As we begin a shared teaching series with other churches in Denver, Jared Mackey, pastor at The Sacred Grace teaches from Proverbs 1 on how God matters to all our life and all our life matters to God.
“Wisdom is the art of living skillfully in whatever actual conditions we find ourselves.” – Eugene Peterson
Todd Bright brings us our fourth sermon in our series focusing on financial alignment
What does the Lord, who owns it all, want us to do with the resources He entrusts to us? Last week we learned that He wants us to be generous by sharing the first portion. This week we discover that He also wants us to save an appropriate amount, so we are prepared and at ease, without dread of disaster.
Since everything we have is a gift from God, what does He want us to do with it? For the next three weeks we will consider instructions from God regarding what to do with His resources. This week we discover that He wants His children to take the first portion of all that He sends our way and share it in ways that honor Him. When we do this, according to Solomon and King Jesus, God sees and rewards.
Cars run best over the long haul when all 4 tires are aligned. In this 4-week series we will align our finances in 4 key ways to God’s vision. In this first message we are challenged by the declaration in God’s Word that He owns it all. When this reality is embraced, the unexpected gift of gratitude returns to our life and relationship with God!
Part of the Good News of the Gospel is that the Resurrected Jesus is still actively speaking in our world today to bring about healing, deliverance and change. So, no matter what you may be going through, some kind of a trial, a painful emotional situation, a battle with sin, hurt and disappointed by God, or you’re just somehow “stuck” and can’t seem to move forward, the Lord cares and wants to meet with you and speak to you in that place.
Have you been disappointed by God? On the Sunday after Jesus’ crucifixion, two of His followers were walking away sad because they thought God was going to work differently than how reality played out. In this message we discover that God uses our spiritual disappointments to correct and then deepen our youthful, blissful and inadequate views of Him and His mysterious ways.
The resurrected Jesus has been given all authority. What is this authority and what does it look like? Jesus strategically linked His cause for the disciples with His authority. What would His authority look like in the life of a Jesus-Follower and what difference would it make?
Have you ever been a bad friend? Have you ever shrunk back from a challenge because you were scared? Have you ever been unfaithful to someone who has only ever been faithful to you for years? A common feeling we have when we recognize we’ve done something like this, is shame. Peter must have felt shame after he denied knowing Jesus, 3 times. When Jesus forgives Peter joyfully, removes Peter’s shame completely, and invites Peter to follow him courageously, he empowers Peter to live like Jesus, resurrectedly.
Home inspections reveal that which is good and that which needs improvement. So, our world is filled with shooting stars and shooting victims. Jesus began a cosmic restoration during His brief life and He invited others to join Him in healing the world and humanity. For united with Him, His death was the death of the project for worldwide renewal and personal wholeness. So, His resurrection, was more than His resurrection. It was the rebirth of all that He began, His disciples now continue, and He will complete when He comes again at the end of the age – the renewal of all things!