Sent by Jesus into My Everyday Life | Sent | Week 1

Sent by Jesus into My Everyday Life | Sent | Week 1

Jesus hasn’t just placed you in your life; He has sent you to it. Living on mission entails loving and blessing others, building relationships with them, and eventually inviting them into the “Kingdom of God.” There are  many ways to witness. Sometimes it does feel daunting, maybe you’re unsure or maybe we’ve made this much more complicated than it is. OR maybe you feel like you’ve BLOWN your witness and so there’s some feelings of unworthiness. Over the next few weeks and into the rest of our lives, Holy Spirit is going to lead us into places, into conversations, into relationships where we get to be intentional about loving people to Jesus - Intentional to witness! This isn’t just on Pastor Renee’s shoulders, guys! This is all of us. If you are a Christ follower, let me encourage you, YOU are called to go out on mission! AND mission is everywhere. Discussion Questions: 1. Have you ever witnessed to someone about your faith in Jesus?  2. Does witnessing come easy for you? Why or why not?  3. Share or write down 3 times God showed up in your life and start practicing your witness!

The Power Of A Fatherʻs Blessing | Fatherʻs Day Sunday

Words carry the power of life and death—and most of us are still carrying both: the sentence that built us up years ago, and the one that still stings. In this Father's Day message, Pastor Chad makes the case that most father wounds are actually word wounds—something that was said, or something that was never said. Through the ache of Esau's stolen blessing in Genesis 27 and the voice that tore heaven open over Jesus before He had done a single thing (Mark 1), we meet a Father who chose us before the world was made and still speaks a better word over our lives than anything ever spoken against us. You'll leave with a simple, Spirit-empowered tool—the ABC Test—for making sure the words you pour out bring life instead of taking it. Because the words that may have broken you don't have to be the last word. Discussion Questions: 1. The message opened with two questions: a word someone spoke that built you up and that you still carry, and a word that stung and is honestly still in there. Which one came to mind faster for you—and why do you think that is 2. We looked at two sons: Esau, who showed up and the blessing simply wasn't there, and Jesus, who received the Father's blessing before He had done anything to earn it. Be honest—which story are you living out of more right now: Esau's (earning, proving, performing) or Jesus' (already chosen, already loved)? 3. Pastor Chad said most father wounds are word wounds. What's a word you've spent years trying to outrun or prove wrong—or a word you've been quietly waiting most of your life to hear? 4. We were given the ABC Test (Affirming, Biblical, Christlike) and a charge: go home and say the thing. Who is the one person the Holy Spirit is highlighting for you—and what is the specific sentence you've been holding back that you're willing to speak this week?

Empowered To Pour Ourselves Out In Service | Poured Out | Week 4

Our human condition gives us the tendency to live our lives according to what’s best for ourselves.  When we become Christians, the Holy Spirit turns us outward and empowers us to live lives marked by loving service to one another. Spirit-empowered service is the natural overflow of a life increasingly surrendered to the Spirit, who is himself always moving outward, always giving, always other-centered, and who is forming that same character within us. The Holy Spirit gives us spiritual gifts to serve our church community and these gifts are meant to benefit others, not ourselves. Our role as Christians is to choose to serve others with the gifts that the Spirit has given to us for the sake of the common good.  When this happens, the entire church community is loved and cared for Discussion Questions:  1. What are your spiritual gifts?  If you are not sure what they are, we encourage you to take the spiritual gifts assessment on the Ediphy app. 2. Are you using your gifts to serve others?  If yes, share.  If no, what is holding you back? 3. Share how you have blessed others through serving. 4. Share how God has blessed you as you served others. 5. What have you learned about yourself by serving others?

Filled To Be Poured Out | Poured Out | Week 3

In a world that never stops pressing, most of us quietly wonder if we're spiritual enough — and many of us have already decided we're not. In this message, Pastor Shea explores what it actually means to be filled with the Spirit in the ordinary, depleted, demanding seasons of real life. Drawing from Ephesians 5 and Acts 4, he reframes Spirit-filled living not as a mountain top moment to achieve but as a source to keep returning to — like a sponge that is always releasing and always going back to the water. The early church didn't pray in Acts 4 because it was a special occasion; prayer and bold action were their daily rhythm. And when fear stands between us and our assignment, the answer isn't a guaranteed outcome — it's being so saturated in who God is that the impulse to love becomes louder than the fear. Whatever your season, whatever your assignment, the one non-negotiable stays the same: you were never meant to run on yesterday's filling. Discussion Questions:  1. 1. Where are you currently getting your strength from? What are the substitutes — obvious or subtle — that you reach for before you reach for God? 2. What does Spirit-filled life look like in your current season? How is it different from a previous season, and does that difference feel like growth or failure? 3. What fear is keeping you from taking one step further than you're comfortable with? What would it look like to show up in your assignment this week with the love louder than the fear?

Who Is My Neighbor | Poured Out | Week 2

In this message from our Poured Out series, we dig into Galatians 5 to wrestle with one of the most honest questions the Christian life raises: how do you actually love people who are genuinely hard to love? Pastor Ryan walks through Paul's letter to a church that was biting and devouring each other — and shows why the answer isn't more effort, more guilt, or more rules. The breakthrough comes from understanding what freedom is actually for, what the flesh actually is, and why the Holy Spirit doesn't ask you to manufacture love you don't have — He pours in what you're missing. If you've ever felt like you're running on empty when it comes to loving a difficult person, this message is for you. Discussion Questions:  1. Who is someone in your life — past or present — that you'd describe as genuinely hard to love? Without naming them, what is it about them that makes loving them feel costly? 2. Paul says the "works of the flesh" — hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage — are the natural output of self-directed living. Where do you most recognize that pattern showing up in your own relationships right now? 3. The sermon drew a contrast between works (human striving) and fruit (divine growing). Be honest: in your most difficult relationship, are you mostly trying to manufacture love through willpower, or are you actually staying connected to the One who grows it? What does that difference look like practically for you? 4. Which of the three applications feels hardest for you personally — naming the person and praying specifically for them, following the Spirit's nudges even when it's inconvenient, or asking to be filled daily? What is it about that one that creates the most resistance in you?