The Real God
Week 7: God’s Love
February 17, 2020
Only God can transform a life. Only by God’s supernatural grace can a life be authentically changed, from the inside out. But He chooses never to do it alone. It’s a joint effort. Transformation, the miracle of life change and everything we’ve talked about, is a joint effort. It’s completely and fully by grace, but we have a part.
Week 4: God’s Holiness
January 26, 2020
I know this will come as a shock: you’re going to die. When you do, there are going to be people at your house eating those munchie little sandwiches. They are going to talk about you. When they talk about me, I want them to say, by the grace of God, “You know what? He was one of the most loving people I ever met. Oh man, I mean, he had his idiosyncrasies,” and they laugh about those, “but he was full of integrity. Christlike. Cared about people. Generous. Loving. Authentic.” Don’t you want people to say the same thing about you? That’s not going to happen by trying hard to be a good person. This will happen when you understand who you are in Christ; when you understand the power is in Christ’s resurrection, for you and with you, to walk in newness of life; when you allow leaders to equip you; and when you minister. Ministries are birthed along your gifts and passions when you know the Word, you speak the truth in love, you are connected, and God produces it.
Week 3: God’s Sovereignty
January 19, 2020
Today we will talk about God’s power to change us, and the steps He took to pave the way for our transformation. The Christian life is not about rules and trying hard and being good enough. The truth is, we can’t live the Christian life alone. Yes, we have to cooperate with the work of the Spirit in our life, and we have a responsibility for our growth. But at the end of the day, transformation happens only when God brings His power to bear on our life.
Week 2: God’s Goodness
January 12, 2020
This week we are going to talk about God’s amazing power to actually transform us. But let's begin with a question . . . If you could change just one thing about you, what would it be? If you could change one thing about how you look, how you think, how you respond; if you could change one private struggle, or something in which you feel like you’ve made progress but it just keeps backtracking; if you could revamp it, have a makeover, modify it, literally revolutionize something down deep inside your life, what would it be?