Abide
Sermon Series
Are You Abiding?
February 11, 2024 • Jonathan Pokluda
If you Abide in Him, you will develop spiritually. Hold fast to your relationship with Jesus. Know Him. Love Him. Abide in Him. Apprehend The Gospel Behave like Jesus Illuminate Truth with Love Develop Spiritually Eternally Live Life Group Discussion: Do you apprehend the Gospel? Have you grown in your relationship with God more today than one year ago? As you ABIDE with Jesus is it hard for you when a curve ball comes your way?
Listening to The Spirit
February 4, 2024 • Dale Wallace
We can't abide without the Holy Spirit. Just after Jesus explains to his disciples He is leaving and tells them to remain connected to Him. Jesus explains that He will send the Spirit, and this will be our advantage. The Spirit of God helps, convicts, and guides us. In abiding the Spirit helps In abiding the Spirit convicts In abiding the Spirit guides Life Group Discussion: We need help even when we aren’t willing to receive it. Is it easy for you to receive help from the Holy Spirit or do you wrestle with pride? Do you pause and listen to the Holy Spirit when you are in a meeting, in class, or with friends and respond in obedience to His leading? Share a time you were obedient and a time you failed. Has it been a while since you stopped listening to the “ding” correcting you? Ask the Spirit to reveal truth to you and listen, so you can bear fruit.
Abiding in Jesus' Presence
January 28, 2024 • Nate Hilgenkamp
The presence of Jesus will change us when we are aware that He is in our midst. Rather than moving on with our life, we want to connect intimately with Him. In this message we look at someone in Scripture who shows us what it looks like to Abide with Jesus. Abiding means sitting at the feet of Jesus Abiding means listening to Jesus Abiding means removing whatever is distracting you from Jesus Life Group Discussion: Do you relate more to Martha or Mary? What keeps you from abiding in Jesus? When you spend time with Jesus abiding in Him, how does that make your heart feel?
Transformed to Love
January 21, 2024 • Jonathan Pokluda
God takes Christ and he puts Christ in us. We are a new creation in Christ. We are recruited by God to show His love to the world. When we abide in Christ, we are going to do things to show His love to the world that doesn’t make sense. You need to give up control. Lean into God and His plan for you. As you abide in Jesus, He is transforming you to love sacrificially with joy. Sacrificial love comes through obedience Sacrificial love offers true joy You were recruited and made to love Life Group Discussion: Share a time when you felt the Spirit leading you to go out of your way to be a conduit to love someone sacrificially. What would you say is the hardest thing about being vulnerable in letting others sacrificially show love to you? Is it difficult to let go of control and let God lead you?
The Fruit of Abiding
January 14, 2024 • Jonathan Pokluda
What would most people say Christians do? Pray, read the Bible, make disciples, give generously, forgive, love, serve, go to church, and share the gospel. In our new series, “ABIDE”, JP looks to John 15 to focus our thoughts on a true disciple is one who abides in Jesus and fruit is produced. We also learn when we are pruned, bring it to God and trust him to teach you to abide in Him and bear more fruit. John 15:1-8 The Father prunes fruitful branches The Son produces fruit The fruit of the Spirit proves a disciple Life Group Questions: Read Galatians 5:22 – 23 and share with your group what is easy fruit for you and what is hard fruit? When was a time you experienced pruning and you felt so near to the Father learning to abide in Him? What did God do in your life when you experienced pruning and produced more fruit?