How Do We Go from a Consuming Christian to a Producing Christian?
This week through “Zume” and scripture we will take a look at how we go from being a consuming Christian to being a producer. We will compare and contrast the difference between a comfortable Christian life and a productive Christian life. Are you pursuing comfort? Or are you embracing suffering and persecution like Christ calls us to?
Expecting When God Seems Silent
Traveling across Greece recently, we saw something that baffled us: fields of cotton. You expect to see cotton in the southern U.S. or in warmer climates across the world. But not in mountainous Greece. You do not expect that. “Expecting Jesus in the Unexpected” is the name of our new series. It will chronicle the accounts of people who found something in unexpected places or at unexpected times. And it encourages us to expect amazing things in our unexpected.
Let Go of the Rat Race of Religion
Throughout this “I Choose” series we have been talking about sacrifice. We’ve talked about when we choose to sacrifice things, God seems to move. It would be easy to associate these sacrifices with religion, but in this final week of the series we will make sure that we all understand that it is not about religion but a relationship with Jesus.
Taking Responsibility for Every Person
Do you remember those school projects where one person took responsibility for it and the rest were along for the ride? Which one were you? What I observe is that in the church today, it is more likely for many of us to be those who are just along for the ride and not the ones who are taking responsibility for making disciples. The apostle Paul challenged Timothy to take responsibility in 2 Timothy 4.
Smoothing Out the Rough Edges
The word “love" is tossed around flippantly in the world today and means different things to different people. But if we are going to be “Formed and Filled” to be used by God we need to understand what love is and how He wants us to show that love to others.
Speaking Truth
It can be tough as a leader to give hard or difficult news to the people around us. In this week of our series, “Long Haul Leadership”, we will be looking at how Daniel explained hard news to Nebuchadnezzar and what lessons this gives to us today.
What is Missing that We Can Fill?
As we have been learning about leadership this year the thought may have crossed your mind: but how do I actually exercise the role I have been given in order to impact the world for God’s glory? In this new series called, “Start Rebuilding,” we will be looking at the book of Nehemiah and how God directed him to start rebuilding the wall around Jerusalem in a time of brokenness. We begin by asking the question, “What is missing that we can fill?”