Posts Tagged ‘prayer’
You Are Under Construction
Do you ever feel like a mess, as if you don’t have it all together? After having received Jesus Christ, Paul wanted the new believers in Colossae to learn what it means to walk (or live their lives) in Him. Paul didn’t want them to get sidetracked, ripped off, and tangled up by arguments that…
Read MoreJesus at the Center
Jesus Christ came to make the invisible God, visible. Since the beginning of time, people have sought to understand their purpose and identity. In essence, they have pondered the questions, “Who am I, and why do I exist?” Looking for purpose in financial success, accruing possessions, relationships, or pleasure will always leave us wanting more.…
Read MoreLet’s Grow
In the book of Colossians, Paul desires that Christ-followers lead a life of worth, pleasing the Lord in everything. What does that look like? Good news: Paul tells us. Paul wrote in ancient Greek, and in Greek, he gives four participial phrases in vs. 10-14 that flesh out how God helps us live a life…
Read MorePraying God-Sized Prayers
According to Ephesians 3:20… … God is able to do immeasurably more than we ask or imagine because His power is at work within us. I can imagine some big things and God wants to do even more than that through prayer! Elijah was able to ask radical things of God, and God answered because…
Read MoreGod is Love
God is Love Every Christian denomination has a belief statement that all agree on this: God is Trinity. Many of us, if we are honest, believe in the Trinity but have no idea what that means. What is God? It is an important question because What God IS will influence how we interact with him.…
Read MoreThe Kingdom Mobilized
The Kingdom Mobilized “Is it time?” Just imagine how the 120+ disciples felt as they became witnesses of the resurrected Jesus. Their hearts were reborn with a living hope. And now, they were ready to tell EVERYONE. And yet, the risen Lord tells them something perplexing: “Wait.” Wait? Why? Jesus tells them to wait for…
Read MoreThe Kingdom Mobilized
The Kingdom Mobilized Newbreak’s Sermon Study Guide is an in-house resource that serves sermon-based Life Groups and/or individuals who want to reflect further on how the message contributes to their spiritual formation. In this week’s study, we look at Pentecost and how the arrival of Holy Spirit and how his presence and empowerment made it…
Read MoreThe Kingdom Prayer
The Kingdom Prayer “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name…” I am sure many of us can fill in the rest of the words. The prayer Jesus gave us (often referred to as the “Lord’s Prayer”) is a powerful tool to connect us with God while also seeing his hand in our life. Here…
Read MoreThe Kingdom Prayer
The Kingdom Prayer Newbreak’s Sermon Study Guide is an in-house resource that serves sermon-based Life Groups and/or individuals who want to reflect further on how the message contributes to their spiritual formation. In this week’s study, we look at the prayer Jesus gave us (often referred to as the “Lord’s Prayer”). Here we see how…
Read MoreLeaving Judgmentalism Behind
Leaving Judgmentalism Behind Newbreak’s Sermon Study Guide is an in-house resource that serves sermon-based Life Groups and/or individuals who want to reflect further on how the message contributes to their spiritual formation. In this week’s study, we talk about the danger of judgmentalism and how to leave it behind. Looking to Jesus, we see that…
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