December 27, 2018
No one is outside the realm of God’s grace! If God’s message of great joy was for these shepherds, then His message is for anyone. It doesn’t matter if you’ve never darkened a church door. It doesn’t matter if you’ve spent all your life far from God. It doesn’t matter how worthless you feel or how sinful you’ve been. God’s message of good news is for YOU. It’s personal! Jesus was born for YOU.
December 18, 2018
When I remember WHAT God saved me from, WHO He was willing to sacrifice for me, HOW much he has forgiven me, and ALL He has given me… then every time I encounter an SELFISH, PRIDEFUL, MALICE-FILLED, HATE-FILLED FOOL, that would normally be intolerable – I can see them with new eyes – the eyes of the redeemed, then I too can give them the same kindness God gave me.
November 13, 2018
You want to make disciples like Jesus? Maybe all you need to do is make room in your life for just one person who is lost. Open your home, open your heart, open your life. That’s how Jesus made disciples. He made room in his life for a sinner, and that sinner found salvation.
November 8, 2018
But the biggest transformation Jesus makes is in our relationship with God: God is no longer some abstract, unapproachable judge. He becomes our Father, our “abba” who delights in us, sings over us, and gives us access to His presence. So with transformed affection for God we find ourselves wanting to pray, delighting in praise and growing in thanks for all He has given us in Jesus. And as a result of this new affection, we find ourselves wanting to please Him in every way.
October 9, 2018
• Humbled Obedience One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God. He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. He got into one of the boats, the one belonging… Read More »
July 24, 2018
As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. John 9:4 Pinpoint the work John 4:34; John 5:36; John 17:4; Luke 4:18; John 8:28-29; Luke 19:10; John 5:19; John 12:49; John 7:28-29 In summary Jesus only •Did what he… Read More »
June 21, 2018
God still comes down to awaken those He calls to join Him in bringing people out of bondage and into a new life with Christ. God still meets people in their sin, redeems them by faith in Jesus and invites them to join Him in calling people out of darkness to bring them into the Promised Land – the Kingdom of the Son He loves. God still calls broken people, sin-scared people, and forgotten people, just like Moses, to join Him in His story.
April 3, 2018
That’s why the resurrection changes everything. For when you receive Jesus you receive His Spirit. And when you receive His Spirit, you receive the power to live this new life of grace, truth, hope and love. And this is what our world needs today.
March 26, 2018
Mark Porter from Regeneration Church in Ocean Beach unpacks Jesus’ prayer in the Garden to help him face his coming suffering on the cross.