COME FOLLOW ME AND RECEIVE LIFE
A reoccurring theme in the gospel of John is to “come and follow me and receive life.” This book is about how Jesus came to save us and give us life. Jesus came to earth so that people may have life, but we look for it in all the wrong ways. In chapter 3, Jesus met […]
BEING BORN AGAIN
In the book of John, chapter 3, Nicodemus meets with Jesus. Nicodemus was a man of the Pharisees and a preeminent voice of religious teaching of Israel. Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Jesus gets to the point by using new terminology. This […]
CLEANSING MY TEMPLE
The Lord and His disciples went to a wedding in Cana. The host family did not plan the wedding celebration well. They did not have enough wine to serve their guests for the entire time. Something needed to be done, so Mary turned to her son. It is likely she saw the present crisis as […]
DAILY REMINDERS
The premise in the book of John is that this life is not about us, it is about Jesus. The book of John, from the beginning, focuses on the who the essence and purpose of the Son, Jesus. We are not the main characters. We get to leverage what God has given us for the […]
THE MEANINGFUL LIFE
The Gospel of John is profound and full of truth about the divinity and mission. The first twelve chapters of the book cover a 3-year period. Throughout these chapters, there are conversations, interactions, and things that Jesus does that sow seeds for people that later come to Christ. This book is built around seven miracles […]
CRUSHING FAMILY DISCIPLESHIP…IT’S MORE ABOUT YOU THAN THEM
The goal of this message is to set you up to crush it in family discipleship. Deuteronomy 6:4-9 says, “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words […]
EVERYONE LOVE EVERYONE
An important truth to always remember is that if God can raise His Son from the dead, He can work in your life. The gospel starts out with a transformed vertical relationship that begins to alter for the better our horizontal relationships. The power of the gospel transforms you, transforms your relationships. If […]
MARRIAGE REBOOT
Jesus is being followed by hundreds and hundreds of people. The religious leaders became nervous. They wanted to hurt his popularity. They approach Jesus and try to trap Him by asking a question about an emotionally charged subject, divorce. Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce […]
FAMILY PAIN, FAMILY FORGIVENESS
It is summer! Schedules are off, there is more time together and is sometimes filled with fun and laughter, sometimes with conflict and hurt. It is fairly easy to slide into toxic patterns individually and as families. There are many families that have been living in a cycle of hurt and withdrawal, they have let […]
THE GOSPEL SATURATED LIFE
The Sermon on the Mount is the longest recorded sermon in Scripture by Jesus. He raises the bar of Kingdom living to a point where you cannot live it out apart from Him. The point is that you do not have what it takes, you cannot live the Christian life all by yourself.The […]
