Abide
For fifteen weeks this fall we will practice the discipline and grace of abiding in Jesus – the True Vine (read John 15). Yes, this means doing your devotions but it’s more than that – it’s about cultivating a deep and personal connection with Jesus as your source of life, love, power, direction – everything. What is your heart’s true home? What is your mind’s continual resting place? How can you resist “the algorithm” by developing spiritual habits that draw you closer to Jesus?
7. Endure
Jesus was preparing his disciples for his departure and death – and preparing them to face a similar fate in the near future. All who follow Jesus follow His path through service and suffering to carry our own cross and lay down our lives in service to Jesus and His...
6. Love
Jesus has commanded us to love one another so that we may bear fruit and abide in Christ. This fruit is both internal and external. This Sunday we focused on the external: the fruit of ministry impact in the world. Be reminded how we have been loved by the fruit of...
5. Fruit
If we abide in Jesus, He promises we will bear much fruit. That fruit is both internal (“the fruit of the Spirit” Gal. 5:19-22) and external, the fruit of ministry impact in the world (“salt and light” Matt. 5:13-14). This Sunday (9/1) we will focus on the internal...
4. Abide
Life is busy. We hustle and hurry from one activity and commitment to the next. So many responsibilities and distractions keep us from walking closely with the Lord. How can we prune and trim our schedules to abide in Christ? How is the Lord pruning you right now to...
3. Peace
How can we experience peace in a turbulent world? Jesus prepared his followers to face severe persecution with specific instructions that would give them peace. “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give you” (John 14:27). First, study God’s word to know God’s will....
2. Obey
As those who trust fully in God because we know His character in Christ, our calling is to obey Jesus and walk in His ways. Jesus says that His followers will do the works He did (and greater works!) and that we will obey His commands. In this passage the Lord gives...
1. Trust
Jesus’ disciples had plenty of reasons to be troubled. But Jesus gave them three reasons to trust instead, all rooted in the character of God: 1) God is gracious (and is preparing us for His place); 2) God is faithful (and Jesus will come back for us); 3) God is...