Key Passage: Romans 8:26-39Jeremiah 17:10Psalm 139:23God works diligently to uncover our hearts, and to care for usOur culture says, know your heart and pursue its wishes, but the gospel says, God knows our hearts to pursue his wishes.God’s knowledge and diligence accomplish our best goodCulturally: Our image is the most important. What’s on your heart. But God has something better than our own he...  Read More

Key Passage: Romans 12:9-102 Corinthians 3:18Romans 12:1-2   Monday: Genesis 1, Philippians 2-3Tuesday: Genesis 2, Philippians 4Wednesday: Genesis 3, Colossians 1Thursday: Genesis 4, Colossians 2Friday: Genesis 5:1-6:8, Colossians 3-4Saturday: Psalm 113-117Sunday: Lamentations 3-5, Ezekiel 1-9 3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do abo...  Read More

Key Passage: Romans 8:19-25Genesis 3:17-18Genesis 3:15Isaiah 65:17Isaiah 35:1-2Acts 3:212 Peter 3:13Isaiah 11:6-7Revelation 22:1-5Colossians 3:1-4I. Creation itself hopes to be made newa. It was subjected to futility1. What does futility mean?2. There is a cruelty in creation of this futilityb. It was subjected in hope1. God, in His grace, gave hope even as He cursed creation2. New heavens and new...  Read More

Key Passage: Romans 12:3-8John 7:37-39John 5:19-20John 14:12Titus 3:5-6Jesus is our model — two waysSpiritual practices (disciplines) that tune our ear to the FatherSpiritual gifts that allow us to practically love and serve the people in front of usFIXED — Whose am I?• Adopted — Rom 8:15–16; Gal 4:4–7• Sealed — Eph 1:13–14; 4:30; 2 Cor 1:21–22FLOWING — How is he working through me today?Water / r...  Read More

Key Passage: Romans 8:18-25Hebrews 5:81 Peter 2:23I. The Good News: In Jesus Our New Identity Never Changesa. Let's look at what we are not when we are suffering.b. If we are led by His Spiritc. The Spirit of Adoption1. This Spirit of adoption is in direct contradiction to our previous spirit of slavery.Religion says, "I have messed up; don't tell my dad."The gospel says, "I messed up; let me talk...  Read More

Key Passage: Romans 12:3-8Acts 6:1-7Our aim is not ..Independence (you don’t need others)Or dependence (you don’t have anything to contribute)But Interdependence (we members of one another, with functions that differ)Love gifts make God’s love tangible in practical ways—people feel cared for through action, presence, and generosity.Word gifts clarify the nature, actions, and purposes of God so the...  Read More