Unity Sunday
Where Will We Go?
February 25, 2024 • Matt Kleinhans, Ara Torosian • John 6:66–69
At the beginning of John 6, Jesus feeds almost 20,000 people miraculously. By the end of John 6, the only followers He has left are His disciples. Challenging His disciples, Jesus asks them if they will leave Him as well? Peter responds with a declaration of faith and desperation that is true for all Christians everywhere. Application Questions: 1. What does spiritual desperation look like in your life? 2. How can you live a life of dependence on the words of Jesus? 3. In what way can you build your life upon Christ's words of eternal life?
The Cost of Following Jesus
September 17, 2023 • José González • Luke 14:25–33
Following Jesus is not easy, because He asks us to subordinate everything that competes with our love for Him. Our problem begins when we think that we can only follow Him with our imperfect love. When Jesus invites us to follow him, it is an invitation to give up our selfish love to receive his perfect love and when we do so that is when we find true happiness and eternal life. Application Questions: 1. Why does Jesus want you to understand that to follow Him starts by loving Him the most? 2. How does the pursuit of your own happiness without Jesus can become an obstacle to follow him? 3. Why might not following Jesus be the greatest cost for an aspiring disciple?
Soul Rest
February 5, 2023 • Reggie Austin • Matthew 11:28–30
Whether it's life stage, a special circumstance, or specific struggle, we're all tired. Sometimes exhausted. Jesus meets us in our need with an offer of his rest. In Him, we find the unexpected and potent peace of His presence - the rest we truly need. Application Questions: 1. What are some ways in which you look for rest? 2. How is Jesus' unexpected offer of rest actually good news? 3. How can you look to find your rest in Him this week?
The Eyes of Jesus
March 6, 2022 • Luke 15:1–7
Jesus changed the world and impacts lives every day in a surprising way: zoomed in, one person at a time. He not only sees individuals and their specific needs, but he saves and celebrates, with a singular focus, each person adopted into his family. Application Question: 1. Is there someone in your life who needs to seen by you the way Jesus sees you? Pray and ask God to show you who you need to see today.
Walking and Leaping
September 19, 2021 • Reggie Austin, José González • Acts 3:1–10
Like the lame beggar, we all have needs that often go unmet, and we are far off from where we feel we ought and want to be. But Jesus offers far more than we could ever ask or imagine, and setting our minds and hearts on him profoundly changes us in a way that we can revel in and invite the world to enjoy as well. Application Questions 1. What are some of the things in life you think you need but really just want? 2. What are the things in life that excite you the most? 3. How can celebrating all that Jesus has done for you help you to reorient your desires? What benefit do you think you would see in your life and the lives of those around you?
What is the Local Church?
June 6, 2021 • Scott Mehl, José González • Acts 2:41–47
What does it mean to be a single multi-lingual church? When we take the time to look back at the very first iteration of the local church we see a group of brothers and sisters that bear a striking resemblance to who we are today, and who God is continually calling us to become. Application Questions 1. How are you tempted to neglect living out your faith as a part of a "gathered" community? 2. What are specific examples of times you have sacrificed for the needs of brothers and sisters in our church family? If you can't think of any, how might God be calling you to a more intentionally generous lifestyle? 3. What can you do this summer to intentionally devote yourself to the Word of God along with others in our local church community? 4. Who around you needs the hope of the gospel right now? What do you need to do to prioritize sharing that hope with them?