BIBLICAL FORGIVENESS PART 2

THE SECRET TO CONTENTMENT // 1 Timothy 6:6-10

Contentment. A word that brings an assortment of feelings, as it is something that everyone desires, but seemingly few experience. Today, Refuge Elder Mark Lehmann looks at 1 Timothy 6, and challenges us to find our contentment not as the world offers it, but as Christ has offered to us.

IS IT QUALIFIED? // Luke 18:18-27

We all attach to different things in moments of discomfort, struggle, or hurt. Today, as Jono Navarro takes us through a passage in Luke 18, we are confronted with the question, “What is your life attached to apart from Christ and is it qualified to do the job?” Is what you are attaching to bringing you closer to God, or is it operating as a substitute for Him?

BIBLICAL FORGIVENESS PART 2

Forgiveness is tricky. One of the streams that we see in the Bible is the ability to separate out wrongs against God and wrongs against us personally. It is then that we are able to see clearly, and let go of the things that we often hold onto. What wrong done against you are you still carrying, and how has it shaped your life? Can you release the debt, absorb the cost, and make room for Christ

BIBLICAL FORGIVENESS PART 1

While the world often treats forgiveness as a therapeutic tool for personal peace, biblical forgiveness demands a standard that is set apart and holy. To truly reconcile with those who have hurt us, we must first look at how God Himself forgives us.

THE ADVANTAGE OF EMPTINESS // Matthew 17:14-27

In a culture that constantly praises us for pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps, it is dangerously easy to bring that same self-reliant mindset into our walk with Jesus. By contrasting the powerless, self-sufficient disciples with a desperate, kneeling father in Matthew 17, we discover that true, mountain-moving faith requires us to drop our "do-it-yourself" attitudes and become completely empty of ourselves.