Series: Now Live
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Now Live: Practices That Support Life in the Spirit
June 30, 2019 — Costa MesaThe Holy Spirit does not come primarily to empower individuals – but to build a new community, the church. The church responds by deliberately engaging in practices that support the life the Spirit brings – enabling it to increasingly become a church that Jesus can trust.
Scripture: Acts 2:41-47 -
Now Live: The Power of the Spirit in Daily Life; Mike Rigdon
June 23, 2019 — Costa MesaWhen the Holy Spirit is in you, your life looks different. You can see hope in hopeless situations.
Scripture: John 14:17, John 14:26, Acts 1:4-5, Acts 1:8, Acts 2:42-47 -
Now Live: The Power of the Spirit in Daily Life; Bart Scharrer
June 23, 2019 — Costa MesaWhen the Holy Spirit is in you, your life looks different. You can see hope in hopeless situations.
Scripture: John 14:17, John 14:26, Acts 1:4-5, Acts 1:8, Acts 2:42-47 -
Now Live: The Church Jesus Trusts; Bears Witness
June 16, 2019 — Costa MesaThis Second Sunday of Pentecost provides the opportunity to reflect on how Jesus builds His church. Looking at Peter’s sermon on the Day of Pentecost, it quickly became clear – the foundational reality of the church is that it makes a clear declaration in word and practice that Jesus is Lord!
Scripture: Acts 2:14-47 -
Now Live: The Gift of Pentecost
June 9, 2019 — Costa MesaJesus gives us the gift of the Holy Spirit. We just have to accept it, then share it.
Scripture: Luke 11:-13, Acts 1:4-5, Acts 2:1-41, Romans 8:11 -
Now Live: Waiting…
June 2, 2019 — Costa MesaJesus has made it increasingly clear – He did not raise from the dead simply so they could enjoy His presence once again! This is part of a plan to save the world. He intends His disciples – us – to partner with Him by telling His story, testifying to the reality of Resurrection Life by the way we live and speak. He knows we need the same power by which He was raised from the dead – and so He instructs his disciples to wait until they are baptized into the Holy Spirit.
Scripture: Acts 1:1-11 -
Now Live: Unleashing Jesus’ Resurrection Grace
May 26, 2019 — Costa MesaThe risen Jesus is still revealing himself just as He did to Paul. He sees you, knows you, loves you recklessly and wants to give himself to you fully. He is jumping off the pages of the New Testament. He is revealing Himself in word and Spirit.
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; 17 -
Now Live: The Road to Emmaus
May 19, 2019 — Costa MesaJesus’ resurrection reframes and redefines everything – including all our past understandings of how things have to be. In yet another playful moment with His friends, Jesus unpacks the story they have believed – but in a way that would never have occurred to them. They were missing the essential piece – pain and death as prelude to life.
Scripture: Luke 24:13-35
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The Church: Devotion
June 30, 2019 — Mission ViejoThe Acts Church was a true model of what devotion to God looks like. They lived life together, were known by each other and deeply desired to learn more about God and follow Him. Message : starts at 9:43 min.
Scripture: Acts 2 -
Signs / Wonders / Witness
June 23, 2019 — Mission ViejoSigns and wonders are meant to point us back to God and His greatness. The church is called to be a witness to all that God is doing on the earth. How are we set apart and pointing back to God through the miracles we see? Message : starting at minute 13:20.
Scripture: Acts 2 -
A Church Jesus is Excited About
June 16, 2019 — Mission ViejoThe Kingdom of God is now expansive. We are empowered through the Holy Spirit to be witnesses just like Peter.
Scripture: Acts 2 -
Pentecost: The gift of the Holy Spirit
June 9, 2019 — Mission ViejoThis is the birth of The Church, Jesus sent us the gift of the Holy Spirit as He had said He would. It is our call and choice to earnestly seek after this gift and ask to know His presence more every day. Message : starts at min 10:05
Scripture: Acts 2 -
The lens of the Resurrection
May 26, 2019 — Mission ViejoPaul is calling us to live a life of full belief that Jesus has Risen. That the world would pity us if we found out that the resurrection didn’t happen. How does your life reflect your belief and view of Christ raising from the dead? What is your lens? MESSAGE : Starting at min. 10:30
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15: 1-19 -
Inspiration on the road to Emmaus
May 19, 2019 — Mission ViejoWhen we meet the actual person, Jesus, and encounter the Holy Spirit, they transforms all that we know into truth and inspiration. See how the disciples experienced this transformation first hand on their way to Emmaus.
Scripture: Luke 24: 1-35 -
Peter: Forgiveness and Vocation
May 12, 2019 — Mission ViejoJesus comes back to Peter to bring restoration to his heart, commissions him to a life that would never shrink back again and forever live boldly in Jesus’ name.
Scripture: John 21 -
Thomas – From unbelief to belief
May 5, 2019 — Mission ViejoJesus is calling Thomas to come out of his unbelief and truly live in the freedom of resurrection life. Do you have unbelief that Jesus is calling you out of today? Be encouraged by this story of Thomas and the words Jesus left us; “Blessed are those who believe without seeing me.”
Scripture: John 20: 19-29
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Now Live: Practices That Support Life in the Spirit
June 30, 2019 — Costa MesaThe Holy Spirit does not come primarily to empower individuals – but to build a new community, the church. The church responds by deliberately engaging in practices that support the life the Spirit brings – enabling it to increasingly become a church that Jesus can trust.
Scripture: Acts 2:41-47 -
The Church: Devotion
June 30, 2019 — Mission ViejoThe Acts Church was a true model of what devotion to God looks like. They lived life together, were known by each other and deeply desired to learn more about God and follow Him. Message : starts at 9:43 min.
Scripture: Acts 2 -
Now Live: The Power of the Spirit in Daily Life; Mike Rigdon
June 23, 2019 — Costa MesaWhen the Holy Spirit is in you, your life looks different. You can see hope in hopeless situations.
Scripture: John 14:17, John 14:26, Acts 1:4-5, Acts 1:8, Acts 2:42-47 -
Now Live: The Power of the Spirit in Daily Life; Bart Scharrer
June 23, 2019 — Costa MesaWhen the Holy Spirit is in you, your life looks different. You can see hope in hopeless situations.
Scripture: John 14:17, John 14:26, Acts 1:4-5, Acts 1:8, Acts 2:42-47 -
Signs / Wonders / Witness
June 23, 2019 — Mission ViejoSigns and wonders are meant to point us back to God and His greatness. The church is called to be a witness to all that God is doing on the earth. How are we set apart and pointing back to God through the miracles we see? Message : starting at minute 13:20.
Scripture: Acts 2 -
Now Live: The Church Jesus Trusts; Bears Witness
June 16, 2019 — Costa MesaThis Second Sunday of Pentecost provides the opportunity to reflect on how Jesus builds His church. Looking at Peter’s sermon on the Day of Pentecost, it quickly became clear – the foundational reality of the church is that it makes a clear declaration in word and practice that Jesus is Lord!
Scripture: Acts 2:14-47 -
A Church Jesus is Excited About
June 16, 2019 — Mission ViejoThe Kingdom of God is now expansive. We are empowered through the Holy Spirit to be witnesses just like Peter.
Scripture: Acts 2 -
Now Live: The Gift of Pentecost
June 9, 2019 — Costa MesaJesus gives us the gift of the Holy Spirit. We just have to accept it, then share it.
Scripture: Luke 11:-13, Acts 1:4-5, Acts 2:1-41, Romans 8:11