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In scripture, Jesus says, "Come follow me." What does that look like for each of us as we walk through life following Jesus? This series will look at some common steps we take in our Christian walk and what they mean within the context of following Jesus. In this second week, Ryan used scriptures in Genesis and Corinthians to illustrate our need to be a part of the church. We need others and they need us.
Monday Apr 08, 2024
Follow Jesus - Week One/April 7, 2024/Glenn Barteau
Monday Apr 08, 2024
Monday Apr 08, 2024
In scripture, Jesus says, "Come follow me." What does that look like for each of us as we walk through life following Jesus? This series will look at some common steps we take in our Christian walk and what they mean within the context of following Jesus. In this first week, we explored scriptures about baptism and the common questions often asked surrounding it.
Tuesday Apr 02, 2024
Tuesday Mar 26, 2024
Honest Faith - Week Three/March 24, 2024/Ryan Kramer
Tuesday Mar 26, 2024
Tuesday Mar 26, 2024
How do we build an honest faith into an honest life? We go to church, have faith, read the Bible, and try to make good choices that align with all of it - yet, bad things still happen. We are human. Bad things will still happen. The truth is honest faith in God won’t keep bad things from happening, but it means we will not suffer alone. You can ask yourself three questions: 1. Is there room for pain, hardship, and struggle in my faith in Jesus? 2. What does it change when I do struggle if I know that Jesus is with me? 3. What comfort do I draw from knowing that my God has suffered, struggled, and knows pain the way I do? If we wrestle with those questions now, there will be an anchor in the difficult moments life brings.
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Honest Faith - Week Two/March 17, 2024/Glenn Barteau
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Having faith doesn't mean we won't have questions, which can make it complicated to walk by faith. Faith also doesn't mean we won't have negative experiences, but how do we know God is with us through them?
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Honest Faith - Week One/March 10, 2024/Ryan Kramer
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Having faith doesn't mean we won't have questions, which can make it complicated to walk by faith. Faith also doesn't mean we won't have negative experiences, but how do we know God is with us through them? This new series looks at the simple ways to follow Christ that will be helpful when faced with big questions about what faith means and how we practically apply it to our lives.
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Love Our City - Celebration Sunday/March 3, 2024/Glenn Barteau
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Monday Mar 04, 2024
God is partnering with all of us to keep sharing our mission of acceptance, love, and freedom in Jesus. You make a difference. Whether you directly participated in the event or helped support Love Our City financially, we celebrated what our partnership organizations do in Tucson daily to love people in our surrounding community and how that love continues to cascade outward.
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Difference Maker - Week Three/February 25, 2024/Glenn Barteau
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Monday Feb 26, 2024
In the first week of this series, we looked at an example of a difference-maker in the story of Ruth. Then last week we realized through the story of David that despite any obstacle, God can use us as a difference-maker. This week we learned that there might be moments where we are prepared to make a difference, we have our expectations all set, and then God turns the situation to another way. This can cause tension in us. In looking at 1 Timothy we can see how even when the situation changes, we are still making a difference in those around us. God is still at work through us and uses us in amazing ways.
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Difference Maker - Week Two / February 18, 2024 / Ryan Kramer
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Monday Feb 19, 2024
We can often struggle with the idea that we’re all difference-makers. If we look at the life of David who was one of the most revered kings in the Bible we see that from when he was first anointed to be the future king to when he became king - 15 years passed. This teaches us that it sometimes takes a while to be the difference maker we want to become. However, God can use us. He is with us and for us and we can love people well while we wait for our moment to be the difference maker we want to be. We are all equipped for it because we love Jesus and He loves us - we have been changed by that so why wouldn’t we want the world to know it?
Monday Feb 12, 2024
Difference Maker - Week One/February 11, 2024/Glenn Barteau
Monday Feb 12, 2024
Monday Feb 12, 2024
If you reflect on your life, who was a difference maker for you? Who was the person who you’ve been positively influenced by? Throughout scripture, there are difference-makers. People that God has used for His purpose in amazing ways. In this series, we’ll learn more about what it is to be a difference maker. This first week we looked at Ruth and dived into why Ruth was an influential person and made a significant difference in the lives of those she cared about.