YOUR KINGDOM COME

Jesus’ mission every day was to proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God. As we learn to truly follow Him, we will experience how abundant life can be!

• Follow Me (Matthew 4:12-25)
  What Jesus expects of us is simple: follow Him. As we do, we will witness something amazing.

• Bible Study: Discover Following Jesus (Matthew 4:12-25)
  Discover the power of God’s Word as we study Matthew 4:12-25 and learn to follow Jesus.

• Blogpost: What is the Kingdom of Heaven?
  “Kingdom” was at the heart of Jesus’ ministry and mission; but what exactly is it? Sometimes we use religious-sounding words without ever stopping to consider what they mean. The “kingdom” was hugely important to Jesus, so it must be to us as His followers, too: not only as a future hope or present membership, but as a daily reality of God’s rule in our lives.

• Blogpost: What is a Disciple?
  Making disciples is an essential element of Christ’s mission. Yet, how much do we really understand what discipleship is? Much more than a church program or passing spiritual fad, discipleship is all about learning from and being completely devoted followers of Jesus.
  

• Good Teacher (Mark 10:13-31)
  Jesus calls us to leave everything for Him, and it scares us. Yet, if we will truly trust Him, we will experience for ourselves just how good He really is.

• Bible Study: Discover Our Good Teacher (Mark 10:13-31)
  As we study Mark 10:13-31, we will discover just how good Jesus really is and why we should trust Him with everything.

• Blogpost: What are We Learning?
  We often define being a “disciple” as being a “student”, but there is a big difference in studying Algebra and following Jesus. Jesus’ disciples don’t just learn a subject: we learn to be like our teacher.

• Kingdom First (Luke 12:13-34)
  We worry about a lot of things. That changes the more we set our hearts on seeking God's kingdom first.

• Bible Study: Discover Seeking God’s Kingdom (Luke 12:13-34)
  As we study Luke 12:13-34, we will discover the secret to overcoming anxiety is letting God reign in our lives.

• Blogpost: Why Submission?
  In our culture of fighting for our fair share, “submission” seems like a bad word. Because of who Jesus is, submission is an essential part of the Christian life.
  

• Kingdom Praying (Matthew 6:1-34)
  Prayer was the key to Jesus' whole-hearted devotion to God's kingdom. As we learn to pray like Him, it will transform us, too!

• Bible Study: Discover Praying for God’s Kingdom (Matthew 6:1-34)
  As we study Matthew 6:1-34, we will discover how to pray like Jesus and transform our lives!

• Blogpost: How Do I Pray?
  Many of us pray, but do we pray like Jesus? If we will allow Him to teach us what, when, and how to pray, it will transform our lives.

• Jesus Loves Me (Romans 5:1-11)
  If God shows His love to us in Jesus Christ, why do so many Christians still not feel it? We have to receive it!

• Bible Study: Discover God’s Love (Romans 5:1-11)
  As we study Romans 5:1-11, we will discover how God loves us and how we can be sure to receive it!

• Blogpost: What is Love?
  Love is so crucial to the human experience that it saturates the books we read, the movies we watch, and the music we hear. Yet to truly know what love is, we have to understand its origin in the God who created us and the way He shows us His love in Jesus Christ.

• Love (1 John 4:7-21)
  When we know, believe, and receive the love God has for us, it changes our relationships. In all we do, we love like Jesus!

• Bible Study: Discover Loving like Jesus (1 John 4:7-21)
  As we study I John 4:7-21, we will discover how to love others like Jesus loves us!

• Blogpost: How Do I Love?
  When we use “love” to describe our feelings for grandma, pizza, and intimacy, we maybe shouldn't assume we know what Jesus meant by “love one another.” The way He loved is the standard.

• Encourage (John 4:1-42)
  People long to be valued. As we follow Jesus, He will teach us how to encourage every one we meet.

• Bible Study: Discover Encouraging like Jesus (John 4:1-42)
  As we study John 4:1-42, we will discover how to encourage others like Jesus!

• Blogpost: Who is an Encourager?
  Who is the most encouraging person you know? When we are living with Jesus, we make a point of being people who encourage and build up those around us!

• Comfort (John 11:1-44)
  People are hurting, and we do not know what to say. Yet if we will follow Jesus, we will see how to come alongside them.

• Bible Study: Discover Comforting like Jesus (John 11:1-44)
  As we study John 11:1-44, we will discover how to comfort like Jesus!

• Blogpost: How Does God Comfort?
  We often pray for God to comfort the hurting, but have you ever wondered how He does it?

• Serve (John 13:1-20)
  Wanting everything our own way leaves us never having enough. Jesus’ example of service will change lives as we follow it, starting with our own!

• Bible Study: Discover Serving like Jesus (John 13:1-20)
  As we study John 13:1-20, we will discover how to serve like Jesus!

• Blogpost: Why Do I Serve?
  What should you do after Jesus raises you from the dead? Throw a party, of course! When our service to God is motivated by love, it makes our most generous acts even more significant.

• Forgive (Luke 23:13-49; Acts 2:29-41)
  In the midst of His own great pain, Jesus shows us how to forgive the worst of offenses. When hearts change, He also shows us how to be reconciled.

• Bible Study: Discover Forgiving like Jesus (Luke 23:13-49)
  As we study Luke 23, we will discover how to forgive like Jesus!

• Blogpost: Must I Forgive?
  Is there a limit to forgiveness? The Apostle Peter sure hoped so. Then through a powerful story, Jesus shifted our focus to the freedom God gives that we should never wish to limit.

• Seeking the Lost (Luke 15:1-32)
  Jesus sees things differently. If we will learn to see the people around us like He does, incredible joy awaits us!

• Bible Study: Discover Seeking the Lost like Jesus (Luke 15:1-32)
  As we study Luke 15, we will discover how to seek the lost like Jesus!

• Blogpost: What Do I See?
  As you walk through life each day, what do you see? Jesus saw harassed and helpless people in need of His compassion. If we will follow Him and pray as He commands, we will start to see people differently, too.

• Good News (I Corinthians 15:1-11; Romans 6:1-14)
  Through His death, burial, and resurrection, Jesus Christ reigns. That is very good news that will completely change our lives as we follow Him in it.

• Bible Study: Discover the Good News (1 Corinthians 15:1-11)
  As we study 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, we will discover what the good news about Jesus is and what we should do with it!

• Blogpost: What is the Gospel?
  When you regularly attend church, you get used to hearing uncommon words like “Gospel”. We know it means “good news” about Jesus - but what about Him exactly? This news will change our lives forever as we receive it.

• Share Hope (I Peter 3:8-22)
  We know we should share the good news about Jesus...but it is still hard for a lot of us. The more we realize just what it is we are sharing, the more eager we will be to do it!

• Bible Study: Discover How to Share Hope (I Peter 3:8-22)
  As we study 1 Peter 3, we will discover how to share the hope that is in us!

• Blogpost: What is Hope?
  People are desperate for hope. Yet no matter how hard we look for it, we never seem to find it. Unless you are a Christian: then Jesus Christ gives you a real reason to hope!
  

• Make Disciples (Matthew 28:1-20)
  When Jesus reigns in our lives, we realize we have one mission: to make disciples!

• Bible Study: Discover How to Make Disciples (Matthew 28:1-20)
  As we study Matthew 28, we will discover how to make disciples!

• Blogpost: What is Our Mission? Part 1 of 3: Church and Mission
  It seems like every association, business, and even club these days has a mission statement. With so much going on in the local church, couldn’t we use a mission statement, too? Jesus agrees so much that He gave us one, as we will see in this three part article series.

• Become like Jesus (Ephesians 4:1-16)
  Jesus reigns, and He has gifts for us. If we will work with them, we will become more like Him.

• Bible Study: Discover Becoming like Jesus (Ephesians 4:1-16)
  As we study Ephesians 4, we will discover how to become more like Jesus!

• Blogpost: What is Our Mission? Part 2 of 3: Jesus and Mission
  The mission focus of Jesus gave Him the clarity and confidence to do the right thing, even when it was unpopular. As we see in part two of this three part series, He has given His followers a mission, too.

• Blogpost: What is Our Mission? Part 3 of 3: Us on Mission
  Jesus gave His followers a very good mission statement that produced amazing results for the early Christians who followed it. So, when did it stop working? That’s the thing: it didn’t. We just stopped following it. As we each get “on mission” to be disciples who make disciples, we will experience true abundance.

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