Opening Prayer Read Psalm 130 together.This psalm is a “song of ascents”, meaning that it was a song sung by worshipers as they went up to Jerusalem to worship God in the temple. The Jerusalem and its temple were situated on Mount Zion. So no matter what direction you came from, you were always going …
Category: Going Deeper
March 29 – Going Deeper
Read John 11:1-45. Watch the sermon video below. https://youtu.be/ddkjLaJxksA Listen. What did you hear in the Scripture reading and the sermon? What is God saying to you? What do we learn about Jesus in the “darkness” of Lazarus’ sickness and death? What do we learn about ourselves? Respond. If this is God’s word to you, …
March 22 – Going Deeper
Read John 9:1-41 and watch Pastor Nate's sermon "Blindness." https://youtu.be/UN3W19-Z3FU Listen. What did you hear in the Scripture reading and the sermon? What is God saying to you? What is Jesus saying about blindness? What is Jesus telling us about himself? Respond. If this is God’s word to you, what will you do? Here are some …
March 15, 2020
Click here to listen to Pastor Nate's sermon "Struggle in the Wilderness" Listen. Here is what Israel has experienced in the last several months: God inflicted Egypt with a series of plagues forcing their Pharaoh to release Israel from slavery.God parted the Red Sea so that Israel could escape the pursuing Egyptian Army. Once Israel …
March 8, 2020
Listen. Take a moment to think long and hard about the people and things in your life that you lean on to feel whole, secure, happy and at peace. What are some of those people and things? What would it be like to give them up? Read Genesis 12:1. What exactly is God asking Abram …
March 1, 2020
First Sunday in Lent Listen. Read Genesis 2:15-17. What two things has God given to Adam? What is the one thing that he has withheld? What is the punishment if Adam takes the one thing? Read Genesis 3:1-6. How does the serpent get the man and the woman (Adam and Eve) to do the one …
February 23, 2020
Last Sunday in Epiphany Listen. Epiphany is the season where we learn stories that show us who Jesus is. No other event, except for Jesus’ death and resurrection, tells us more about his identity than the Transfiguration (Jesus’ big change). Here in Matthew 17:1-9 God pulls back the veil and we see a glimpse of …
February 16, 2020
Listen. Last week we learned that Jesus came to restore for us a full and complete understanding of God’s Law. He does this for two reasons: First, he leads us down the “poor in spirit” path. He teaches us that we need God’s forgiveness every day because we can’t keep God’s Law. Second, he leads …
February 9, 2020
Click here to listen to Pastor Nate Hall's sermon 'Salt, Light, and Disciples' Listen. After giving us a vision for life in the kingdom of heaven, Jesus, in Matthew 5:13-20, paints us a picture of what it looks like to be a faithful disciple. He calls us the "salt of the earth" and the "light …
February 2, 2020
Fourth Week of Epiphany Listen. Jesus gives us a new set of glasses to prepare us for life in his new kingdom, which will be unlike any kingdom the world has ever seen. These glasses, called the Beatitudes, helps us see what Jesus sees when he sees a “blessed” person. Blessed simply means “happy” or …
