Disciple: Conform
Disciple: Conform - Week 6 - Nate Miller
April 28, 2024 • Nate Miller
You can join our OneLife Sunday morning gatherings via livestream at 9am and 11am CST every Sunday morning. Or if you’re local to the Bay Area of Houston, we’d love to have you join us in person Saturdays at 5pm and Sundays at 9am and 11am! Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join us live on Sunday mornings: https://www.youtube.com/@onelifechurch381https://www.youtube.com/@https://www.youtube.com/@onelifechurch381 Listen to more messages from OneLife Church at https://www.onelifehouston.com/messageshttps://www.onelifehouston.com/messages If you would like to give to OneLife Church, you can do that here: https://www.onelifehouston.com/givehttps://www.onelifehouston.com/give At OneLife, we want to be and make disciples of Jesus who love God, one another, and our world. We are God’s people making much of Jesus in everyday life for the good of the neighborhoods in the Bay Area of Houston and beyond. For more information about us and our gatherings, visit https://www.onelifehouston.com/https://www.onelifehouston.com/ Connect with us over social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onelifehoustonhttps://www.facebook.com/https://www.facebook.com/onelifehouston Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onelifechurchhttps://www.instagram.com/https://www.instagram.com/onelifechurch
Disciple: Conform - 5 Steps When You Sin - Chris Nagel
April 21, 2024 • Chris Nagel • Hebrews 4:16, Romans 6:1, Romans 11—12, Galatians 5:16
What should our response to sin be in our lives? This week, Chris Nagel continued our series Disciple: Conform giving us five steps to help us in turning from sin. While we no longer are enslaved to sin when we become a Christian, we will still battle the temptation to sin. It’s not only external threats that we fight against - like Satan or the world, but we also battle the internal threat of our own flesh. We must fight sin in our lives by running to Jesus and his throne of grace. He has given us a new identity and it’s from this new identity that we have the power to fight sin. We must turn and point our desires towards God, relentlessly pulling up the roots of sinful desires in our lives. God has given us the Holy Spirit to empower us to walk in a manner that glorifies Him. But we also must be ruthless to cut out anything in our lives that leads us to sin. Jesus is the great physician that came for the sick - it’s your very sin that drew Jesus to you in the first place. So in our battle against sin, we must be people who run boldly to the throne of his grace. You can join our OneLife Sunday morning gatherings via livestream at 9am and 11am CST every Sunday morning. Or if you’re local to the Bay Area of Houston, we’d love to have you join us in person Saturdays at 5pm and Sundays at 9am and 11am! Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join us live on Sunday mornings: https://www.youtube.com/@onelifechurch381https://www.youtube.com/@https://www.youtube.com/@onelifechurch381 Listen to more messages from OneLife Church at https://www.onelifehouston.com/messageshttps://www.onelifehouston.com/messages If you would like to give to OneLife Church, you can do that here: https://www.onelifehouston.com/givehttps://www.onelifehouston.com/give At OneLife, we want to be and make disciples of Jesus who love God, one another, and our world. We are God’s people making much of Jesus in everyday life for the good of the neighborhoods in the Bay Area of Houston and beyond. For more information about us and our gatherings, visit https://www.onelifehouston.com/https://www.onelifehouston.com/ Connect with us over social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onelifehoustonhttps://www.facebook.com/https://www.facebook.com/onelifehouston Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onelifechurchhttps://www.instagram.com/https://www.instagram.com/onelifechurch
Disciple: Conform - Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ - Brian Barr
April 14, 2024 • Brian Barr • Romans 6
As followers of Jesus, our testimony is that we are dead to sin and are now alive to God. But what does that mean? This week, Brian Barr continued in our series Disciple: Conform, looking at how we conform to the likeness of Jesus by fighting sin in our lives. Before becoming a Christian, we were enslaved to sin. But when we turn to Jesus, our old self dies and we experience freedom from the power of sin and walk in the newness of life in Christ! It doesn't mean we are incapable of sinning, but that we are free from sin’s dominion in our lives. Now we fight against the temptation to sin and present ourselves to God as instruments of righteousness. Walking in the grace of God means that we accept that Jesus has both forgiven and cleansed us! We are no longer dirty and full of shame. We are given the Holy Spirit who empowers us to walk in victory over sin and gives us new desires for righteousness. You can join our OneLife Sunday morning gatherings via livestream at 9am and 11am CST every Sunday morning. Or if you’re local to the Bay Area of Houston, we’d love to have you join us in person Saturdays at 5pm and Sundays at 9am and 11am! Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join us live on Sunday mornings: https://www.youtube.com/@onelifechurch381https://www.youtube.com/@https://www.youtube.com/@onelifechurch381 Listen to more messages from OneLife Church at https://www.onelifehouston.com/messageshttps://www.onelifehouston.com/messages If you would like to give to OneLife Church, you can do that here: https://www.onelifehouston.com/givehttps://www.onelifehouston.com/give At OneLife, we want to be and make disciples of Jesus who love God, one another, and our world. We are God’s people making much of Jesus in everyday life for the good of the neighborhoods in the Bay Area of Houston and beyond. For more information about us and our gatherings, visit https://www.onelifehouston.com/https://www.onelifehouston.com/ Connect with us over social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onelifehoustonhttps://www.facebook.com/https://www.facebook.com/onelifehouston Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onelifechurchhttps://www.instagram.com/https://www.instagram.com/onelifechurch
Disciple: Conform - Stand Firm - Brian Barr
April 7, 2024 • Brian Barr • Colossians 2:15, 1 Peter 5:8, Ephesians 6:10–18
In today’s culture, we desire to pursue lives that are comfortable and problem-free. But the reality is that as Christians, we live in wartime. This week, Brian Barr continued in our Disciple: Conform series looking at how we stand against the schemes of the enemy. When we choose to follow Jesus, we also gain an enemy who works against us to make us ineffective and cause us to disbelieve God’s truth. Scripture tells us to stand against the schemes of the Devil. We aren't told to win or achieve victory, we are told to stand because Jesus has already won the decisive victory. We don’t have to be afraid because God’s victory over Satan is final. But while we live in this in-between time where we are waiting for Jesus to return and make all things new, we must continue to stand against the enemy's tactics to tempt, deceive, accuse, intimidate, and divide. We resist him by strengthening ourselves in the Lord. You can join our OneLife Sunday morning gatherings via livestream at 9am and 11am CST every Sunday morning. Or if you’re local to the Bay Area of Houston, we’d love to have you join us in person Saturdays at 5pm and Sundays at 9am and 11am! Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join us live on Sunday mornings: https://www.youtube.com/@onelifechurch381https://www.youtube.com/@https://www.youtube.com/@onelifechurch381 Listen to more messages from OneLife Church at https://www.onelifehouston.com/messageshttps://www.onelifehouston.com/messages If you would like to give to OneLife Church, you can do that here: https://www.onelifehouston.com/givehttps://www.onelifehouston.com/give At OneLife, we want to be and make disciples of Jesus who love God, one another, and our world. We are God’s people making much of Jesus in everyday life for the good of the neighborhoods in the Bay Area of Houston and beyond. For more information about us and our gatherings, visit https://www.onelifehouston.com/https://www.onelifehouston.com/ Connect with us over social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onelifehoustonhttps://www.facebook.com/https://www.facebook.com/onelifehouston Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onelifechurchhttps://www.instagram.com/https://www.instagram.com/onelifechurch
Disciple: Conform - Renewing Our Minds - Brian Barr
March 24, 2024 • Brian Barr • Romans 12:2, Genesis 3:1–6, John 8:31–32
As followers of Jesus, God’s intention is for us to conform to the likeness of Jesus in every area of life - including our minds. This week, Brian Barr continued our Disciple series talking about renewing our minds. There is a war waging for our souls. Our enemy’s biggest goal is to get us to believe lies about God that lead us to reject Him in favor of living independent, self-focused lives. Every lie we believe, we also live. And every lie we live leads to destruction. This is why God tells His followers “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind” (Romans 12:2). God wants us to be set free from lies by the power of His truth. We must engage in the process of rooting falsehoods out of our minds and positioning ourselves to be transformed by God’s truth. We do this by surrendering our heart to Jesus, continually exposing ourselves to God’s truth, and depending on the help of the Holy Spirit. You can join our OneLife Sunday morning gatherings via livestream at 9am and 11am CST every Sunday morning. Or if you’re local to the Bay Area of Houston, we’d love to have you join us in person Saturdays at 5pm and Sundays at 9am and 11am! Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join us live on Sunday mornings: https://www.youtube.com/@onelifechurch381https://www.youtube.com/@https://www.youtube.com/@onelifechurch381 Listen to more messages from OneLife Church at https://www.onelifehouston.com/messageshttps://www.onelifehouston.com/messages If you would like to give to OneLife Church, you can do that here: https://www.onelifehouston.com/givehttps://www.onelifehouston.com/give At OneLife, we want to be and make disciples of Jesus who love God, one another, and our world. We are God’s people making much of Jesus in everyday life for the good of the neighborhoods in the Bay Area of Houston and beyond. For more information about us and our gatherings, visit https://www.onelifehouston.com/https://www.onelifehouston.com/ Connect with us over social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onelifehoustonhttps://www.facebook.com/https://www.facebook.com/onelifehouston Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onelifechurchhttps://www.instagram.com/https://www.instagram.com/onelifechurch
Disciple: Conform - Keeping Jesus Our Focus - Brian Barr
March 17, 2024 • Brian Barr • Romans 8:28–29, Galatians 4:19, Matthew 16:24–25
What is God’s vision for your life? Many Christians wonder about this question, but God clearly tells us in His Word that He has one goal for our lives - that we be conformed into likeness of His Son Jesus (Romans 8:28-29). This week, Brian Barr kicked off a new sermon series covering the second “C” in OneLife’s grid for what it means to be a disciple of Jesus - Conform. As followers of Jesus, we are called to give our lives completely to following Jesus and becoming like Him in every area of our lives. We are not to be mere church attenders. We must leave our infantile ways, and grow up into maturity in Christ. But for that to happen, we must focus our lives on Jesus. Too often Christians focus on themselves when it comes to change. The first step to truly becoming like Jesus is to come to Him. We must learn to abide with Jesus, and to fix your eyes on Him. True transformation will happen when our aim and our focus is set on the person God intends for us to be conformed to. You can join our OneLife Sunday morning gatherings via livestream at 9am and 11am CST every Sunday morning. Or if you’re local to the Bay Area of Houston, we’d love to have you join us in person Saturdays at 5pm and Sundays at 9am and 11am! Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join us live on Sunday mornings: https://www.youtube.com/@onelifechurch381https://www.youtube.com/@https://www.youtube.com/@onelifechurch381 Listen to more messages from OneLife Church at https://www.onelifehouston.com/messageshttps://www.onelifehouston.com/messages If you would like to give to OneLife Church, you can do that here: https://www.onelifehouston.com/givehttps://www.onelifehouston.com/give At OneLife, we want to be and make disciples of Jesus who love God, one another, and our world. We are God’s people making much of Jesus in everyday life for the good of the neighborhoods in the Bay Area of Houston and beyond. For more information about us and our gatherings, visit https://www.onelifehouston.com/https://www.onelifehouston.com/ Connect with us over social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onelifehoustonhttps://www.facebook.com/https://www.facebook.com/onelifehouston Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onelifechurchhttps://www.instagram.com/https://www.instagram.com/onelifechurch