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

- God is interested in shadowing the work of our hands and the will of our hearts
- 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
- The problem with divine perfect: EXCLUSION - The impossibility of divine perfection: INADEQUACY - The fulfillment of divine perfection: CRUCIFIXION - The outcome of divine perfection: INCLUSION
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Jesus lead the greatest spiritual resistance ever - Resist with RESILIENCE - Resist with RIGHTEOUSNESS - Resist with INTERCESSION
- 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
- There are two kinds of estate planning: EARTHLY and ETERNAL - Plan your FUNERAL - Make good INVESTMENTS - Determine your WILL
- We commit to be LEARNERS - We commit to being part of the COMMUNITY - We commit to being CONTRIBUTORS
- 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
- 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
- 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
- He keeps his PROMISES in the midst of PERIL - He is at PEACE in the PANIC - He has POWER over the POWERS
- Watch for a heart that is ANGRY - Watch for a heart that is STAINED - Watch for a heart that is JEALOUS
- Jesus was the incarnation of the perfect PROPHET - Jesus was the incarnation of the perfect PRIEST - Jesus was the incarnation of the perfect KING
- 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
Big Idea: To be incarnational is to be VULNERABLE - Vulnerability requires HUMILITY - Vulnerability fosters CONNECTION - Vulnerability BENEFITS others - Vulnerability brings greater GLORY
- A SENDING church is a HEALTHY church - A HEALTHY church sends RESOURCES - A HEALTHY church sends LEADERS
- God's plan for SUCCESS includes someone else SUCCEEDING us - True succession includes our PARTICIPATION - Anointing for succession is found in OBEDIENCE
- 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
- 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
- Take off the FORMER SELF - Get some NEW ATTITUDES - Put on the NEW YOU
- His mercies never fail - His mercies are like manna... new every day - It's time to pick your portion
- God desires worship from a CLEAR CONSCIENCE, not a CLUTTERED one - God's presence is a place of CONVICTION - Reconciliation begins with you
- Calamity can kill our compass - Sketchy supports lead to shattered stories - You can rest in Him, or run on horses