Who are we: Chosen people, royal priesthood, holy nation, God’s special possession, people in the light, people of God, recipients of mercy, foreigners, exiles, free people, God’s slaves What we do: declare the praises of God, abstain from sinful desires, live good lives for sake of witness, respect everyone, love the family of believers, fear God,…

Kingdom people are citizens of Heaven, but they still live int he world, and Peter calls them to live with distinction in that world. Christians are called to live in a way that honors the society in which they live so that people will notice and honor God.

The kingdom of God sometimes requires us to leave what’s comfortable, familiar and even kind of working for you to enter in, because anything that stands between you and the kingdom of God is terrible for you in this life and into the next.

The Kingdom of God is for everyone. Matthew was a tax collector who met a man who was so compelling that he left everything to follow Him. Is the Jesus you know that compelling?

The Kingdom of God is the off - ramp out of the crazy and it is very near. We’re here to be an alternative to culture, not a mirror of the culture.

We are Kingdom people, but what does that mean? It means the Kingdom of God should inform our way of living in the world. The time is right, let's live the Kingdom life.

The good life does not mean the smooth life, however we might define smooth. Nor does it mean we ’ re always looking for a fight. Decision making that's aligned with God knows that God is already always working and asks, "God, what are you already doing, and how can I be a part of it?"

This week, Pastor Terry reminds us that sometimes we need to just be quiet and still so we can experience the reigniting presence of our Savior.

A + B + C + D = the good life, as God defines it Letter A -- God's truth: Jesus is Lord! God's grace works powerfully to ignite amazing generosity! Letter B -- God's purpose: Shalom: flourishing for all Letter C -- God's promise: Abundance Letter D -- our God-given identity: We are stewards of God's resources We are beloved children of God…

We love freedom, but sometimes we become enslaved by the things that make us feel free. When we find our freedom in Christ Jesus, we are truly free: free to live the good life.

In this sermon, we explored the concept of aligning our lives with God's purposes to ignite a life filled with courage, peace, and joy. Using the story of Saul's dramatic conversion in Acts 9, we examined how God can radically redirect our paths, sometimes through dramatic interventions and other times through subtle circumstances. We discussed the…

We don't walk alone. Sometimes God brings people into our lives to help us along our path, and other times God brings us into someone's path to walk alongside them. When we allow God to bring our relationships under his control, we ignite the good life.

The world gives us many names, many identities, but our most important identity overrides them all and centers our lives: Child of God. When we align our lives around this central identity, we Ignite the Good Life.

One of the most critical transactions described in the Scriptures is where you and I submit all the names and identity markers that we’re carrying around in our bins to the name that God wants to give us: child of God.

In this sermon, we explored the concept of living a life aligned with God's truth, purposes, promises, and our God-given identity, which ignites what God calls the "good life." We examined the story of Pentecost in Acts 2, where the Holy Spirit empowered the disciples to become witnesses of Jesus' resurrection, sparking the global movement of the c…

Igniting the good life is a communal endeavor. Aligning our lives with God's will often requires us to wait, and waiting is better when we wait with others.

Igniting the good life comes when we allow our lives to align with God's purpose for your life.

In this sermon, we explored the story of David and Goliath from 1 Samuel 17, focusing on how fear and pride can hinder us from living the life God intends for us. We began with a personal story about a friend who made a courageous decision that aligned with God's will, leading to a life of peace and no regrets. This set the stage for discussing how…

Our fruitfulness is not a function of our starting point or current state, but of God’s promise and commitment to make us fruitful people.

In the final week of our summer series "Fertile Ground," we explored the parables of the Mustard Seed and the Noble Cedar from Luke 13 and Ezekiel 17. The sermon emphasized the transformative power of Jesus' teachings, which, when planted in fertile hearts, can make individuals and communities extraordinarily fruitful. We discussed how fruitful peo…

In today's sermon, we explored the parable from Luke 14:15-24, where Jesus likens the Kingdom of God to a grand wedding feast. Despite the King's elaborate preparations, the invited guests fail to show up, leading to a second round of invitations extended to the unexpected and marginalized. This story underscores God's inclusive love and the urgenc…

Finding our faithful response to God's treasures and relying on our faith when we run out of talent.

The fruitful life is lived out of trust that, in every circumstance, God is doing his part to bring about fruitfulness.

There are factors about fruitfulness that are beyond our ability to control , fix, manufacture, or create.

Podcast interviewing the bands and listening to the songs made by participants of the Senior Summer Songschool at the National Concert Hall 2024 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jesus is going to invite us into a posture of engagement with God that’s going to come more naturally for some of us than others, Jesus is inviting us into a shameless audacity

Sometimes, all you need to do to find a solution, receive what you need, even get what you want, is to ask for it.

Message on the parable of the generous landowner, or the workers in the vineyard. God's generosity is based on who he is, not what we have done.

The landowner provides fair wages to all his laborers and the last hired will be paid first.

Interviews with the participants of Junior Summer Songschool at The National Concert Hall 2024 and the original songs they created. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A podcast made by the participants of the Songschool Summer Camp in the Draiocht Blanchardstown 2024. Includes original songs and interviews with the bands. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The kingdom of God/Heaven: the range of God’s effective will, where what God wants done is done: “your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven”

Jesus invites us into a life of prayer that bears good fruit for us and those around us.

Jesus wants us to START praying and be good at not stopping: always pray and never, ever, ever give up.

The problem of self-righteousness and our denial of our need for God

Self-righteousness decimates our ability to be fruitful in the ways that last and matter. The ways that transform us into the people we were made to be and bless those around us.

The Word of God is sown generously. When it finds good soil, you get disproportionally greater fruit.

When God’s Word lands on the good soil of our hearts, it finds fertile ground for a fruitful life.

No matter how messy your family might be, if you bring your gifts to your family, it will help bring some amount of life-giving order to disordered relationships and to make our families more beautiful and less messy.

Sin and brokenness patterns tend to repeat over generations becoming strongholds.

Patterns of sin and brokenness that repeat over generations tend to become strongholds in our families.

Intergenerational relationships

Leading a courageous life in family relationships. Courage is taking action, mourning, listening, breaking rules

In the midst of the mess, God loves to write beautiful redemption stories in and through the families we are born into and the ones we make along the way.

Tragedy introduces mess into every family. But God loves to write beautiful redemption stories in families through family -- whether biological or the families we make.

God welcomes us into his family, giving us a strong and stable place from which to do the work in ours.

Both faithful compliance AND faithful boundaries are faithful expressions of what it means to love and honor family.