Living Open-Handed Lives In Christ 🤲

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Living Open-Handed Lives In Christ 🤲

Week 2

June 19, 2022 • Steve Kozak

Abel went out of his way to please and worship God with the best of what he had—a better offering, worship, and sacrifice. Cain was simply discharging a duty. Abel displayed a deeper faith. Our faith in Christ—the kind of faith God desires—is grounded in the power of the resurrection following through our lives by living open-handed, full of gratitude, and recognizing all that we have belongs to him. God deserves nothing less than our best, but doing so requires faith.

3 Ways to Experiencing God’s Goodness!

July 31, 2022 • Eric Dubach • Hebrews 11, Acts 5:41, Hebrews 12:1–3

Living by faith leads to experiencing God’s goodness. The Psalmist encourages us to “taste and see that the Lord is good.” This is ultimately fulfilled in our salvation but not exclusively that. We are given blessing upon blessing in Jesus. But this does not mean life is always easy or miraculous. Living by faith can also lead us into significant pain. This doesn’t mean God isn’t good in those times. He is. So, what does it mean to continue to live by faith and believe in His goodness when life feels like a curse?

Why God's Plan Make No Sense to Us.

July 24, 2022 • Yul Martin

How to Handle Fear!

July 17, 2022 • Eric Dubach

Whenever we talk about our faith growing, we’re not usually referring to the lack of biblical knowledge we have or the lack of theological doctrine we can recite. We’re not even referring to a desire to show up to church more often. What I believe we are referring to is a desire to respond better to the things in life that cause fear. But what if faith, unlike the Fight or Flight responses, is not a response at all? What if fear is, instead, an antidote to fear? What if faith is meant to replace fear so that it no longer controls you or dictates your decisions? This is what we learn from Moses’ story as we see his parents respond to fear with faith and overcome it.