Last week, Ken kicked off our first series of the New Year. We are calling this first conversation Real Faith Disrupts, and in some ways, this will be challenging for us to step into, and I will tell you why. As Christians, we know and would tell others that our lives are forever changed as we experience the gift of salvation through Jesus. God’s love floods our hearts, minds, and souls. But here’s the challenge: we celebrate this, we . . . Read More »
What Is The Bible To You?
The Real Faith Disrupts Series Continues!
Who Owns You?
Welcome to the new year. Not sure if you have any New Year’s resolutions. If you have made some, I’d be curious to know what they are. As we kick off this new year, we wanted to kick off a new series called ‘Real Faith Disrupts’. The foundational scripture we want to use in this series is from James. I shared it with you last week. James 1:17 So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good . . . Read More »
Who Owns You?
The Real Faith Disrupts Series Begins!
Pain Forces The Choice To Grow Or Go
This Christmas season, we looked at the many gifts we experience because Jesus is in our lives. Here at MRG, we should be finishing that series today with the gift of the Holy Spirit in our lives, but instead, with this being the first Sunday of the New Year, I want us to talk. It’s funny; I typically love speaking on the first Sunday of the New Year because it is such a hopeful time, a time of . . . Read More »
The Gift of the Holy Spirit
Today ends our series called ‘All I Want for Christmas’. I want you to think about the gifts that Jesus came to give us. Hope, Peace, Joy, Grace, Salvation, and the Holy Spirit. I want you to think through this question, ‘Why did Jesus come to give me these gifts?’ There are two answers. The first answer is that Jesus wants you to experience each gift. These gifts can be a reality in our lives and they can . . . Read More »
The Gift of The Holy Spirit
The All I Want For Christmas Series Conclusion!
The Gift Of Salvation – How To Keep It As Fresh As The Day You Accepted It!
We have been having fun in our Christmas conversation called All I Want For Christmas this year. And here we are, just days before the big day. This is a beautiful time of year, but it can throw a lot at us, too, can’t it? We have Christmas parties to attend, shopping to get done, traveling or hosting to get ready for, and many people to engage…some of these people we probably have done a great job avoiding . . . Read More »
The Gift of Salvation
The All I Want For Christmas Series Continues!
The Gift of Grace
Welcome to the Christmas series called, ‘All I Want for Christmas’. We want you to make the connection that in Jesus, we find everything our souls are looking for. Hope, Peace, Joy, Grace, Salvation, and the Holy Spirit. That makes Jesus the greatest gift. The challenge we have when talking about these gifts is that life comes against us pretty hard. And when life is rough, it seems impossible to experience those gifts. And that’s why we are . . . Read More »