We continue to Dream about where God is leading us; it’s far Beyond where we could have imagined and will require us to Improvise, Adapt and with His strength Overcome!
The climb has begun, and we’ve already scaled heights we once thought impossible. But this journey into the Beyond isn’t over yet.
We’re only three-quarters of the way through year one of the Beyond Initiative, and now is the moment to re-anchor our faith, tighten our grip, and keep climbing.
Anyone who’s ever gone through a challenge knows the start is exciting. It’s when the path gets steep, you're tired and the next step feels just out of reach that you find out what you’re really made of. That’s when you dig deep, trust your potential, and refuse to give up.
That’s where we are right now. And we’re not backing down.
This is our moment, and we are Pushing into the Beyond. To stretch further, give sacrificially, and trust God like never before.
Whether you’ve been part of this climb from the beginning or you’re just now grabbing hold of the vision, there’s still time to join in. Let’s recommit. Let’s re-engage. Let’s go beyond what we thought was possible.
Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.
Keep climbing and finish strong.
We get the Apostle Paul’s final message on how to truly live: Set Free to Live Free. It’s powerful and life changing.
Paul reminds believers that true freedom is found in living under the guidance of the Holy Spirit rather than being ruled by sinful desires. Being free to be Spirit-led means walking in step with God’s Spirit, allowing Him to shape our choices and character. This Spirit-led life naturally produces the fruit of the Spirit. Instead of striving through human effort, we live out our faith as transformed people, reflecting Christ and living in absolute freedom in Him day by day.
We’ve been talking a lot about living in the Freedom we have through Jesus, but what does that actually look like? How do we live freely well? Paul point us in the right direction.
Key Verse: John 13:35 Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”
Reality has a way of sucking the life out of our dreams, but that is not the life God wants for you. He wants you Set Free To Live Free, and this week, the Apostle Paul is going to make that point very clear for each of us. We have a new reality!
'Key Verse: Galatians 4:12 Dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to live as I do in freedom from these things, for I have become like you Gentiles—free from those laws.
Why are there so many rules in the Bible? I thought God was a God of love. Shouldn’t life just be about loving people? Are the rules necessary? The Apostle Paul has the answers for you as he teaches us that we are Set Free to Live Free.
Key Verse: Galatians 3:28 There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.
God wants us Set Free so we can Live Free, but so much of the baggage we bring with us keeps us from experiencing this true freedom. We learn a bit more of what this freedom Jesus offers looks like.
Key Verse: Galatians 3:14 Through Christ Jesus, God has blessed the Gentiles with the same blessing he promised to Abraham, so that we who are believers might receive the promised Holy Spirit through faith.
This Sunday, things get exciting with the Apostle Paul fighting for his spiritual kids! He shows us exactly how far he's willing to go to uncover and share the truth about Jesus and what Jesus means to each of us.
Key Verse: Galatians 2:20 My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
We continue to discover the true freedom God offer us believing that we were Set Free to Live Free. This week, we’ll learn why we can trust what God is telling us through the Apostle Paul.
Key Verse: Galatians 1:11-12 Dear brothers and sisters, I want you to understand that the gospel message I preach is not based on mere human reasoning. I received my message from no human source, and no one taught me. Instead, I received it by direct revelation from Jesus Christ.
What if real freedom is better than you imagined?
We all know the pressure of trying to meet expectations, juggle responsibilities, and keep up appearances. It’s exhausting. What if the freedom you’re searching for isn’t about surrendering all the rules, but discovering the kind of freedom that actually gives you life?
Jesus offers freedom that lifts the weight, not adds to it. Not the “figure-it-all-out-yourself” kind of freedom, but one that grounds you in grace, fills you with peace, and leads you to the truly good life. Over nine weeks in Galatians, we’ll discover how Jesus sets us free. Not just from sin, but from the pressure to perform. We’ll uncover why false freedom always lets us down, how rule-following can hold us back, what it means to be adopted into God’s family, and how love and faith can lead us into a surprising, joyful way of living. Ready for that sigh of relief you’ve been waiting for?
Key Verse: Galatians 1:6 I am shocked that you are turning away so soon from God, who called you to himself through the loving mercy of Christ.
We wrap up our "Life with God" series with an incredible couple who have so much in common with each of us, Through their story, we can be inspired to change the world like they did.
Key Verse: Romans 16:3 Give my greetings to Priscilla and Aquila, my co-workers in the ministry of Christ Jesu
Life is full of choices. Coke or Pepsi? City life or country living? If you’ve taken a stroll down the cereal aisle lately you have hundreds of options to choose from. In a life filled with so many choices, are we daily choosing what is better? Following Jesus, learning from Him and becoming like Him is the better way. As we look at the lives of siblings, we will notice that every day we are presented with opportunities to choose Jesus. Will we choose Him?
I’m loving talking about how different people in the Scriptures walked with God. Unfortunately, the person we’re talking about in this week's story doesn’t have a happy ending. Why? Well, his fears got the best of him.
Key Verse: Matthew 27:24 Pilate saw that he wasn’t getting anywhere and that a riot was developing. So he sent for a bowl of water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. The responsibility is yours!”
Do you think of yourself more as a “thrill seeker” or someone who likes to play it safe? What if the biggest opportunities in your life are hiding behind your greatest fears? This Sunday, we’ll look at one of the boldest, wildest, most underrated stories in the entire Bible; when a man named Benaiah chased a lion into a pit on a snowy day. It sounds crazy…but what if that kind of courage is exactly what God is calling out in you?
Some of the people we find in the Scriptures are just so inspiring. This week, we’re going to learn about a guy who had everything figured out and going his way until he didn’t; He allowed himself to be challenged and then changed into something even better than before. That’s the kind of person I think we all want to be. We will learn from his story how our story could be like that.
Key Verse: John 3:16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
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We’re all on a journey with our faith. Along the way we have to navigate new learning and new understanding and what it means for our beliefs and practices. The early church certainly found themselves in that situation as they pursued Jesus. Timothy had a journey that was steeped in the scriptures and religious tradition, but he was also uniquely positioned with certain experiences, circumstances, and traits that aided in his effectiveness as an early church leader. He may not be the example we would expect, but he may just be the example we sometimes need.
We land the plane with our Placemaker conversation with the hopes that you will answer God’s call on your life to live to love people into the Kingdom of God. That might seem like too big of a calling for you, but I’ll show you on Sunday that’s not the case.
Key Verse: Luke 10:2 These were his instructions to them: “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.
This Sunday, we continue to follow God into the Beyond by figuring out what it means to be a Placemaker and how we accomplish it. How we do it actually starts in a counterintuitive place that actually makes sense when you think about it.
Key Verse: Ephesians 4:1 Therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God.
We unpack more about what it means to be a Placemaker for Jesus. These next few Sundays might just be some of the most important yet for us.
Key Verse: Ephesians 4:16 He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.