More Than a Story | Week 13 | Kirk Jones (8.23.26)

More Than a Story | Week 13 | Kirk Jones (8.23.26)

More than a Story: Water, Manna, & Management Exodus 15:22-27,16:9-12, & 17:6-8 Provision is personal. -The Lord is our Provider. Trust the Provider, not the provision. -The danger of prosperity is provision without provider. Daily Bread is great to pray but difficult to practice. -What determines your standard of Daily Bread? -Is what the Lord provides good enough? -Are you honoring well what the Lord has provided? Exodus 18:10-24 Great leadership is healthy for both follower and leader. -It is not about the leader, nor is it about you, it is about the Lord. Four Practices of Faith 1. Listen hard. 2. Do right. 3. Live listening. 4. Keep keeping the commands.

More Than a Story | Week 12 | Kirk Jones (8.16.26)

More than a Story: The Exodus Begins Exodus 14 (Focus on 14:10-18) Faith is choice, not condition. -Faith is high, but healthy, expectations. Standing firm is staying, not stopping. -Firm faith stands still in the face of fear and feelings. Seeing is consequence, not cause. -What is seen is caused by faith; yet faith is not the cause of what is seen. Facing fears by Faith… 1. Move forward 2. Do what you already know. 3. Step where the Lord shows – even if seems strange. 4. Don’t stop here (in fear). 5. Celebrate your deliverance, not others’ demise.

More Than a Story | Week 11 | Kirk Jones (8.9.26)

More Than a Story: Passover Exodus 11-12 Judgment is real. (11:1-10, 12:29-42) -The judgment of the Lord is righteous. -Salvation is in the sacrifice; not the inheritance. Freedom has a cost. (12:1-13, 21-28) -Freedom costs judgment for the unrighteous. -Freedom costs obedience for the righteous. Always remember your deliverance. (12:14-20, 43-50) -Passover and Communion are celebrations of deliverance not remembrances of bondage. Truths for Meaningful Communion: -Stop living bound to bondage the Lord has broken. -Celebrate your deliverance by embracing your forgiveness. -Live expecting freedom to be real.

More Than a Story | Week 10 | Kirk Jones (8.2.26)

More than A Story: Moses Faces PharaohExodus 6-10The Lord works. (Exodus 6:2-9)-The Lord works first.-I come. I cause. I listen. I deliver. I redeem. I possess. I bring. I give.It is always good that all know the Lord is God. (Exodus 7:3-5, 9:14-18, 9:27-29)Evil is real. (Exodus 7:8-14)-Hard hearts destroy lives.Exalting self is denying the Lord. (7:11-12&22-23, 8:15&25, 9:34-35, 10:10-11&24-25)-Forms of self-exaltation: replication, negotiation, and limitation.

More Than a Story | Week 9 | Kirk Jones (7.26.26)

More than a Story Exodus 4:1-17 The Lord is Personal. -We experience the personal nature of God in His Presence, His Power, and His Purpose. The Q&A of Real Faith Question 1: Who am I? Answer 1: I am present. (3:11-12) Question 2: Who are you? Answer 2: I am. (3:13-15) Question 3: Is this worth it? Answer 3: I am powerful. (4:1-9) Question 4: Can I do this? Answer 4: This is my purpose. (4:10-12) “Not me” is not an option. (4:13-17)