Late Night Conversations (John 3)

MOTIVATE EXAMINE       Late Night Conversations (John 3)               lessons about Jesus Jesus is approachable (3:1-2). Jesus is the authority (3:3-8). Jesus is our atonement (3:9-21). Look to Jesus JOHN 3:16For God                             the paramount being So loved                             the profoundest measurement          Nails didn’t hold Jesus to cross–love did The world                         the most unqualified recipients That He…

Preach The Gospel To Yourself

The gospel of Jesus is not just the starting ABC’s of faith, but the A to Z of the entire journey of faith. We never graduate from the gospel. It comes to us in salvation and transforms us day by day. The gospel is simple for a child to wade, but also deep enough to…

Purpose Over Pleasure (Luke 4)

MOTIVATE EXAMINE    Purpose Over Pleasure (Luke 4:1-30) LK 4:1 full of the Holy Spirit, and led in the desertFollowing Jesus and having faith isn’t always mountaintop experiences. While Jesus was previously baptized with dramatic divine affirmation, the next acts are fasting 40-days and being led into the wilderness. There are moments God will lead you…

Living For Something Bigger (Luke 1-3 / 3:1-22)

MOTIVATE “Off with his head!” This is not a command from the sous chef preparing ingredients for our chili-cookoff. Instead, this line became famous by William Shakespeare. However, history reveals it to be a popular method of execution and vengeance. We see this in the Bible: Execution by beheading is meant not just for murder…