Venture Church | Bozeman

How is your soul? What is our response to the mess we are in? How is your soul getting long right now? The Truth is a WHO to follow, not a WHAT to understand. What report would be sent back about you? What does a Follower of Jesus look like? Faithful-Daily walking in The Truth. What does a Follower of Jesus look like? Faithful-Daily walking in The Truth. Generous-Giving to God’s Kingdom, not just...

Is our light calming/captivating in a world of chaos? Is it blinding/repulsive? Or do we find ourselves hiding because the darkness seems so overwhelming? What is truth?  Who do we listen to? 3 Tenants of our Christian Faith Grace - Mercy - Peace Follow Where do you think you’d find God? The TRUTH is a WHO to FOLLOW, not a WHAT to understand. What voices are you listening to that are leading you a...

Gnosticism - Material things are evil, spiritual is good Non negotiables of Christian doctrine There is one (trinitarian) God We are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in the finished work of Christ alone The canonized Bible is the inerrant word of God (In its original language and form)

1 John 2:15-16. 15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. 16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. Gen 3:6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gainin...

“Theology means very little if it can't reach into the most personal and excruciating crevices of our hearts.” – Dr. Julia Slattery What is the Gospel? How is the Gospel Changing Your Life? Today? This Week?

1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 3:20 If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. 4:4 You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. 4:16 God is love 5:13 I write these things...

What do you do when you know you should do something, but are tempted to do nothing? HYDAIHYDE How you do anything is how you do everything. Entrust: to put something into someone’s care or protection. Each servant had a choice of what they would do with what they had been given. God is not concerned with what you can offer Him, but with how you use what He has offered you. Are you someone God can...

What is God’s goal? What is God asking of us as parents? I am a sinner trying to lead another sinner to the cross. Parenting is unfinished people (parents) being used of God as agents of transformation in the lives of unfinished people (kids). Everything in the world wants us to focus on it more than God. Based on my current parenting, who will my kids become? As a Child of God, how can I parent “...

In the ups and downs of life, in what ways can you continue to follow God just like Joseph?

In what ways can you be obedient in following God?

The problem with Joseph is not just his youthful arrogance. His problem was the dream. What do you do when things don’t go as planned? Dreams are not the same as aspriations.  Aspirations begin in the mind of the individual. Dreams begin in the mind of God.  What do you do when things don’t go as planned? What dreams has God given you that you have covered with aspirations?

The fruit of an apple is not an apple tree, but an apple orchard. Give me one person I can help follow Jesus this year. Who will you “fish for" this year?

Serving: To give of yourself, your time, tallents and energy in a way that benefits others at an expense to yourself.  Here i am vs there you are mentality 1 Cor 12:7 in NLT: A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other. Mark 10:45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

To you, what is most interesting/exciting about the Bible? What is most boring/challenging about the Bible? Why is the Bible important for Jesus followers? What are your Next Steps?

Cross of Redemption Redemption-The action of saving or being saved from sin, error or evil. Cross of Rejection Cross of Repentance Which cross will you choose? What will your response to Jesus be? Heavenly Father, thank you for sending your son Jesus to die on the cross for my sin. I believe in Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. I ask you to forgive me for all of my sin and for trying to play god...

What is something that you are expecting from Jesus? Where would Jesus go if He came to Bozeman right now? If Jesus was to come up to you right now, what do you think He would want to talk about? When you approach Jesus, how do you expect him to react? And are you approaching him in a way that is consistent with that?

Some of the most wonderful people who have ever lived on the face of the earth, people with the greatest character, did not have a lot of common sense about money. Some of the nastiest, most ridiculously messed up people on the inside were incredibly good about managing money. Jonathan Edwards Money comes to us and says, “Without the messiness of the relationship, I can do that for you.” First thi...

Faith Hope Love Arbiter-Divider. The one way you know that Jesus Christ is precious to you is that nothing else is. Everything else is expendable. Nothing has a hold on you. Charles Spurgeon What material thing is most precious to you? What’s in your box? What would it look like for you to fully trust God with His definition of reality in your finances?

Titus 3:3-7 (ESV) 3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. 4 But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration...

Where are you at spiritually? What is your “Next Step” in following Jesus?              Who are you going to enlist in your life? Who are you going to invest in? 

3 Crucial Habits: Fasting Prayer Bible Specific Prayer Requests: Building  Followers/Disciples Church Planters Missions Transformation Will I trust God enough to follow Him? Delayed Obedience is Disobedience What if God responded to your needs at the same speed you obey Him? Partial Obedience is Disobedience How are you limiting what God wants to do in and through you?   What are you not wanting t...

“I have now to ask whether you can consent to part with your daughter early next spring, to see her no more in this world? Whether you can consent to her departure to a heathen land, and her subjection to the hardships and sufferings of a missionary life? Whether you can consent to her exposure to the dangers of the ocean; to the fatal influence of the southern climate of India; to every kind of w...

Have you been waiting for God to interrupt your life, grab you and force you to follow him?  Are you ready to choose Jesus over anything else in life? Do you step away from Jesus when his way is different than your way?  Are you willing to do life Jesus’ way? Deny your way and choose his? Is there anything in your life you’d be ashamed of, embarrassed by, or unwilling to give Jesus?  Are you willi...