You Changed My Mind

Exodus 3

Matthew 7

Matthew 7

Matthew 7:1-6

Matthew 6:25-34

Matthew 6:19-24

Matthew 6:1-18

Matthew 5:27-37

Jesus is calling us to be reconciling rather than resentful.

We are called to be inwardly authentic and outwardly illuminating. Your life may be the only Bible someone ever reads.

What makes you happy? Is it the approval of others? Is it the picture of the good life that the world or religious self-righteousness gives to us? Are you ready for Jesus to turn your world upside-down? Are you ready to have people think you’re weird or mock you for radically following Jesus?

Philippians 4:6-9

What are areas of your life where you can release the anxiety of trying to your desires fulfilled, and instead focus on something greater than yourself? Where is there self-hate in your life? Ask God to help you love yourself so you can better love others too. Who’s approval to you need that is causing you anxiety? Ask God to remind you of His deep love and affection for you.

2 Corinthians 4:16-5:1 Because I know that I am ok in Jesus, I’m not going to worry about ______, and I’m going to enjoy _______

When we suffer, we can let it make us bitter, or by the power of God he can make us better through it.

Who wronged you and you’re harboring bitterness towards, maybe like Esau did to Jacob at one time? Who have you wronged and need to reconcile with? Are you far away from God because of sin and rebellion in your life? On an even greater scale than Esau, God is eager to be reconciled with you.

In analysis, you work to turn the ghosts that haunt you into ancestors who accompany you. That takes hard work and a lot of love, but it's the way we lessen the burdens our children have to carry. - Bruce Springsteen

Problem: I don’t pray as much or connect to God unless I need something. I’ll pray and cry out to God for something, and then when I get that thing, I move on rather than thank God. I can also begin to idolize the thing that God gave me Truth: Like with Abraham, God will test us to see if our faith genuine and authentic Application: Because God provided Jesus for us, we are living sacrifices for H...

Genesis 12-15

-Lie #1 People are inherently good inside. -Truth: We are innately sinful -Lie: This story is incompatible with the loving, gracious God of the New Testament -Lie: We deserve God’s love -Truth: When we realize how undeserving we are of God’s love and how just and holy He is, His love becomes amazing to us -Lie: The Bible is full of stories about heroes who we should try to be like -Truth: Noah’s r...

First in our series on Genesis

Every day: Pray to 2-3 people to come to faith, especially those who you would never expect to become a Christian. Every day: Commit to having at least 1 spiritual conversation with a non-believer Every week: Invite at least 1 person who does not normally come to any church to our gatherings.

Text: John 4. What is holding you back from fully following Jesus?

God's sovereignty calms all fear and anxiety, and we respond to who He is with joyful obedience.

What might it look like in your personal life to embrace the exclusive claims of Jesus, to commit fully to Him rather than half-heartedly?