The mission is clear! To be Winsome is to win some to Jesus through “Irresistible Influence”. The motivation to live this mission may be lacking at times, but allow the manifestation of a “shared blessing” cause you to live in the wonder of not what is always gained, but what is given. Living “Winsome” is more than a decision, it is a direction, but most of it is a distinction.
A relationship with Jesus requires a response that results in meeting natural needs in supernatural ways.
It makes sense that God has called us to love Him. It is intuitively RIGHT that God has called us to care for our families. It is even sensible that God has called us to be the kind of people who gather many friends! In OUR world, it is incredibly challenging that God calls us to LOVE strangers. This brings us to our fourth core value: "Hospitality."
There is has a higher calling leading you not to just do what is asked, but to go above and beyond so that God may be glorified, and others would benefit. This is the essence of our third core value: “Hustle”!
C.S. Lewis said it best when he stated: humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of yourself less. Therefore, in the effort to live a life of irresistible influence as winsome, how does one choose to develop a virtue that is designed to give, not gain?
We live in a culture void of honor. Value is often associated with power, prestige, performance, possessions and anything else that is considered popular. Therefore, the Kingdom of Jesus challenges a cultural mindset of what is considered honorable by deeming value to all people, not just a select few.
As followers of Jesus there are missional dynamics that we are all to embrace regardless of our vocation. For in every profession, platform, or place of participation, there is a way of thinking and living that is to be embraced by all, and that is to see your place in that space as the mission field. Now, before you panic under the weight of expectation, know this is not something you do, but what God does through YOU.
When Jesus says, “IT IS FINISHED”, He’s saying to you that no matter what your facing or feeling YOU ARE NOT FINISHED. These three words give Hope and Healing, Confidence and Courage not only for today, but also tomorrow! These are words for us all to rally around, rely on, and rest within and in this message I will explain why.
There is a thirst within us all that we all long to be forever quenched, causing us at times to search for significance. Settle for something less, stumble in shame, all the while continuing to cause more pain. So, today your “thirst quencher” has a name, but in order to quench your thirst, He had to experience your thirst. With joy today He speaks over your life…”I thirst” so you can boldly say “I’m no longer cursed”.
There is a thirst within us all that we all long to be forever quenched, causing us at times to search for significance. Settle for something less, stumble in shame, all the while continuing to cause more pain. So, today your “thirst quencher” has a name, but in order to quench your thirst, He had to experience your thirst. With joy today He speaks over your life…”I thirst” so you can boldly say “I’m no longer cursed”.
The moments in your life when you feel as if you haven’t done anything wrong, but yet you feel despair, disjointed, and dejection by God is considered a “dark night of the soul”. Your life is filled with questions that center around God’s lack of presence in a situation or stretch of road that seems like you’re on the way to nowhere from somewhere. You may not feel like this now, but most likely there will be a moment, or you know someone going through it; allow these words today to be comfort f...
This one word “paradise” not only cancels out your past, but also gives courage towards your future. The fear of what happens after death has caused people to live daily in doubt and dismay, but there is a hope found in the promise of Jesus from the cross that not only applied to the thief on the cross, but to you as well.
The fear of what happens after death has caused people to live daily in doubt and dismay, but there is a hope found in the promise of Jesus from the cross that not only applied to the thief on the cross, but to you as well.
One conversation, ONE RESPONSE, changes EVERYTHING. When we surrender EVERYTHING that we have, we are able to receive EVERYTHING that He offers.
For the next 7 weeks we will listen, learn and lean into the final words of Jesus upon the cross, seeking to understand why He chose these 7 statements, what did they mean in context, and how do they lead us to respond today. The first statement of Jesus centers on the word “forgiveness” teaching us to bring a resolution to what may be unresolved that needs to be reconciled.
The message is simple and clear. If you were the only representation of Jesus that a person ever saw would your life be an accurate reflection of Jesus?
Today, we bring our season of 21 days of prayer and fasting to a culminating moment of completion. We have asked God for blessings and breakthroughs in our life that would not only affect our lives, but the people around us. For our new friends to CBC today, you have been invited to this church not because we want to change you, but because we want you to know the person that changed us. Thank you for saying “Yes” to being here today!
You are a part of the “bringing in the harvest”! We have been asking God for the harvest and the harvest is here! However, reaping the harvest takes a willingness to enter into it and engage with it. The harvest simply described is people entering into a relationship with Jesus through your testimony. Invest and Invite someone to come with you next weekend February 3rd or 4th
We will at one point in our life find ourselves at empty wells to quench a thirst that only God can satisfy. We can choose behavior modifications to treat our condition, but today, we seek the true way through heart transformation.
As we set our sights to begin our 21-day journey of prayer and fasting, we do so with the intentionality of giving up something good for something better; disrupting our routines, to devote our requests for the miraculous in our lives, this church, our nation, and the world.
As we look to a new year, there is not a new directive for our sense of purpose as a church, but an invitation to continue on what was started two thousand years ago, with the hopes of fulfilling and finishing the mission…Make Jesus Known and Make Disciples.
The 1st Christmas Carol ever sung was in the home of two cousins, both pregnant because of a miraculous intervention by God. There were no shepherds, no magi with gifts, no angels on high signing in perfect harmony, just a teenage girl asked to do the unthinkable, the unexplainable, risking her own life to bring forth the giver of Life. The Magnificat of Mary, a song of praise, becomes the mirror causing us to ask the question to ourselves, am I moved by the gift of Jesus?
The suspense of “Unwrapping Christmas” is found in the possibility of three aspects meeting at the intersection of hope and healing: “It Can’t be”, becoming “it could be”, proving “it will be”!
There are certain practices and expressions concerning the Christian faith that are open unto debate and discussion, but the Virgin birth is not one of them. Why is this doctrine the bedrock of our faith? Today, we explore the importance of embracing this doctrine as a core conviction through the criticism’s commonly referenced.
Contentment is not contingent on circumstances but is rooted in your confidence in Christ.
Thankfulness is most accurately described as “think”fulness! To be thankful is to be (think)ful. Therefore, in order to live in a persistent attitude of gratitude, despite our circumstances we must develop an awareness of the power of persistent prayer.
Your testimony is the story of your past colliding with your future leading you to make a decision for the present. This decision is to understand that everything you thought brought you gain was loss, and what you thought was a loss in Jesus was the ultimate gain. (Jesus + 0 = Everything)
We as the people of God have been given an opportunity like never before, to engage a world searching for answers. Not that we are the answer, but we know the ONE who is the answer. Therefore, to effectively share our hope with those who need it, it is important to be reminded of the directives of His plan and purpose.
In the English dictionary the word “honor” comes before the word “humility”. However, in the economy of God’s kingdom what seems logical is not always lasting. Therefore, if you seek honor, then choose humility, but know that when you choose humility, it will lead you to not seek honor, but bestow it.
