We have been making some significant shifts as a church when it comes to our focus. In today’s reiteration of that vision for our church, I share some of my story. I specifically wanted to share some of the biggest changes God has made in my life over the past couple of years. We also […]
As we bring our Continually Devoted series to a close, we take a look the lifestyle of the early church. The first four weeks we looked at what they were devoting themselves to. This week, we look at what that produced in the early church. It was nothing short of radical. What about the church […]
There is a lot of teaching about prayer. There are a lot of statements about prayer. And, there is a lot of confusion about prayer. What is prayer? Why should we pray? Why can we pray? These are all questions we address in part 4 of our series on the church. Join us as we […]
As we continue on in our deep dive into life in the early church, we take a look at what might be a surprisingly difficult challenge. On the surface it doesn’t seem to be all that big of a deal, but as we take the concept of living sacrificially out to our approach to church, […]
As we continue our deep dive into the thinking of the early church, we take a look at the type of fellowship they had. It’s not really what we would call fellowship. In fact, we’ve used the word incorrectly all these years, and watered down it’s meaning. But the early church had a very different […]
Throughout the month of August, we are going to be taking a look at the things the early church was continually devoted to. That word, that is most often translated simply “devotion” is much more than that. It carries with it the idea of: “continually, intensely devoted and obstinately persistent to.” We are asking ourselves […]
Love the Lord with all your soul. Yesterday, Jim shared in a comment on the post this helpful explanation: “The body is what you are. It is made of the chemicals found in the earth, put together by God. Your spirit is why you are. In scripture, it is the breath of life that God […]
Yesterday, we started thinking about the soul. We looked at how we are souls with bodies. The soul is the eternal part of us. The soul is what will be saved. We will get new bodies, but not new souls. It’s that part of you that makes you who you are, but it’s also that […]
Mark 12:30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’[a] 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b] There is no commandment greater than these.” Last week, we talked about loving God with all your heart. To be honest, […]
In the last sermon from Luke 6, we take a look at a key passage for us as a church and as believers. We want to be good trees that produce good fruit. What is a good tree, how do we produce good fruit and are those even the right questions to ask? Listen in […]
Luke 6:43 “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 44 Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thorn bushes, or grapes from briers. 45 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an […]
Luke 6:43 “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 44 Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thorn bushes, or grapes from briers. 45 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an […]
Yesterday, we talked about loving God with all your heart. And how our heart is our Motives, affections and feelings. (You could put emotions in this category as well. I’m sure there’s some disagreement, but just go with it.🙂 And our emphasis was on the fact that we need to receive God’s love. Today, I […]
Our goal at SixEight Church is to live our lives out of the overflow of our hearts. So, we are starting a new podcast. Our goal is to resource you where you are. We want to help you live out of the overflow in you day in/day out life. To do that, we’re going to […]
Luke 6:37 “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure […]
We are starting to take a look at what God has in store for us at SixEight Church, as we move ahead into some things that are different than we’ve been doing them. There is one thing so important to us, and it’s this: That we walk humbly with God. The point is going where […]
Luke 6:27-36: 27 “But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,28 bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you.29 To him who strikes you on the one cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either.30 Give to everyone who asks […]
Luke 6:17-26 17 Then he came down with them and stood on a level place. And a large number of his disciples had gathered along with a vast multitude from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. They came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases, 18 and those […]
Luke 6:12-16 12 Now it was during this time that Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent all night in prayer to God. 13 When morning came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles: 14 Simon (whom he named Peter), and his brother Andrew; and James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, 15 Matthew, […]
Luke 6:6-11 6 On another Sabbath, Jesus entered the synagogue and was teaching. Now a man was there whose right hand was withered. 7 The experts in the law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a reason to accuse him. 8 But he knew their thoughts, […]
Luke 6:1-5 Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples picked some heads of wheat, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them. 2 But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?” 3 Jesus answered them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he […]
Luke 5:33-39 33 Then they said to him, “John’s disciples frequently fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours continue to eat and drink.” 34 So Jesus said to them, “You cannot make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you? 35 But those days are coming, and when the bridegroom […]
Luke 5:27-32 27 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. “Follow me,” he said to him. 28 And he got up and followed him, leaving everything behind. 29 Then Levi gave a great banquet in his house for Jesus, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and […]
Luke 5:17-26 17 Now on one of those days, while he was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting nearby (who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem), and the power of the Lord was with him to heal. 18 Just then some men showed up, carrying a paralyzed man […]
Luke 5:12-16 12 While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came to him who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he bowed down with his face to the ground and begged him, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” 13 So he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, […]
So we all have a pretty good idea of what humility is. We think we know what it means to walk humbly, but do we really? Do we really understand the concept and on top of that, what does it mean to walk humbly with God? Let’s take a look at this idea together!
We are trying to be the kind of church that is passionate about being compassionate. But what is compassion anyway? And what does it mean to show someone compassion? Certainly there is more to it than simply feeling sorry for someone. Join us as we take a look at what it means to be the […]
Okay, so our church’s name is based on the verse, Micah 6:8 – “He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? But to Do Justice and to Love Mercy and to Walk Humbly with your God.” Cool. But what does it all mean? What does it […]
A lot of believers have a dimmer switch on their faith. When we are around the right group of people, our lights shine brightly. When we’re around a different group, we turn the light down. But what does God want for us? And how is it that we even shine our light?
There is a theme throughout scripture. It’s God’s heart for us, His people. That’s what He wants. He wants us to be His people. He wants to be our God. He wants to dwell among us like He did in the garden in the very beginning. God uses this phrase throughout the Old Testament when […]
