MyCalvaryLife

Willing and Working

- God is interested in shadowing the work of our hands and the will of our hearts

Easter Sunday

- Jesus' victory made it possible for humanity to be reunited with God - Jesus won victory over SIN - Jesus won victory over the WORLD - Jesus won victory over the POWERS OF EVIL - Jesus won victory over DEATH

Good Friday

- The problem with divine perfect: EXCLUSION - The impossibility of divine perfection: INADEQUACY - The fulfillment of divine perfection: CRUCIFIXION - The outcome of divine perfection: INCLUSION

Resurrection (Pt 2)

- Jesus offers everyone and anyone ACCESS to God - A Thief: Access to the CONDEMNED - A Soldier: Access to the CONDEMNING - Nicodemus: Access to the RELIGIOUS - Disciples: Access to the ABSENT

Resurrection

- Becoming a SERVANT was the pathway to Jesus' victory and our redemption - Jesus' vulnerability was APPALING - Jesus' vulnerability was REJECTED - Because of his vulnerability, Jesus voluntarily LOWERED HIMSELF

Interrogated (Pt 2)

- There will be many moments you'll need to interrogate the enemy's DECEPTIVE APPEALS - Interrogate the enemy's appeal to your APPETITES - Interrogate the enemy's appeal to your need for AFFIRMATION - Interrogate the enemy's appeal to your AMBITION

Interrogated

- There is a safe space for God to interrogate your BELIEFS and their BOUNDARIES in your life - God begins when we're willing to EXPLORE the LIMITS of our beliefs - New boundaries are formed when we ACCEPT what God is revealing to us - God's interrogation is complete when we ENGAGE with what He revealed to us

The Resistance

- Jesus lead the greatest spiritual resistance ever - Resist with RESILIENCE - Resist with RIGHTEOUSNESS - Resist with INTERCESSION

Tina Smith

Emergency Measures

- The Apostle's burden: THE CHURCH - Their crisis response: A CALL TO UNITY - The Prophet's burden: THE NATION - Their crisis response: A CALL TO INTERCESSION - The Evangelist's burden: THE LOST - Their crisis response: A CALL TO BRILLIANT WITNESS - The Pastor's burden: THE PEOPLE - Their crisis response: A CALL TO CARE FOR OTHERS

Estate Planning

- There are two kinds of estate planning: EARTHLY and ETERNAL - Plan your FUNERAL - Make good INVESTMENTS - Determine your WILL

Church Matters

- We commit to be LEARNERS - We commit to being part of the COMMUNITY - We commit to being CONTRIBUTORS

Taste and See

Lose It (Pt 2)

- We need to lose the weight of INDEPENDENCE - Holy discipline is DIFFICULT to BEAR - Holy discipline comes from a FATHER'S HEART - The outcome of rejecting discipline: an ILLEGITIMATE life - The outcome of embracing discipline: a PROSPEROUS life

Lose It

- We need to lose the weight of INDEPENDENCE - Holy discipline is DIFFICULT to BEAR - Holy discipline comes from a FATHER'S HEART - The outcome of rejecting discipline: an ILLEGITIMATE LIFE

Fully Human

- People are becoming: More AFRAID of others than ever, and more ANGRY at others than ever - Your fast can be perfectly EXECUTED and entirely NULLIFIED - DEHUMANIZING others will neutralize your own fast - Change your POSTURE to change the OUTCOME

See You On The Other Side

- He keeps his PROMISES in the midst of PERIL - He is at PEACE in the PANIC - He has POWER over the POWERS

Reflections

- Watch for a heart that is ANGRY - Watch for a heart that is STAINED - Watch for a heart that is JEALOUS

Incarnation (Pt 3)

- Jesus was the incarnation of the perfect PROPHET - Jesus was the incarnation of the perfect PRIEST - Jesus was the incarnation of the perfect KING

Incarnation (Pt 2)

- We all know the experience of being LOCKED OUT - Locked out by TRANSCENDENCE - Locked out by LEGALISM - Locked out by STATUS - Locked out by IMPERFECTION - We have all been given ACCESS back in - Access through INCARNATION - Access by FAITH - Access by ADOPTION - Access through RECONCILIATION

Incarnation

Big Idea: To be incarnational is to be VULNERABLE - Vulnerability requires HUMILITY - Vulnerability fosters CONNECTION - Vulnerability BENEFITS others - Vulnerability brings greater GLORY

Full Send

- A SENDING church is a HEALTHY church - A HEALTHY church sends RESOURCES - A HEALTHY church sends LEADERS

Zeal for Success

- God's plan for SUCCESS includes someone else SUCCEEDING us - True succession includes our PARTICIPATION - Anointing for succession is found in OBEDIENCE

I've Had Enough

- Adversity blinds you from your blessings and breakthroughs - You have to seek God to settle down - Find the difference between what you see and what God sees

New Command

- Jesus MODELLED a powerful love for us; now he MANDATES it from us - Love others PRACTICALLY - Love others SACRIFICIALLY - Love others UNCONDITIONALLY - Love others FREELY

New You

- Take off the FORMER SELF - Get some NEW ATTITUDES - Put on the NEW YOU

New Mission

New Mercies

- His mercies never fail - His mercies are like manna... new every day - It's time to pick your portion

I Am Sorry

- God desires worship from a CLEAR CONSCIENCE, not a CLUTTERED one - God's presence is a place of CONVICTION - Reconciliation begins with you

Hold Your Horses

- Calamity can kill our compass - Sketchy supports lead to shattered stories - You can rest in Him, or run on horses