A Healthy Helplessness (John 15:1-11)
Summary – Apart from Christ, we cannot live the Christian life. Key Idea: To live for Christ we must abide in Christ. I. The Priority of Abiding in Christ: We must abide in Christ over anything else. “I am helpless, and the world offers no hope” A. I am helpless… We need a humility that is […]
Fruit of the Spirit: Gentleness
A Still More Excellent Way: The Priority of Love (1 Cor. 12:31b-13:3)
Where is God? Where are You? (Psalm 37:1–7)
Key Idea: Waiting upon the Lord in difficult circumstances requires faith born from a transformative relationship with Jesus Christ that re-prioritizes the believer’s desires.
The Radical Book For Kids Study
This summer, our children’s ministry, Lighthouse Kids, held a weekly book study on “The Radical Book for Kids.” Our recent fifth grade grad, Evelyn Carlson, graciously agreed to write about the book study to share about her experience! Even more special, the questions were provided by her younger siblings! What is The Radical Book? […]
Episode 67: Heaven, Our Home
“In Heaven, God will surely and finally overwhelm our heartbreaks. God will knit closed the wounds of war, schism, disease, and brokenness. God will erase the scars of sin; sorrow will reign no more.” Family Worship Family Worship Devotional Download Worship – I Will Glory In My Redeemer by Sovereign Grace – Arrived by Enfield […]
Recommended Resources: August 24, 2020
Book Recommendation from a Pastor “Caring For the Souls of Children” Recommendation by Pastor Tim St. John How do we shepherd our children and teens in this season? This complex question requires a variety of thoughtful answers and often generates an overwhelming amount of opinions. In this season our children and teens struggle with anxiety, […]
David Was Anointed
Songs from Seeds Family Worship – https://www.seedsfamilyworship.com/ Used with permission – God is Unchanging (Hebrews 13:8) Undivided Heart (Psalm 86:11-13) You Are My All in All Word and music by Dennis Jernigan © 1991 Shepherd’s Heart Music, Inc. (Admin. by PraiseCharts Publishing, Inc.) Used by permission. CCLI #2580292, CSPL043775 Activity sheet for younger kids Activity […]
Caring for One Another (Philippians 2:19-30)
Context: Caring as Echoes of Christ (Philippians 2:1-11) Philippians 2:1-11 isn’t just exhorting us to be positionally humble, but that humility has a direction – it moves toward others. And it has an origin – Jesus. Our caring are echoes of Christ. Key Idea – We echo the mind of Christ in counting others more significant than […]
Fruit of the Spirit: Faithfulness