Burn The Ships

Petra Church

Burn The Ships

Part 2

October 1, 2017 • Brian Coles

This is the second week in our series ALL IN. Last week Pastor Lester began the series by preparing our hearts to go ALL IN as we follow Jesus. We defined going all in last week as surrendering completely to
Gods purpose.
We want to get your mind thinking and your hearts ready last week. There weren't multiple action points from the sermon. There was one really, to simply put our hearts in place of surrender before the Lord. I want to warn you that going ALL IN does require action steps, it requires change, it requires choosing, not necessarily in some dramatic emotional fashion either. Sometimes it’s a quiet resolve, followed by consistent action.

Lifestyle Christianity

October 29, 2017 • Lester Zimmerman

Today is the last part of our ALL IN series. We have been exploring what it means to go all in with God. What it means to be fully surrendered to Him. The sad reality is that it is possible for us to go to church every week and never go ALL IN with Jesus. That’s called religion and there is no life or power in it. The Christian life is meant to be so much more than that. God wants us to live by faith - not fear, play offense - not defense, use all we got, holding nothing back, being surrendered fully to his purpose in our lives. We don’t just add Jesus to our lives like another friend on Facebook. Jesus calls his followers to abandon all to him, go all-in, give it all up. You see, Christianity is more of a way of life then a belief system. We are called “followers of Jesus” which means we follow his example, his teachings, his moral code, his daily direction in our lives. We are to make our faith our lifestyle not just a Sunday morning experience! We are - Empowered by God for daily encounters. Following Jesus is not easy, but it is fulfilling with eternal rewards. Going ALL IN means different things to different people. In this series we tried not to create a rigid definition of what it means to go ALL IN. Instead we asked a key question each week to challenge our hearts. Today’s question is: Is my devotion to God consistent and enduring?

Generous Living

October 22, 2017 • Brian Flewelling

This is week five of our All-IN Teaching Series. The gospel of Jesus is a radical re-alteration of our lifestyles. If you start following Jesus you quickly realize “I can’t go on with life as usual.” To help you evaluate your own life and commitment to Jesus we wanted to give you a set of questions. The questions we asked so far have been: ➢ Week 1: Am I living to please God, or myself? (Heart Attitudes) ➢ Week 2: Have I given all to God, or am I holding something back? (Practical) ➢ Week 3: Am I living by faith in what God can do, or in fear of what I might lose? (Intensity & audacity of faith) ➢ Week 4: Am I using what I have to glorify God? (Practicality & Devotion) ➢ Week 5: Am I generous in life, or reluctant in giving? (Generosity & joy of faith) The shape of the gospel is the shape of generosity. If you want to know what generosity looks like look at Jesus. He had mad talent. But he chose to give himself constantly to the needs and the development of the people around him. “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.” 1 John 3:16. If we’re becoming like God then we’re becoming generous people like Jesus.

Use What You Have

October 15, 2017 • Patrick Thuo

Pastor Patrick Thuo, leader of the Hopewell Network in Kenya, brings us Part 4 of our All In Series with the message entitled "Use What You Have".