration from his royal delicacies and from the wine he himself drank. They were to be trained for the next three years. At the end of that time they were to enter the...

[Jeremiah 29:11] For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. This is a ___________ verse in ________ chapter. [Jeremiah 29:1] Jeremiah wrote a letter from Jerusalem to the elders, priests, prophets, and all the people who had been exiled to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar. [Jeremiah 29:10] This is what the Lord...

[Judges 6:1-5] The Israelites did evil in the LORD's sight. So the LORD handed them over to the Midianites for seven years. [2] The Midianites were so cruel that the Israelites made hiding places for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds. [3] Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, marauders from Midian, Amalek, and the people of the east would attack Israel, [4] camping in...

[Jeremiah 29:11] For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. This is a ___________ verse in ________ chapter. [Jeremiah 29:1] Jeremiah wrote a letter from Jerusalem to the elders, priests, prophets, and all the people who had been exiled to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar. [Jeremiah 29:10] This is what the Lord...

Christmas is the beginning of your CALLING. [John 8:12] Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, "I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won't have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life." God's Light wants to work THROUGH you. [Matthew 5:14] "You are the light of the world--like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. You...

You will never take ground with your ____________ if you haven't taken ground in your ____________. [Numbers 13:32-33] So they spread this bad report about the land among the Israelites: "The land we traveled through and explored will devour anyone who goes to live there. All the people we saw were huge. [33] We even saw giants there, the descendants of Anak. Next to them we felt like gra...

[Romans 8:28 CSB] We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. This isn't saying all things are ___________. God doesn't cause every ________________ in your life, but He will use them. Must _______ God [1 Corinthians 2:9] That is what the Scriptures mean when they say, "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no min...

[Philippians 4:13 WEB] I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me. [Philippians 4:10-13] How I praise the Lord that you are concerned about me again. I know you have always been concerned for me, but you didn’t have the chance to help me. [11] Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. [12] I know how to live on almost nothing or with everyt...

Christmas is the moment where the _____________ breaks the ___________________. [John 1:9] The one who is the true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. When God reveals His _____________, nothing stays the _____________. [Micah 5:2] But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, are only a small village among all the people of Judah. Yet a ruler of Israel will come from you, one whose o...

Every superhero has a _________. [Judges 13:5] You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and his hair must never be cut. For he will be dedicated to God as a Nazirite from birth. He will begin to rescue Israel from the Philistines.” You don't need to _________ strong to _________ strong. [Judges 15:16] NIV Then Samson said, "With a donkey's jawbone I have made donkeys of them....

Even when you ___________________ God to move, you still have to ___________________ for Him. [Psalm 130:6 NIV] I wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning. God often grows the miracle in ___________________ places before He reveals it in ___________________ places. Waiting ___________________ us while the thing God is doing in you is still...

_________ holds people back more than anything else. [1 Samuel 21:10-15] So David escaped from Saul and went to King Achish of Gath. [11] But the officers of Achish were unhappy about his being there. “Isn’t this David, the king of the land?” they asked. “Isn’t he the one the people honor with dances, singing, ‘Saul has killed his thousands, and David his ten thousands’?” [12] David heard these co...

God is ___________________ long before you see Him ___________________. [Isaiah 40:3-5 NIV] A voice of one calling: "In the wilderness prepare the way for the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. [4] Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain. [5] And the glory of the LORD will be reveal...

The ________________ of yesterday often become the ________________ of today. [Acts 9:1-2] Meanwhile, Saul was uttering threats with every breath and was eager to kill the Lord’s followers. So he went to the high priest. [2] He requested letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, asking for their cooperation in the arrest of any followers of the Way he found there. He wanted to bring them—bo...

[Isaiah 9:1] Nevertheless, that time of darkness and despair will not go on forever. The land of Zebulun and Naphtali will be humbled, but there will be a time in the future when Galilee of the Gentiles, which lies along the road that runs between the Jordan and the sea, will be filled with glory. Darkness doesn't always mean __________________. God does some of His best work in the __________...

[Judges 6:11-12] Then the angel of the Lord came and sat beneath the great tree at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash of the clan of Abiezer. Gideon son of Joash was threshing wheat at the bottom of a winepress to hide the grain from the Midianites. [12] The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, “Mighty hero, the Lord is with you!” God doesn't call us who we are, he calls us who we will ___...

[Psalm 19:1-4] A psalm of David. The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display his craftsmanship. [2] Day after day they continue to speak; night after night they make him known. [3] They speak without a sound or word; their voice is never heard. [4] Yet their message has gone throughout the earth, and their words to all the world. God has made a home in the heavens for the sun. Creatio...

[1 Kings 19:1-3a] When Ahab got home, he told Jezebel everything Elijah had done, including the way he had killed all the prophets of Baal. [2] So Jezebel sent this message to Elijah: “May the gods strike me and even kill me if by this time tomorrow I have not killed you just as you killed them.” [3] Elijah was afraid and fled for his life. Depression is often triggered by ___________________ that...

[Colossians 1:16a NIV] For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible.... [Proverbs 25:2 ESV] It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search things out. [1 Corinthians 3:18-20 NIV] Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become “fools” so that you may become wise. ...

[Mark 5.25 KJV] And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years. Sometimes your issue becomes so big that it consumes your ________________. [Mark 5.26] She had suffered a great deal from many doctors, and over the years she had spent everything she had to pay them, but she had gotten no better. In fact, she had gotten worse. Eventually your issue can _______________ you. There are s...