Teaching about kingdom attributes, Jesus showed that true righteousness goes beyond the superficial teachings of the Pharisees. We can immediately begin to apply kingdom attitudes such as true happiness through being poor in spirit, mourning, being meek, and hungering and thirsting after righteousness.

Teaching about more kingdom attributes, Jesus continued to show that true righteousness goes beyond the superficial teachings of the Pharisees. We can immediately begin to apply kingdom attitudes such as mercy, purity, peacemaking, and internal and external righteousness.

Our motivation for serving Christ should be rooted in pleasing Christ and him alone. When human beings are at peace with God’s righteousness, they can serve for the audience of One.

Following Christ’s message is essential, but we have to be cautious not to become what he was preaching against. When we stop focusing so much on our actions and focus more on our hearts, our actions will take care of themselves.

When we build our life below the baseline where no one sees but God, our life will be able to withstand any outside force. We can make it through life’s toughest seasons when we focus on Christ as our foundation.

Our life will be revolutionized when we allow Christ and his message to rule our lives. There are many areas of life we like to control, but when we give them over to Christ, he knows exactly what to do with them.

The incarnation shows God dwelling with and loving a broken humanity, and the importance of being with others even in their brokenness. Because of Jesus, we will be a people who are present and dwelling with the broken world around us.

In this message, we will be challenged to stop fixating on what we’ve lost and start focusing on what comes next.

How do you keep going when you don’t know how it’s going to turn out? In this message, we are challenged to trust God – even when we can’t see how He’s working.

Salvation comes from God and God alone. It is only through believing and following the Lord Jesus Christ that we will find our true reward. Follow Him and be saved. Learn how to be thankful by finding salvation in Christ.

Obadiah served God’s people even though he worked in a faithless environment. No matter what environment we find ourselves in, we must serve God’s people faithfully.

Ruth went from being a Moabite to continuing the Davidic line, which ultimately led to Jesus. Because God includes us in his family, he can do great things through us.

John the Baptist was an ordinary man God used to prepare the world for Jesus. Like John the Baptist, God wants us to prepare the way for people to receive his Son.

Jesus calls ordinary people to follow him and do extraordinary things for the kingdom of God. God uses any people who will surrender their lives and follow him.

Paul wanted the Corinthians to remember that God’s generosity toward them was not based on where they came from or who they were. We must remember that God’s extraordinary grace is a free gift given to ordinary people like us so that his kingdom can grow.

It’s time to size up your storm and understand that the enemy only attacks what’s valuable. This message reminds us that if we’re going through a storm, there must be something important on the other side.

Suffering doesn’t have to ruin you. Just because you didn’t choose to go through it doesn’t mean you can’t grow through it. This message shows us that God can make you fruitful right where you are.

It’s time to work through our weakness and put it into purpose. This message reveals that when it feels like God is pulling apart, it’s because he knows how it’s supposed work together.

One of the earliest judges is Ehud, who saved God’s people from the Moabites. Let us allow God to use us, as God used Ehud, to reveal Christ to the world.

Judges emphasizes that God’s people did not have a king and did what was right in their own lives. Let us not be people who live our lives in our own eyes and opinions.

Judges ends with the Hebrew people striving to blend worship to God with worship to idols. Let us become aware of our failure and begin to worship God alone.

In exile Daniel never lost hope in God’s plan for his people and his provision in both prosperity and persecution. He did not know why but he focused on how to serve and overcome by faith.

Abraham believed in God’s promise and covenant before anything happened in the physical world. He trusted God but was then stuck in waiting. Trust is hard when you are stuck in the waiting room.

The disciples were challenged by Jesus and had to change the way they saw God and the world. Their expectations of who they thought the Messiah would be left them stuck and almost unable to believe, trust, and follow.

The apostle Paul went through tremendous hardship in his ministry for Christ. However, he was content and had peace in all circumstances. Always growing, always becoming, always moving to the place he so desperately desired.

This message reveals that God has you exactly where He needs you – and if you’ll lean on Him, He’ll give you what you need to get through.

Do you want to have the upper hand? This message reveals that victory isn’t always about the weapons we have – it’s how we use them.

This message reveals that God is waging war with what’s coming against you – because the fruit is coming!

Believers are unified in Christ and can experience God together in fellowship and worship. Serving, loving, and living in Community is God’s plan for us.

Christian community has a life and ethic formed by virtues that Christ wants us to live out.

The virtue and life of Christian community reveals Jesus in how we treat one another and the outside world. Let’s reflect Jesus to one another, so that the world can see him.

We were not meant to walk with Jesus alone, but with a community of people, even in the worst moments of life. Let us learn to walk with each other in good times and bad times.

In this message, we are challenged to not let our labels limit what God is leading us into.

In this message, we learn that when we don’t have the resources for the fight we’re facing, God’s power is more than enough.

Zacchaeus interacted with Jesus and left transformed, confessing and professing a changed life. Believers can trust that God will offer transformation when our hearts are truly repentant.

Jonah avoided God’s plan because of anger, but God changed his heart. Believers can trust that God is big enough to save even the toughest people when they have a repentant heart.

There are some things in life that bring us comfort – so when something new enters our lives, it can feel very much like a threat. It’s time to embrace what’s new as a blessing from God rather than a threat to your comfort.

Our enemy cannot close a door that God had opened. When God opens a door, nobody can shut it. So, while the enemy may not be able to close doors, he can try to keep us from walking through them.

The Word of God teaches us how to be like Jesus. How much time do you spend studying Scripture versus staring at a screen, and which one do you think is shaping your character more?

Prayer begins with your understanding of God and the desire of God. How well do you know the God you’re praying to?

Getting better at following Jesus involves being more in tune with God when you worship him. We don’t worship God because of our circumstances; we worship God because he is with us in our circumstances.

This message shows the transformational power of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. The Spirit changed everything. Join us on a journey to experience the transformation that only the Holy Spirit can bring.

In an ancient world where a person’s worth was based on their family wealth or political station, Jesus changed the entire course of history by coming for all people—equally. The value of a person is now based on the price that God paid for their redemption: the blood of God’s very Son.

The breaking between B.C. and A.D. wasn’t just about a birth so we could have a new holiday; it was about a new way of life. We should not have a “Christmas faith,” but a transformed life that shows Jesus’ Lordship every day of the year.

We are taught to offer thanks to God not only occasionally or when wonderful things are happening; instead, we are to give thanks in all circumstances. Even when we experience trials, we can give thanks for God’s presence, his understanding, and his comfort.

From the fullness of our gratitude, we can pour out generosity. As we cultivate thankful hearts for God’s goodness, provision, and presence, generosity will flow naturally from our lives.

In this message, you will learn how to shift your mind to the only thing you really can control — what you choose to focus on. You can find freedom when choose not to focus on your frustrations, your fears or even the facts. Together, we will find a more fruitful focus.

The greatest pain and the greatest pleasure of your life will be experienced in the context of relationship. So, what’s the secret to having and keeping successful ones? Discover how the cross makes it possible for us to not only have a loving relationship with God, but for us to also have thriving relationships with others.

When we put our trust in God, we accept we can’t control the outcome and learn to walk patiently through the process. From Lazarus, we can learn how to lean on God and believe that even in disappointment, He is with us – and choose to follow Him even though things aren’t going the way we expected. That’s the life Jesus came to bring.

The fruit of our lives can be directly correlated to the roots of our lives. On what do we build our lives? A life built on Jesus overflows with purpose and meaning. The Bible compares this kind of connection to a vine with many branches.

Spiritual growth is paved with passionate prayer and intentional study of Scripture. These are the avenues given to us to know and trust the heart of God. The more we spend time reading and praying, the more our lives are transformed by the power of God.

Humble living is the key to developing deep and abiding roots in community with one another. The church is a body of believers who each have a part to play in seeing God’s Kingdom come to earth.

We are to serve Jesus at and through our job. Treat every person at work – whether a coworker or an angry customer – as if Jesus was in them or standing right behind them.

Your home can be a headquarters for local mission. Take a tangible step this week to get to know one of your neighbors.

Our use of technology can be a witness to our faith. Does your use of technology help people learn about Jesus—or alienate them from him?

Hospitality should be geared toward strangers and unbelievers. Many people met Jesus at a dinner table. Are they meeting him at your dinner table?

Jesus is greater than any former spiritual leader, and we should not lack belief in him. We must fully believe in Jesus and find our rest in him. Topics: Supremacy of Christ, Rest, Honesty with God

Jesus is the only mediator between God and humanity. We must boldly approach God through the mediating work of Christ. Topics: High Priest, Mediator

God expects us to grow in our spiritual formation. We must grow in our walk with Christ and lead others to grow as believers. Topics: Maturity, Spiritual Infancy, Cultural Christianity

The sacrifice of Jesus has made all other sacrifices obsolete; it alone is the full payment for sin. We must walk in the salvation that is only provided by the sacrifice of Christ and not our works. Topics: Sacrifice, Blood of Jesus

Faith goes beyond mental assent; it is an active confidence in what God will do. We must walk by faith in our daily relationship with Jesus. Topic: Faith

God is a loving Father who wants his children to grow and reflect Christ in their lives. We must persevere in our faith, and our lives will reflect our salvation. Topic: Salvation

How do you measure? Through status? Through results? Through opportunities? Often, we measure life by what we have, but we should be measuring by what weight those things carry. You’ve got a power that goes beyond your performance.

When anxiety invades our minds, running is often our reaction. But let’s learn how to lean on God in those moments. Let’s discover what is at the root of our anxiety and learn how to resist it instead of running from it.

Have you just started accepting disappointment as the norm without questioning if God is at work? The story of Abraham and Sarah is a great illustration of what to do with disappointment and unmet expectations when we are faced with it. It shows us how to have unwavering faith in the midst of life’s greatest let-downs.

Jesus has provided us with his idea of what should happen within the kingdom of God. We must realize what Jesus wants to happen within the kingdom of God, so we can begin to enact that plan.

As members of the kingdom, we have the responsibility for being the reach of God’s kingdom on earth. God adopted us into the kingdom; we should live in a way that recognizes and responds to that adoption.

Kingdom living is not just a responsibility; it is also a reward. We can begin to experience the intimacy God wants to have with us when we follow the instructions, he gives us for kingdom living.

When you follow God, you can trust that he will provide. While following Jesus, there will be times when it gets hard. But God will provide what you need for the journey.

Expect challenges in the journey of faith but remember that the victory belongs to God. Do trials and tribulations make you give up or help you rely on Jesus? Let’s use our struggles to be reminded that Jesus provides the victory.

Know that you do not journey alone. We are the church, and the church is the Body of Christ. Jesus has promised never to leave you or forsake you—even if you can’t see him.

Never lose sight of the destination: Jesus. Losing sight of your goal can make it harder to accomplish. What is the goal of your faith?