Category: open-house
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A People of the Wind
Scriptures:Genesis 1:1; Genesis 22:1–14; John 1:1–5; John 3:1–8; John 20:1–18; Acts 2:1–4; Romans 14:17; 1 Corinthians 6:19; 1 Corinthians 12:4–11; 1 Corinthians 14:14; 2 Timothy 3:16–17; Hebrews 11:8 A People of the Wind There are moments when God does not simply give His people a message; He gives them a summons. Not a gentle suggestion…
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Go With God, Even When It’s Hard (Open House)
Scriptures:Hebrews 11:1–16; John 15:15; Romans 8:14–17 Go With God, Even When It’s Hard There are moments in every life of faith when the ground beneath you feels uncertain—when prayers feel thin, direction feels distant, and you find yourself asking, “What do I hold onto right now?” These are not signs that faith is failing; they…
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Foxes and our Future (Open House)
Scriptures:Song of Solomon 2:15; John 15:1–5 Foxes and our Future There is something sacred about beginnings—but there is something equally dangerous about settling. At the start of the year, we live wide awake. Intentional. Watchful. Hungry for change. We pay attention to what we eat, how we spend, how we speak, and who we are…
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Remember the Oil (Open House)
Scriptures:1 Samuel 16:13; 1 Samuel 10; Revelation 16:1; Isaiah 61; John 1:16; Romans 12:2; Psalm 45:7 Remember the Oil There are always two ways to live. Two ways to lead. Two ways to love. Two ways to respond when life presses in and the stakes feel high. Scripture paints this contrast vividly through two kings:…
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The Mission Must Go On (Open House)
Scriptures:Mark 8:27–35; Mark 9:31; Matthew 16:13–24; Romans 12:10; Proverbs 19:21; Romans 8:14–17 The mission must go on. Those words don’t arrive softly. They carry weight. They sound like conviction. They confront comfort. And yet, beneath them is grace—the kind that refuses to leave us smaller than we were called to be. In Mark 8, Peter…
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The Standard of Sonship (Open House)
Scriptures:Matthew 5:1–16; Romans 12:2; John 15:15; Numbers 13–14 There is a standard in the Kingdom of God—and it has never changed. Like a home plate in baseball, it remains 14 by 14 inches whether you’re five years old or pitching in the major leagues. The plate does not expand to accommodate inexperience. The standard does…
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A Listening Leader (Open House)
Scriptures:1 Samuel 1; 1 Samuel 3; Psalm 27:4; Romans 10:17; John 10:27; John 7:37–38; Proverbs 4:20–22 A Listening Leader We live in a loud world. Every scroll, every headline, every conversation competing for our attention. And beneath all that noise, there is a subtle strategy at work—distraction. Not destruction. The enemy cannot destroy the purposes…
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Open Hearts, Open Heaven (Open House)
Scriptures: 2 Kings 22:1–2; 2 Chronicles 34:1–3; John 1:16; Romans 8:14–17; Ephesians 3:20–21; Hebrews 12:2; Psalm 27:4 Open Hearts, Open Heaven What if a normal Sunday becomes an altar of transformation? What if a Tuesday morning commute invites the whisper of heaven? What if worship becomes more than a song, and fasting more than abstinence, but…
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