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 What Are You Known For? Ephesians 3:1-13 Ephesians 3:3 Galatians 1:23 What Has God Saved You From? Who Is God Sending You To? Ephesians 3:14-21

Ephesians 2:1-2 Ephesians 2:3 When faced with a problem: Try to fix it yourself Ask for help Genesis 3:6-7 Ephesians 1:2 Ephesians 2:6-9 Ephesians 2:10 Ephesians 2:19-22 1 John 4: 18-19 When faced with a problem: Try to fix it ourselves Ask for help  Genesis 3:21 How can you receive God’s grace this week? God wants a personal relationship with you.

A Prayer of Purpose Ephesians 1:15 Ephesians 1:16-17 3 Prayers Know Him better. Ephesians 1:18 3 Prayers Know Him better. Eyes of heart enlightened. Almost all of our problems come from a lack of spiritual sight. “God I know that you are all I have, but I don’t know you well enough to know that you’re all I need.” Larry Crabb Ephesians 1:19-21 3 Prayers Know Him better. Eyes of heart enlightened....

Ephesians 1:3 Ephesians 1:4 Why did He plan this before creation? Ephesians 1:5 He adopts us. We do not adopt Him. Ephesians 1:6 Ephesians 1:7-10 Redemption-To buy back. John 1:29-Look, the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. Hebrews 9:22-Without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness. Are you living as someone who is trying to earn God's love, or as a son or daughter who has...

What makes the Gospel real for you? Ephesians 1:1-10 Context is Key! How is our culture like Ephesus? Acts 19:8-10 Acts 19:13-20 Where do you want Heaven to meet Earth?

Hello Venture!! This week, We get the special privilege to hear from the Nepal team and their adventure in Nepal, and what God has done in the process

Imagine you are tasked with the care of a royal child of a far off country; they are to live with you until early adulthood when they leave to reign in the new country: What would you do to ensure a smooth transition when the time comes? We parent knowing we are stewards of lives we will one day hand off to God: we want our children to eventually know God as their true Father Our spiritual job as...

What are you fighting for as a parent? If not a parent, what is your job in supporting the parents you know? Psalm 127:3-5 Stewardship: Your children are a “heritage” or “inheritance” Stewardship: Your children are a “heritage or “inheritance” Your children are ambassadors to the future Parents, the most powerful influence you will have in this world starts at home and in the lives of your childre...

What is your relationship to prayer? Luke 11:1-4 Luke 11:2-3 Luke 11:4 A relationship with God will always affect your relationship with others. How similar/different is this prayer to yours? Me Focused vs. We Focused Luke 11:5-6 Luke 11:7-10 ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ The more you ask of God, the more you...

What’s in your heart? Matthew 20:20-28 Matthew 20:21 I’m at risk of using God’s grace for my greatness. Have you ever felt like someone was using you in a relationship? Can you admit there was a time when you used someone instead of loving them? Matthew 20:26 You sit with a napkin to be served. You stand with a towel to serve. Matthew 20:27-28 What would a servant do? What areas of your life are y...

Are you willing to intentionally put yourself in a place for God to work in your life? James 2:14-19 James 5:19-20 Romans 3:23 Romans 6:23 John 10:10 1 John 1:9 Who is God asking you to “care enough about” to start a spiritual conversation with? Matthew 4:19 Matthew 28:18-20 Can you imagine what could happen if each of us committed to making 1 Disciple this year? Discipleship: Intentional invitati...

What is your view of Scripture?   Luke 24:13-35 What is the Bible? Why Should You Trust the Gospels? How Do We Engage in God’s Word?   What is the Bible?   Genesis 3:15   Isaiah 53: 4-6   John 1:14 What is the Bible?  The Bible is a unified story that points to Jesus.   Why Should You Trust the Gospels?     1. The Gospels Were Written Too Early   2. The Gospels are Embarrassing   3. The Gospels ar...

Revelation 3:15-17 Jesus warns them that they are poor. Jesus warns them that they are wretched. Romans 3:23 For ____________ has sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23 Revelation 3:18 Because God is just, the punishment of sin had to be paid. Because God is love, he chose to make that payment himself. IT IS FINISHED! Revelation 3:20 John 14:6 Acts 17:31b-He has given proof of th...

Genesis 50:20 God takes what was meant for evil, and turns it for good. Genesis 2:16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; '                         Genesis 2:17 Evil is a result of our own wickedness. Exodus 1:6-7 Exodus 1:8-10 Exodus 3:9-10 First 5 Plagues Blood: Pharaoh’s heart “became hard” (7:22) Frogs: Pharaoh “hardened his own heart” (8:15) Gn...

Why do you need Jesus? Genesis 15:1-12; 17-18a (end verse 18 right after the word “Abram”) Abram Ancient mesopotamian man with a legacy of idol worship Called by God to be part of his plan to create a nation which would bless all the earth Genesis 15:1-6 “Abram believed the Lord and he credited it to him as righteousness.” Genesis 15:7-8 Abram is struggling with lies that (1) his life is meaningle...

Ma’aser-Tithe or the first tenth of the increase. Genesis 28:20-22 Leviticus 27:30 Deuteronomy 14:22 Tithing: Returning the first 10% of what God entrusts to us, worshiping Him with our first and our best. Ephesians 2:8-9 Reasons Why I Tithe: Tithing reminds me to keep God first. Deuteronomy 14:23 NLT-“Bring this tithe to the designated place of worship … Doing this will teach you always to fear t...

It’s easy to mix up what is a game and what really matters. First Lesson: What’s silly during a game is costly for your life. James 4:14-What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.  Exodus 12:31-36 God provided His people with the resources they needed to build the future God had planned. Exodus 32:1-4 The riches they had, now had them. Lesson 2: Money is a...

- 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 - Context is Key - The world says that sex is deified, indifferent, or debased. - Sex ain’t everything, but sex ain’t nothing. - Song of Songs 5:14 - Song of Songs 7:7-8 - Song of Songs 8:4,6-7 - The Bible says sex is important, sacred, and beautiful. - What does your sexual brokenness look like? - What is the Gospel? - Romans 5:6-8 - What does redemption in Christ look lik...

HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO TO MARRY? HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED? WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON? WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE? HOW DO YOU GET SOMEONE TO FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU? IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED? HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK? Leveraging Conflict #1 Complaint in relationships: We are incompatible. Conflict is healthy. 2 Corinthians 5:...

Who are you?  Romans 3:23 Genesis 1:26-27 Genesis 2:15-17 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 What does God desire? The goal is being sexually abstinent and fleeing lustful desires in singleness while fighting for innocence and purity, then being sexually and emotionally faithful to your spouse of the opposite sex while continuing to flee lustful desires in the Covenant of marriage. John 3:16 Romans 5:8 How have...

Two Principles to Understand: Emotional and spiritual intimacy really matter in your marriage You have a true self and a false self Genesis 2:25 Your true self leads you to live “naked and unashamed” in your walk with God and in marriage Genesis 3:7 Sin: Attempting to secure for yourself what only God can give you Your false self lives in shame and tries to secure freedom by hiding The false self...

Matthew 22:34-40 Do we prioritize what the world says over what the Word says? Husband-Thermostat Wife-Thermometer 3 Types of Marriage: Back-to-Back Side-To-Side Face-To-Face 1 Peter 3:7 (ESV) How excited is God that you are married to His daughter based on how you treat her? Shift your focus from finding to becoming. When you become the right type of person you will attract the right type of pers...

When do I receive the Holy Spirit? Why do I need to be filled with the Holy Spirit? Acts 2:36-38 Salvation Baptism Filled With The Spirit Luke 3:16 Ephesians 5:18 Acts 1:4-5 Revelation 3:20 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 How much access are you giving the Holy Spirit in your life? How much access are you giving the Holy Spirit in your life? What is holding you back from giving the Holy Spirit more access?...

Acts 19:1-7 The Hungry are Filled What are you hungry for God to fill in your life? The Hungry are Filled The Faker’s are Exposed Acts 19:11-12 Acts 19:13 Acts 19:14-16 God does not bow to our agenda-We bow to His. Acts 19:17 The Hungry are Filled The Faker’s are Exposed The Community is Transformed Acts 19:18-20 Will we keep faking it?  Will we repent and surrender to Jesus? The Hungry are Filled...

BE- To exist, live, or happen. To have identity with! Will this year be like last year? Hunger-The state of wanting or needing something you do not have. Many of us are settling for less than what God offers. Smaller plates: We are too easily satisfied by lesser things. Good food at end: We are too easily distracted by lesser things. Everything other than Jesus satisfies quickly but not completely...