Messages on Spiritual Formation (Page 5)
Summer School: Discipline
Introduction Today is our final day of Summer School! That’s right, for many of our kids, the school year starts back up this week and we can finally put some routine into our schedules. And it also means today’s message wraps up all that we have taught you over eight weeks of Summer School. To recap, we began by saying Proverbs isn’t a how-to book, it’s a how to BE book. Its not just a book of pithy, fortune cookie…
Summer School: Laziness
Introduction Days off are great. In fact, wouldn’t it be nice if every day was a day off? That’s what retirement is like, right? I kid — I hear from most our retired folks that life after work seems busier than when they had 40 hour a week jobs! But back to lazy days off — as good as it sounds to some of us to have nothing to do and nothing to work on day after day, we need to…
Riding the Waves
Introduction This week, Vacation Bible School has all been about one theme: Catching the Wave of God’s Amazing Love. What is fascinating about this statement is the idea of the wave. Because depending on your perspective, and honestly your location, the wave can have either a positive or a negative connotation. It is good when you are on top of the wave, riding that wave to the shore, but when the waves are out of control, crashing all around you,…
God is Holy
Sermon Podcast Audio Your browser does not support the audio element. Introduction We are in the middle of a series of messages where we are trying to fill in the the blank, “God is .” Our goal is to deepen our understanding of who God is. When we deepen our understanding of who God is, this results in a response. We cannot come face to face with God and just walk away from it. God is not some benign force…
SpiritFit
Sermon Podcast Audio Your browser does not support the audio element. GetFit Series Over the last four weeks we’ve been talking about how we can get fit in multiple areas of our lives. We’ve talked about being healthier, so that we can serve God and others and continue the work that Jesus started, the work of bringing God’s kingdom to earth. Our physical health impacts that. We’ve talked about our relational health: making sure our relationships are where they need…