Tags: Jesus
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Mark: Drop Everything;
November 10, 2019 — Costa MesaHow would you describe your purpose in life? Does it include loving God and your those around you? God doesn’t want us to miss out on His life giving invitation to advance His Kingdom through our radical love of others.
Scripture: Mark 12:28-34 -
Mark: Drop Everything; In Place Greatness
November 3, 2019 — Costa MesaFollowing Jesus in order to be with and learn from him will bring us into tension with the ways we have been trained to think – especially about power and position. Jesus, who clearly has all the power necessary to force outcomes, uses his power to serve and not for his own advantage. He invites us to re-consider that greatness might begin right where we are – marked by serving.
Scripture: Mark 10:35-45 -
Mark: Drop Everything; Empty Hands, Open Hands
October 27, 2019 — Costa MesaAs we step into following Jesus, we discover the “drop everything” is an ongoing process of releasing everything that gets in the way of our becoming like Him. Love needs a place to land – but if our hands – our lives – are too full, we will walk away from love sad. Jesus invites us to Life – not as an add on to what we already have, but of an entirely different kind that relativizes everything else we think of as life.
Scripture: Mark 10:13-23 -
Mark: Drop Everything; The Miracle of Broken Bread
October 20, 2019 — Costa MesaBen walks us through the miracle of broken bread. As we seek relational obedience to Jesus, we will learn that proximity increases compassion and our lack of resources can be an advantage in learning to do what Jesus did.
Scripture: Mark 6:6-13 and 6:30-44 -
Mark: Drop Everything; Engaging This Cultural Moment
October 13, 2019 — Costa MesaHow are we to engage? By leading with mercy and leaving behind judgement. Why Do we engage: Because each one of us is sitting at that table and want others to experience the wholeness and freedom Jesus brings
Scripture: Mark 2:14-22; Matthew 9:13; Hosea 6:6; Hosea 6:4; Colossians 4:5-6 -
Mark: Drop Everything; Apprentices of Jesus
October 6, 2019 — Costa MesaWhen Jesus calls us to follow Him – He is serious! He invites us into an apprenticeship where we first watch what He does – so that we can learn how to do it ourselves. As it turns out, the apprenticeship includes both learning to do, and to not do… and will cost us all the ways we have learned to manage our lives apart from Him.
Scripture: Mark 1:21-45 -
Mark: Drop Everything; Be With Jesus – Do What Jesus Did
September 15, 2019 — Costa MesaWhen Jesus calls us to follow Him, it is a call first to be with Him – to learn life from Him – so that we can join Him in his mission – bringing the Good News of God’s Kingdom come, and pushing back the darkness!
Scripture: Mark 3:13-19 -
Mark: Drop Everything; Follow
September 1, 2019 — Costa MesaThe Gospel according to Mark shows us Jesus’ call for us to drop everything to follow Jesus, so we can become more like Jesus and do the things that Jesus does.
Scripture: Mark 1:1-39 -
Beauty of the Church: Ephesians; All Play – Together
July 28, 2019 — Costa MesaChurch is the brand new iteration of life – former identities replaced.
Scripture: Ephesians 2:11-22, 3:1-13
