Altered for Mission
Brainerd Students
Speaker: Paul Christensen Passage: Psalm 139:13-16 Main Point: God created you on purpose, for a purpose. How does God feel about you? How do you feel about God? How does it make you feel to know that God is writing your story?
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Threads of Priorities
Brainerd Students
Speaker: Paul Christensen Passage: Matthew 7:24-27 Main Point: Build Your Priorities On Jesus Both houses experience the storm Both builders were genuine about their work
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Threads of People
Brainerd Students
Speaker: Jackson Bowman Passages: Hebrews 10:24-25; Proverbs 11:14, 18:1; 2 Timothy 2-4 Main Point: God designed us to live in community, so we can better know God and make His name known. 2 Implications If community is God’s design, isolation is the enemy’s design. If community is God’s design, then we must understand what community should look like.
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Threads of Gifts
Brainerd Students
Speaker: Paul Christensen Main Point: Because God is invisible, He gives visible people gifts to show what He is like. God has gifted Christians with special grace gifts. How do we know what our grace gifts are? Community Discovery
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Your Story
Brainerd Students
Speaker: Jackson Bowman Main Point: God has a place for you in His grand story. God's Story Creation Fall Redemption Restoration Your Place In God's Story Blessing in Your Story Suffering in Your Story
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Battleship or Cruise Ship
Brainerd Students
Main Point: Following Jesus is an invitation to join a battleship focused on reaching the lost rather than a cruise ship focused on entertaining the saved. Christians Live on Mission Christians Place Jesus First Christians Go All In
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Living Surrendered
Brainerd Students
Main Point: Surrender involves dreaming about what God could do with our lives and running after that dream. How do we let God build our dreams? How do we stop those dreams from fading away? How do we know we are following God's dreams wholeheartedly?
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Pleasing God
Brainerd Students
Main Point: We experience the pleasure of God when we live out the will of God. The Pleasure of God The Will of God
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What is the Purpose of Dating?
Brainerd Students
The Purpose of dating is marriage preparation: learning how to love another person while becoming a certain kind of person. Dating begins by recognizing God's plan for marriage Dating is about learning how to love another person Dating is about becoming a certain kind of person and finding the right kind of person God has built us a need for: Physical Connection Emotional Connection Spiritual Connection
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Idols: Comfort & Control
Brainerd Students
I. Jesus confronts the idols of comfort & control on the narrow road. II. Jesus invites us to test our faith by losing everything and gaining him. What comfort do you run to when you feel out of control?
info_outlineI. Jesus confronts the idols of comfort & control on the narrow road.
II. Jesus invites us to test our faith by losing everything and gaining him.
- What comfort do you run to when you feel out of control?