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Discipleship in this Culture: Pastor Matt McMillan and others talk about discipleship in today's culture and churches going through revitalizations. Discipleship is learning to bow on earth, become on earth, and battle on earth like you will in Heaven.
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Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
I'm Grieving: We can delight in the Lord in our grief. In times of grief, are the things you are turning to for comfort, helping or hurting you? The greater the loss, the greater the grief. Grief will never be your friend, but it can be a teacher.
-- Stages of Grief:
- Denial
- Anger/Resentment
- Bargaining
- Depression/Alienation
- Acceptance
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How can we delight in God as we grieve?
- Focus on God’s character.
- Control your emotions by controlling your thinking.
- Choose to walk by truth, not feelings and emotions.
I feel ____________ because _____________. But the truth is ____________.
Gospel Response: Are the things you are turning to for comfort, helping or hurting you?
- Grieve in community.
- Walk by truth, not feelings and emotions.
- Sign up for Grief Share.
🌟 𝓓𝓔ℒ𝓘𝓖ℋ𝑇 🌟
Psalm 6: 6-7; 23; 31:9-10; 34:18
Pastor Glen - Associate Pastor
Wednesday Jul 26, 2023
Wednesday Jul 26, 2023
I'm Anxious: Anxiety is a world of What Ifs and God is the truth of What IS! How to use God's Word to minister to those who are struggling with anxiety and who have slipped from Godly concern and fear to unhealthy sinful concern and fear. Sinful anxiety fears faith things and doubts real things.
Gospel Response:
- In what areas of your life are you doubting God and His goodness?
- When you find yourself doubting, are you moving towards God or further away from Him?
- Think back to a time when God was faithful and came through for you.
🌟 𝓓𝓔ℒ𝓘𝓖ℋ𝑇 🌟
Psalm 121
Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor
Tuesday Jul 18, 2023
Tuesday Jul 18, 2023
I'm Doubting: Do you want the Lord to move faster in your life? Are you asking How Long? Are you doubting God?
How to overcome the doubt...
- Prayer
- God's Word
- Community
Gospel Response:
- In what areas of your life are you doubting God and His goodness?
- When you find yourself doubting, are you moving towards God or further away from Him?
- Think back to a time when God was faithful and came through for you.
🌟 𝓓𝓔ℒ𝓘𝓖ℋ𝑇 🌟
Psalm 13
Pastor Bill - Family Pastor
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
I'm Lonely: Being alone is not the enemy, but being unable to escape being alone is the enemy. God conquers loneliness through His presence and His people. Are you seeking a biblical community? Are you seeking God's presence and voice? Do you need a biblical community?
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God's Presence Brings Joy.
Physical Presence isn't a Biblical Community.
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In God's Presence, there is Joy.
How Happy is the one who avoids the wisdom of wicked people?
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Gospel Response:
- Give Thanks for His Presence.
- Enjoy His Presence.
- Surround Yourself with Biblical Community.
One Another Passages: Mark 9:50, John 6:43, Romans 12:6, 15:5 and 7, 1 Corinthians 11:33, Galatians 5:15, Galatians 5:26, Ephesians 4:2, Ephesians 4:32, Colossians 3:13, 1 Thessalonians 5:15, James 4:11, James 5:9, James 5:16
🌟 𝓓𝓔ℒ𝓘𝓖ℋ𝑇 🌟
Psalm 16:11
Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
I'm Lost: Do you have security in what God wants in your life? Give God control, follow His revealed plan, seek His answers. When there is something in front of you, where are you going?
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First, He is all we have (1-4)
Second, He holds our future. (5-6)
Third, He is our counselor. (7-8)
Fourth, He's counsel is our joy. (9-11)
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Minimize Worldly Voices
Maximize Bible Consumption
Pray for faithfulness AND answers
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Gospel Response:
- Give Control to God.
- Trust God's Unrevealed Plan.
- Be Faithful with God's Revealed Plan.
- Seek God's Specific Plan.
🌟 𝓓𝓔ℒ𝓘𝓖ℋ𝑇 🌟
Psalm 16
Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor
Tuesday Jun 27, 2023
Tuesday Jun 27, 2023
I'm Physically Hurting: How can I live a faithful life in the midst of chronic pain? My sin, your sin, and the evil around us causes pain, but our God isn't distant.
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Recognize God's Strength (v.1-2)
Recognize Our Weakness (v.3-17)
Recognize Our Savior (v.18)
Recognize Our Enemies (v.19-20)
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Condemning Anger - Righteous Anger
Jealousy - Celebration
Pity - Compassion
Cursing - Praising
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Gospel Response:
- Discuss Goals with a Spiritual Leader
- Discuss Goals with a Physician
- Memorize Three Promises Concerning Your Health Journey
- Joni and Friends Daily Devotional
🌟 𝓓𝓔ℒ𝓘𝓖ℋ𝑇 🌟
Psalm 38
Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor
Tuesday Jun 20, 2023
Tuesday Jun 20, 2023
Biblical lamenting is the process of turning your frustrations towards the world or towards God into faith in God. Share with God, Give it over to God - Sharing is different than giving!
Lament Psalms: Psalm 109, 94, 22, 102, 44, 69, 27
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Pray the Psalms with One Another Memorize the Psalms Sing the Psalms
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We have the freedom to ask why, but we should not answer why with an attack on God's character.
Gospel Response: What are you suffering with in this life that you have not lamented over to the Lord?
- Write out a lament.
- Delight in what and Who is Good.
🌟 𝓓𝓔ℒ𝓘𝓖ℋ𝑇 🌟
Psalm 42–43
Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Monday Jun 12, 2023
New People Lead and Serve Different: Because of our salvation, we lead and serve different. The Elders are to bring wisdom to the younger, and the younger are to listen for wisdom and instruction. Do what is good as we wait for what is good.
- How we are to lead and follow in suffering.
- How we are to act and think in suffering.
- Our hope in suffering.
Gospel Response:
- Inventory your leadership status.
- Inventory the enemy's attacks against you.
- Encouragement for the suffering.
⛪ 𝙲𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚗 𝙴𝚡𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜 ⛪
1 Peter 5:1–14
Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor
Tuesday Jun 06, 2023
Tuesday Jun 06, 2023
New People Live Different: As we follow Christ, we follow Him into suffering and rejoice with Him in our suffering. God is trustworthy and we should entrust our lives and our actions to Him even if it causes suffering.
Gospel Response:
- Trust God
- Entrust to God
- Encourage Others
⛪ 𝙲𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚗 𝙴𝚡𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜 ⛪
1 Peter 4:12–19
Guest - Nick Cappadora
Wednesday May 31, 2023
Wednesday May 31, 2023
New People Overcome Suffering: Because of salvation, and our hope in Jesus, we can view suffering in this life differently. Live and Love in light of Heaven.
Meant to Them:
- A Challenge to Love Enemies.
- Christ's Example of Loving Enemies.
- In Suffering, Don't Do Evil.
- In Suffering, Do Good.
Means to Us:
In a group:
- Share the Situation
- Ask for a Reality Check
- Ask for Encouragement
- Ask for Next Steps
Solo:
- Give thanks for the good.
- Pray for the bad.
- Praise for God's presence in both.
- Humble yourself to God's plan.
- Rise up to God's plan.
The opposite is good perspective:
- Suppress the good. Curse God for the bad.
- Doubt God's presence in both.
- Pride yourself in your plans.
- Deny God's plans.
Gospel Response:
- Stubbed Toe Christianity.
- Practice Individual and Group Training for Suffering.
- Submit to God's Plan.
- Rely on God's Gift, God's Strength, and God's Word.
⛪ 𝙲𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚗 𝙴𝚡𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜 ⛪
1 Peter 3:8–4:11
Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor