April 30, 2017 | The Return to Redemption | Sermon Notes

Ruth 1:6-10

1. God’s action.

2. Kindness.

Ruth 1:11-13

3. Emptiness.

April 23, 2017 | Their Eyes Were Opened | Sermon Notes

Ruth 1:1-5

1. Famines refine and redirect us (Liz Curtis Higgs).

2. Kindness isn’t just a courtesy but reflects the heart of God and the gospel.

3. Helplessness traps us in the here-and-now.

4. The people of God are tethered to the overarching plan of God.

God cares. God is there. God rules. God provides. – David Atkinson

Psalm 73:26

April 9, 2017 | Their Eyes Were Opened | Sermon Notes

Luke 24:13-17

Luke 24:18-24

1. Hope looks far different than you expect (Luke 24:18-24).

Luke 24:25-27.

2. Hope is weaved into God’s plan laid out in the Bible and stamped by Jesus (Luke 24:25-27).

You don’t study the winds of change for hope and peace, you study the pages of the Word given to you by the One who controls those winds – Paul Tripp

Luke 24:28-35.

3. Hope transforms us as we find intimacy with Jesus (Luke 24:28-35).

April 9, 2017 | The Cost of Suffering | Sermon Notes

Luke 22:39-46 

1. Jesus identifies with you in your suffering so you might better know him.

Matthew 26:36-39

Philippians 3:10

2. Run with desperate honesty to the Father.

3. Recognize that your personal preference often pushes against God’s design.

Matthew 36:40-41

4. Invite others into suffering with you.

5. Allow suffering to do its work of transformation.

April 2, 2017 | No Turning Back | Sermon Notes

Luke 9:21-24 & Luke 9:51-62

1. The security of control and comfort (Luke 9:57-58). 

2. The responsibility that allows me to delay and excuse (Luke 9:59-60).   

3. The divided loyalty that keeps me looking back (Luke 9:61-62).

March 19, 2017 | Money and Things, Part 2 | Sermon Notes

Continued from last week…

Luke 12:29-34

2. God’s grace frees us to seek the kingdom with our money and possessions.

A. Pursue sacrifice for the needs of others.

B. Pursue investment in things that last and matter.

March 12, 2017 | Money and Things | Sermon Notes

Luke 12:13-15, Luke 12:29-34

1. Our greed blinds us to the culture’s captivity of money and possessions.

Luke 12:16-21

A. We’re captured by our self-sufficiency.

B. We’re captured by our self-indulgences.

Luke 12:22-24

C. We’re captured by worry over having more or having enough.

Luke 12:25-28

Luke 12:29-31

March 5, 2017 | Repentance | Sermon Notes

Luke 19:1-5

Luke 19:6-10

Luke 18:9-14

February 19, 2017 | Searching | Sermon Notes

READ Luke 11:1-8

1. Prayer is a point where our desperation and the Father’s dependability meet.

2. Prayer is a process that calls for boldness and persistence.

3. Prayer is a perspective where the aim is not getting an immediate answer but trusting a loving Father.

February 12, 2017 | Mercy | Sermon Notes

Luke 6:27-31

1. Respond to those who hate and hurt you with intentional and generous love.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Luke 6:32-36

2. Receive the mercy of the Father and extend it to others.

Luke 6:37-42

3. Remove the sin in your own heart before you condemn it in others.

February 5, 2017 | Transformation | Sermon Notes

Luke 5:17-26

1. Religious thinking builds fences that keep people captive.

2. The Kingdom Way brings spiritually paralyzed people to Jesus.

3. When Jesus transforms lives, the whole body celebrates and grows.

January 29, 2017 | Multiplication, Part 2 | Sermon Notes

Luke 5:4-11

3. Jesus invites us to deeper waters to challenge our self-sufficiency.

4. When captured by Jesus’ power and holiness, we lose our attachment to lesser things.

5. We’ll abandon everything when we value Jesus’ agenda more than ours.