Extravagant Generosity describes the practice of giving and sharing that exceeds all expectations Giving because we know the gift will be multiplied. We all have gifts, we need to use them, and we will be held accountable for how they are used. It’s not about our money, but our hearts. The Parable of the Bags…
Worship is service! We must participate if we expect to by shaped by Christ. 12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14 And over all these virtues…
Taking risks to spread the message of Jesus and testifying to the gospel of grace. 22 “And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there. 23 I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me. 24 However, I consider my life worth…
Do not let your negative past events influence you from your future faith intentions. 12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken…
When we offer radical hospitality, radical things happen Christian hospitality; in Romans 15:7 Paul defines “hospitality”; be careful that our church isn’t a “closed” knit group; to be a growing and alive church, we cannot maintain the status quo. On the Road to Emmaus 13 Now that same day two of them were going to a…
To grow the kingdom, all the gifts go to serve the body of Christ. 7 But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. 8 This is why it says: “When he ascended on high, he took many captives and gave gifts to his people. 9 (What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to…