Our goal is simple: to love well and live differently. Jesus called his followers to stop judging and start forgiving, challenging them to love well. As we do our priorities change. We invest in our community and we begin to live differently.
Scripture: Acts 2:1-4 (CEB) Take home thought: The same God who calls us to it, will see us through it. Grow | Pray | Study: https://www.519church.org/gps/
Scripture: Acts 1:1-11 (CEB); Isaiah 40:31 (NKJV) Quote from Dante Bowe of Maverick City Music: "It's not just about waiting. It's about what you're doing while you're waiting." A prayer in the midst of waiting: God, free me from this counterfeit comfort. Amen. Grow | Pray | Study: https://www.519church.org/gps/
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Take home thought: The more you develop rhythms and habits of discipleship, the clearer your vision for Jesus will become. Frederick Beuchner Quote: Emmaus is the place we go to in order to escape--a bar, a movie, wherever it is we throw up our hands and say, “let the whole thing go hang. It makes no difference anyway.” … Emmaus may be buying a new suit or a new car or smoking more cigarettes than you really want, or reading a second-rate novel or even writing one. Emmaus may be going to church on Sunday. Emmaus is whatever we do or wherever we go to make ourselves forget that the world holds nothing sacred: that even the wisest and bravest and loveliest decay and die; that even the noblest ideas that people have had--ideas about love and freedom and justice--have always in time been twisted out of shape by selfish people for selfish ends. Grow | Pray | Study: https://www.519church.org/gps/
Scripture: John 20:24-31 (CEB) Main Point: The difference between doubt and faith is a lot smaller than you might think. Just ask Thomas. Grow | Pray | Study: https://www.519church.org/gps/
Scripture: John 21:1-14 Quote: The distance between where you are and where you need to be might not be as far as you think, but to get there, you will encounter resistance.
Scripture: Mark 16:1-8 Grow | Pray | Study: https://www.519church.org/gps/
Scripture: Mark 10:35-45 (CEB) Main Point: Jesus would rather be known than idolized. GPS Guide: https://www.519church.org/gps/
Scripture: Mark 10:17-31 (CEB) Main Point: Following Jesus is about invitation and imitation, not intimidation. Grow | Pray | Study: https://www.519church.org/gps/
Scripture: Mark 7:24-30 Take home thought: The grace of God is for the desiring, not just the deserving.
Scripture: Mark 2:18-28; Matthe 6:16-18 (CEB) Bottom line: Faith is not about following the rules. Faith is about following the One. Take home thought: "Don't confuse mechanics with essence." - Justin McRoberts
Scripture: Mark 1:14-20 (CEB) Bottom line: Jesus is not just your ticket to heaven. Jesus is heaven's ticket to you.
Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:4-9 (CEB) Take home thoughts: If the circumstances require it, we have an incredible capacity for change. Living differently is the expressed action of our values When values are your filter, decisions become clearer. “It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.” -St. Francis of Assisi 3 ways to live: Live Full: Grow into the full stature of Christ Live Sent: Embrace every day as an opportunity for ministry Live Generously: Live simply so we can give abundantly Sermon Response: Live generously by performing 1 random act of kindness this week. More info in the 519GPS: https://www.519church.org/gps/
Scripture: Matthew 7:24-27 Bottom Line: To love well is to love with purpose. The Three Loves: Know Love: God is love, imitate that. Love Everyone: Even the people you don't like. Embody Love: Make love real by serving others. Sermon Response: Love our Postal Carriers 519 GPS Guide: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mXlB3tA4m9aQ8mx88odsKLP88hP9Ijy-/view
Scripture: Mark 1:21-28 Take Home Thought: Our God is a God who won't shy away from all the things that torment us. Our God is a God who speaks directly to all that is evil/all that is broken/all that is wrong.
Scripture: John 15:5; Psalm 139:7 A breath prayer to practice throughout the week: Inhale: God, you abide in me. Exhale: God, you abide in this moment. Quote from Dr. James Doty, MD (clinical professor of neurosurgery at Stanford University and founder and director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, an affiliate of the Stanford Neurosciences Institute.): "The brain doesn't distinguish between an experience that is intensely imagined and an experience that is real...it will always choose what is familiar over what is unfamiliar."
Scripture: Job 1:1-12 (CEB) Key Points: > We are made for communion. > Life is a chronic condition. > Grace can be found in the little things. Quote: “Pain is provocative. Pain pushes people to the edge, causing them to ask fundamental questions such as ‘Why is this happening?' and ‘How can this be fixed?' Pain brings out the best in people along with the worst. Pain strips away all the illusions required to maintain the status quo. Pain begs for change, and when those in its grip find no release on earth, plenty of them look to heaven – including some whose formal belief systems preclude such wishful thinking.” — Barbara Brown Taylor
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:12-20 (CEB) Three Questions to Consider: 1. What does living with purpose mean to you? 2. What habits or rituals help you find purpose in your work and life? 3. What pleases you? Quote from An Altar in the World: "If I wanted a life of meaning, then I was going to have to apply the purpose for myself."
Scripture: Genesis 28:10-19 Quote: “Wisdom is not gained by knowing what is right. Wisdom is gained by practicing what is right, and noticing what happens when that practice succeeds and when it fails.” -- Barbara Brown Taylor
Scripture: John 14:27 (MSG) Thought to take home thoughts: - The Peace of Christ is an internal reality - The Peace of Christ always seems to be at the center of self-care
Scripture: John 1:6-8; 19-28 (NRSV) Take home thought: "In this advent season, perhaps more than any other I have experienced, I need to believe this story, that God is just not satisfied to leave us to our own devices. That pointing to Jesus and patterning our lives and our loves after him, is the only life worth living. That God is, even now, working in the shadows to create new ways of healing us." Quote from Rachel Held Evans: “I am a Christian because the story of Jesus is still the story I'm willing to risk being wrong about.”
Scripture: Mark 1:1-8 (CEB) Thought to consider: It's clear that across time and place, across even Scripture, there are particular people and particular instances that help us see and hear Jesus, who help us to recognize Jesus in our midst.
Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-23 Thoughts to consider: Always begin with gratitude Have faith in what God is doing in and through you
Scriptures: Psalm 13; Romans 12:1-2 (NLT) Question to consider: How are you posturing your life towards gratitude today?
Scriptures: Isaiah 6:1-8; Isaiah 61:1-3 (NLT) Quote to remember: "You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you." - St. Augustine
Scriptures: Hebrews 12:1, Luke 11:11-13 Take-Home Thoughts: 1. One of the best ways to restore the harmony of your soul is through thankfulness and gratitude. 2. Even broken hallelujahs are beautiful melodies to the Lord Question of the day: What kind of witness are we leaving behind for others?
Sermon: Holy Vulnerability Scripture: Luke 8:26-39 (New Living Translation) Main Point: If vulnerability is the key to abundant and authentic life, holy vulnerability is the key to the Kingdom of God. 4 Postures of Vulnerability: - Vulnerability is the posture of Jesus - Vulnerability is the posture of the Saints - Vulnerability is the posture of the Gospel - Vulnerability should be the posture of your heart Bonus Thought: When we lack vulnerability, we think more highly of pigs than people
Take some time to get to know one of the leading members of our triangle community, Dr. Rose Cornelious. In this conversation, Dr. Rose talks about her life's work, her call to ministry, and her particular passion for elevating the voices and stories of oppressed women and children around the globe. Dr. Rose is actively engaged in work to better our local, regional, and international community. This is a conversation you won't want to miss!
Scripture: Jeremiah 18:1-11 (Message Version) Thoughts to consider: 1. If you want to move the heart of the nation, you need to move the hearts of the people. 2. We love to provide external solutions for internal problems, but this doesn't create lasting and sustainable change. Take-Home Points: 1. Listen to the prophets. 2. Learn humility and kindness toward others (especially those with whom you disagree). 3. Look for change inwardly before doing so outwardly. 4. Live as though the world you desire to create already has the capacity to exist within you.
Scripture: Romans 8:18-25 (CEB) Thoughts to consider: 1. "The worst loss is yours." - David Kessler 2. "Waiting does not diminish us, any more than waiting diminishes a pregnant mother." - Romans 8:22-23 (MSG) 3. "You can't heal what you don't feel." - David Kessler Question of the day: How are you choosing hope today?
Scripture: Romans 7:18-25 Take home thoughts: 1. The grace of Christ redeems you from yourself 2. Our ability to know our destructive tendencies and act to change them is evidence of God's grace at work in our life even when we don't know it, see it, or feel it. 3. "You make your choices, then your choices make you." - Carey Neiuwhof 4. Change happens in the small and minute decisions. Actions for change: 1. Turn away from self-shame 2. Recognize the prevenient grace of God already at work in your life 3. Choose to do the next right thing.
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 5:10-17 Take home thought: 1) We spend so much time chasing what we think we have to, that we forget about chasing the One we need to.
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 7:12-17 (MSG) Sermon in a phrase: Intimacy = into-me-see Thoughts to take home: 1) Relationships help make us more holy 2) As we learn to be in relationship with each other, we learn to be in relationship with God. 3) God is infinitely committed to you
Join us as we catch up with our founding Pastor, Owen Barrow. This conversation is rich with all the things that make 519 feel like home. Owen shares about life in the midst of transition, he reminds us of the spirit that went into the founding of our church and chats about the vision we are catching for our future. There's also great wisdom on friendship, crucial conversations, innovation and so much more!
Scripture: Colossians 1:15-20 (MSG) Sermon in a sentence: “If God has room, you have room.” Take home thought to consider: 1) The more space you create, the fuller your life will be. Invitation: 1) Name one thing you can do to create a little more space in your life right now and see it through.
cripture: Philippians 1:9-11 Take home points: 1) Education and exposure always lend towards empathy. 2) Loving God and living neighbor looks like listening. 3) Not only do our prayers inform our lives, but our lives inform our prayers.
Scripture: Numbers 11; Matthew 15:16-18 Question #9: Do I grumble or complain constantly? Take Home Thought: “Words create worlds, and if your words are mostly negative, your world will be also.” Question to consider: “What kind of world are my words creating?” Invitation: Join us as we embark on a positivity scavenger hunt. Use this link (https://www.519church.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/519-Positivity-Scavenger-Hunt.png) or the image that will be shared through social media to participate!
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Scripture: Matthew 14:13-23 Sermon in a sentence: There is great freedom in holy order. Quote to consider: Structure is not meant to restrict you, but to set you free. Invitation: 1. Take 20 minutes to map out your ideal week. You have 168 hours to spend. How many hours will you spend working? How many will you spend sleeping? How many will you spend with family? Doing something for yourself? How much time will you leave set aside as slack or for interruption? Link to Elaine Heath on Rule of Life: https://www.theworkofthepeople.com/a-rule-of-life
Topic: Overcoming Vanity Question #5: Am I a servant to dress, work, friends, or habits? Scripture: Lamentation 4:17; Psalm 84:7 Bottom Line: With God, value is our beginning, not our end Take Home Point: 1. If you wait for others to value you more than you value yourself, you will never be satisfied. Application: 1. When you find you are struggling with your choices, ask yourself this question: “Who is this for?” 2. Join us in the #GodSays challenge and download our phone wallpaper to remind yourself of what God says about you anytime you feel you need encouragement.
Question #4: Am I being hypocritical? Scripture: Matthew 22:34-40; Galatians 2:11-14 Lessons to take home: 1: Be _______ with yourself 2: Find a _______ with whom you can be equally honest Quotes to consider: 1: Acting _______ to what you preach is the fastest way to turn people off from your message 2: _______ and _______ both extend from within. 3: Make hypocrisy a _______ and not a _______ in your life. Direct Invitations: 1: Talk to yourself – Schedule time for honest self-reflection. 2: Talk to someone else – Spend time with a kitchen friend and seek mutual accountability. Amazon Link for UnChristian Book: https://www.amazon.com/unChristian-Generation-Really-Christianity-Matters/dp/0801072719/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=unchristian&qid=1593026138&sr=8-1
The Lectio Divina is a five-fold practice that invites you to immerse yourself in scripture by preparing, reading, reflecting, responding, and resting. We will read the scripture three times this morning. Prepare: To begin, I simply invite you to take a deep breath in and breathe out. Let's take another deep breath in...and out. Wherever you find yourself, however you find yourself, know that God is with you right now. As we prepare to read our scripture, consider praying this simple prayer as you continue to breathe: “God, let me hear from you.” (PAUSE) Read: As we read our passage for the first time, listen for any words or phrases that seem to jump out. Don't feel like you have to force anything, simply listen and see where the Spirit nudges your attention. Once I finish reading the passage, I will leave space for some silence and reflection. What words or phrases jump out to you during this initial reading? If you feel you need more time, simply pause this recording. {1st READING} Reflect: As we read our scripture a second time, think about why these words or phrases stood out. What do you believe God is saying to you through this passage? Once I have finished reading, I will leave space for some silence and reflection. {2nd Reading} Respond: As we read our scripture one final time, consider how God might be calling you to respond. Perhaps your response is an action you need to take, or a thought you need to consider. However you are being called to respond, take a moment to write it in your journal, create a note on your phone, or log it in your memory and keep it with you throughout the day. Once I have finished reading, I will leave space for some silence and reflection. {3rd Reading} Rest: The final step in Lectio Divina is simply to rest. This isn't time to pray or meditate, but rather to allow God to continue to work in your thoughts however God will work. Take as much time as you need and when you're ready, return your focus to the order of your day. Closing: Thank you for joining me in prayer today. May the God who speaks to you now continue to speak over you as you journey through these hours. Go in peace. Go in God. Amen.
Join us as we journey through the I AM statements in John through the practice of Lectio Divina. If you would like to do this prayer practice without the audio guide, the transcript is below. The Lectio Divina is a five-fold practice that invites you to immerse yourself in scripture by preparing, reading, reflecting, responding, and resting. We will read the scripture three times this morning. Prepare: To begin, I simply invite you to take a deep breath in and breathe out. Let's take another deep breath in...and out. Wherever you find yourself, however you find yourself, know that God is with you right now. As we prepare to read our scripture, consider praying this simple prayer as you continue to breathe: “God, let me hear from you.” (PAUSE) Read: As we read our passage for the first time, listen for any words or phrases that seem to jump out. Don't feel like you have to force anything, simply listen and see where the Spirit nudges your attention. Once I finish reading the passage, I will leave space for some silence and reflection. What words or phrases jump out to you during this initial reading? If you feel you need more time, simply pause this recording. {1st READING} Reflect: As we read our scripture a second time, think about why these words or phrases stood out. What do you believe God is saying to you through this passage? Once I have finished reading, I will leave space for some silence and reflection. {2nd Reading} Respond: As we read our scripture one final time, consider how God might be calling you to respond. Perhaps your response is an action you need to take, or a thought you need to consider. However you are being called to respond, take a moment to write it in your journal, create a note on your phone, or log it in your memory and keep it with you throughout the day. Once I have finished reading, I will leave space for some silence and reflection. {3rd Reading} Rest: The final step in Lectio Divina is simply to rest. This isn't time to pray or meditate, but rather to allow God to continue to work in your thoughts however God will work. Take as much time as you need and when you're ready, return your focus to the order of your day. Closing: Thank you for joining me in prayer today. May the God who speaks to you now continue to speak over you as you journey through these hours. Go in peace. Go in God. Amen.
Join us as we journey through the I AM statements in John through the practice of Lectio Divina. If you would like to do this prayer practice without the audio guide, the transcript is below. The Lectio Divina is a five-fold practice that invites you to immerse yourself in scripture by preparing, reading, reflecting, responding, and resting. We will read the scripture three times this morning. Prepare: To begin, I simply invite you to take a deep breath in and breathe out. Let's take another deep breath in...and out. Wherever you find yourself, however you find yourself, know that God is with you right now. As we prepare to read our scripture, consider praying this simple prayer as you continue to breathe: “God, let me hear from you.” (PAUSE) Read: As we read our passage for the first time, listen for any words or phrases that seem to jump out. Don't feel like you have to force anything, simply listen and see where the Spirit nudges your attention. Once I finish reading the passage, I will leave space for some silence and reflection. What words or phrases jump out to you during this initial reading? If you feel you need more time, simply pause this recording. {1st READING} Reflect: As we read our scripture a second time, think about why these words or phrases stood out. What do you believe God is saying to you through this passage? Once I have finished reading, I will leave space for some silence and reflection. {2nd Reading} Respond: As we read our scripture one final time, consider how God might be calling you to respond. Perhaps your response is an action you need to take, or a thought you need to consider. However you are being called to respond, take a moment to write it in your journal, create a note on your phone, or log it in your memory and keep it with you throughout the day. Once I have finished reading, I will leave space for some silence and reflection. {3rd Reading} Rest: The final step in Lectio Divina is simply to rest. This isn't time to pray or meditate, but rather to allow God to continue to work in your thoughts however God will work. Take as much time as you need and when you're ready, return your focus to the order of your day. Closing: Thank you for joining me in prayer today. May the God who speaks to you now continue to speak over you as you journey through these hours. Go in peace. Go in God. Amen.
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