The disciples were all different. They had different jobs and different personalities. These were the men who would carry the message of Jesus into the world and the good news is that means God wants to use us all!
How do I know if I am a cultural Christian or a true born-again Christian? 2 Corinthians 13:5 says we need to examine ourselves so let’s do that today!
Rejection. We have all felt it but when God was choosing a new disciple after Judas, the guy who WASN’T picked for the job never felt rejected because he saw God’s hand in it all. Today let’s talk about that!
When Jesus picked His disciples – He didn’t pick the brightest and smartest. He picked those who were unschooled and self-centered. But those were the kind of men Jesus knew He could use and transform and He can do the same for us!
Are we hearing the truth about Salvation? In this age of cultural Christianity, I am not sure we are hearing the full and true story. Join us today as we see what biblical salvation looks like from the book of Romans.
We hear a lot of people say things like “God told me to do this or that.” How do we know that God is actually speaking to us? Today let's talk about that as we continue in Acts chapter 1.
Does your church tell you what you can and can’t do? If so, that is not what Jesus is after. He is after a heart change! This is why we need to know the Bible!
Biblical prophecy is being fulfilled but do Christians know what to look out for? Do we know where to be looking in the Middle East for the Anti-Christ because the Bible tells us the region he is coming from? Do we know a new Jewish Temple will be built and that is a sign the return of Jesus is close? Do we see what is going on in Israel as "Biblical Prophecy" being fulfilled?
When life changes sometimes we feel so sad. We know all the right answers in our head but sometimes our heart has a hard time catching up with our head. Today we will talk about why we don't need to get stuck!
Do you follow the Bible or do you follow rules given to you by your church? Jesus never approved of religion or legalism but He was born into a time when there were Pharisees and teachers of the Law who didn’t like what Jesus was offering: Freedom FROM Religion and Legalism!
Living water. Jesus tells the woman at the well that this is what she is missing in her life so what is this? Join us today for the answer!
The Holy Spirit has so many roles. Comforter. Strengthener. He leads and guides us. But it’s in the difficult days that so often God feels distant. Today we will talk about those times when we just don’t feel His presence and we will talk about what we can do to get our eyes refocused on Him.
Christians aren't perfect. Some people have a past. So how do we treat them? Are we a Judge or are we a Doctor? Are we judging or trying to help them heal?
If you are a Christian that means someone was courageous enough to have shared the gospel – the good news of Jesus with you. Do you remember who that person was? Because you will spend all eternity with God because they cared enough about you to tell you this amazing news. Are you THAT person for others?
When life gets difficult it’s easy to become fearful. We spend so much time asking the “what if” questions: What if I lose that person? What if I get sick? What if my child gets in an accident? That is no way to live life. Today we continue in Acts as we talk about who the Holy Spirit is and why He is so important in our life especially when it comes to worry!
Sometimes people get stuck and don’t want to follow Jesus because they have a past. They feel ashamed. They feel God could never love them. But that’s not true and we will learn today from a man named Levi who had to put his past behind him so he could follow Jesus!
John the Baptist had the right motive for following Jesus, and it was this: Jesus must become greater and I must become less. He must increase and I must decrease. Today let’s see what making Jesus greater in our lives should look like!
Imagine Peter, a good Jewish boy telling his parents he was going to follow a Jewish carpenter who claimed to be the Messiah! I bet that didn’t go over very well! But after Jesus arose from the dead everything changed for Peter and now he couldn’t stop telling people how Jesus changed his life! The same should happen to us. How do we tell others about Jesus? Today we will give you some tips!
Sometimes there is this fork in the road and the question is: Are we going to take the path where we live life for ourselves or are we going to take the path of following Jesus and live our lives for Him? We will look at this today in light of sharing our faith!
Do we understand what the TRUE Gospel is because there are a lot of counterfeit gospels out there. Can we tell the difference? Where we spend eternity is at stake with which gospel we believe!
We tend to think of the church as a building. But the early church didn’t have buildings. They knew that THEY were the church and they had a mission – to get the good news of Jesus out into the world and the same is true for us! We are the church and we have a mission. Join us today as we see what that means.
When we surrender our life to Jesus something changes but this has nothing to do with religion or rules. Instead, our heart changes. But doesn’t God give us a bunch of rules? Not really! Join us today as we talk about this!
You had a plan for your life, and you were pretty sure it was God’s plan too. But then out of the blue – that plan tragically changed. You are shocked and confused wondering, REALLY GOD? What are You thinking?
What does the Baptism of the Holy Spirit mean? If you ask 10 different people from 10 different churches you will get 10 different answers! Why? Because some of you come from Charismatic backgrounds. Some of you come from Bible church backgrounds and there seem to be two different camps regarding this topic. Let’s see what the BIBLE actually says!!
We all sin. We all feel the weight of our sin and what that can produce is a feeling that God is mad at us. But we forget that Jesus paid for our sins! He covered our sins. Today we will see how God looks at us and we will use the illustration of potholes and asphalt to make this point!
Last week we talked about all the different spiritual gifts people have who help at our Bible Study but there are actually more spiritual gifts than what we talked about! Maybe yours is the gift of faith or the gift of healing. Today we will continue talking about other gifts of the Spirit that you might have!
We are always busy. We don’t take time to stop and smell the roses and I think the same thing happens regarding reading the Bible. We are on a time schedule so maybe we grab a quick devotional. Maybe we read a quick verse before we go out the door. But if we want to know God and what He is like we are going to have to slow down and open our Bible and read it slowly!
God created us all differently. We all have different personalities and different abilities and when we become a follower of Jesus we all use our different gifts to point people to Him! We are all part of the body of Christ and each part matters!
Sometimes God says “no” to our prayers because as a follower of Jesus, sometimes God has a different plan for our life than what we think should happen. This week we will continue talking about the leper that Jesus will heal and what is amazing is that this man’s life plan did not include getting leprosy and yet God used it to teach us something about Jesus!
As Christians, we should read the bible. We should WANT to read the bible. But why don’t we? I would say maybe we don’t understand it but after these last 15 weeks in our Puzzled by the Bible series we can’t say that anymore! Now we know a lot ABOUT the Bible but maybe we don’t know how to read it or where to start! Join us today for our final lesson in this series as we pull everything together and talk about HOW to read the Bible.
