As we continue in the ‘First Responders’ series, Natalie shares about Mary’s response to the angel Gabriel. He tells Mary that she will become pregnant with the son of God. Listen in to hear how we can respond with great faith, like Mary, to the miraculous voice of the Lord in our own lives.
God cares deeply about our souls and we can find transformation that lasts through the power, presence, and example of Jesus Christ. As a church, we are invited to join God’s mission of transforming ALL things, even our own souls. Natalie will walk us through how we can find healing with the Lord in the deepest part of our being and our hope for our church to be a place where people can come with all their anxieties, stressors, and fears and leave filled with the peace of Lord.
The poetic book of Habakkuk closes with a beautiful song that points out three things we can do to keep our faith in the Lord, even when everything around us is feeling desolate, empty, and dry. Repetition in our spiritual life, remembering the Lord’s presence and work in our lives, and rejoicing in our salvation are three things Habakkuk prioritized to live a life of faith and hope in the Lord.
We all want to hear God’s voice in our life, but how? Natalie shares not only that we can desire to hear his voice, but that we can expect to hear God’s voice. As she continues in the series Kingdom Expectations, she’ll share how this can play out in our lives today and how you can expect to hear His voice for yourself and for others.
Jeff & Natalie cover some hard topics in this passage from 1 Peter. Listen in as we explain the scripture in its original context, discover how it applies to us today, and how it’s essential to always keep Jesus at the center. One key question: “If Jesus is my suffering servant, how am I called to live today?”
A life of faith that’s passed down impacts generations to come. Timothy’s Grandmother Lois and mother Eunice passed down their faith to him and they couldn’t have ever imagine the impact he would make for the kingdom of God. How can you position yourself to pass down your faith and live a life of faith that’s not just for yourself?
Our 4 letter word for this week is ‘rest.’ We love the idea of rest as a culture but it often times makes us feel weak or inadequate when we take time to rest. Natalie will be looking at Jesus invitation for us to rest in Him and will be sharing practical tools for us to lean into the rest Jesus has promised for us.
Jesus had compassion for the multitudes and knew how to respond. Natalie unpacks the scriptures in John 6 where Jesus feeds the 5,000, teaching us about His beautiful provision. There are plenty of ways in our human nature that we can come up lots of different ideas on how to feed the hungry, but when we place our trust, our small ideas, our simple gifts, our plans to him… He already knows what to do and multiplies it! This is what Convoy of Hope does when we partner with them and give one day’s wage away.
Jesus talks about money all the time! Turns out there’s a good reason for this. Money can make us anxious, it can tie us down, it can even be consuming and distract us from Him. Natalie shares her own personal stories about anxiety around money and looks at an important teaching from Jesus that points us to him and away from our own fears, worries, and anxieties around money.
