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Is a rule a gift or a curse? It depends on the rule and the rule maker. What about rules from God? Are they gifts or curses? Blessings or burdens? This week, Pastor Ben Hightower continues our series "The Gospel of Mark" with three stories about rules and how Jesus said we should respond to them.
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What do you expect from Jesus? Where do you expect that He would spend His time? Who do you expect that He would spend His time with? If you know some things about Jesus, you might have a good idea. But, when Mark wrote his Gospel, he wasn't writing to people who had been to Sunday School as a kid. He was writing to people who would have some pretty large and incorrect assumptions about Jesus. So, in Chapter 2, he starts where we think Jesus would be, with who we think He would be with. Then, he shows Jesus move from there to where He actually wants us to be. And, in moving Jesus, Mark challenges our assumptions about Jesus.
Do you care more about what a leader says or what they do? When Mark wrote his Gospel, he decided to introduce us to Jesus, not by what He said or where He was from or who His family was, but by what He did. This week, Pastor Ben Hightower takes us through Mark's introduction of Jesus to see what Jesus did and how He wanted us to respond to it.
What would you do if God spoke to you regularly and then when quiet? What if that last conversation before He went dark was an angry one? What would you want? What would you expect? What would your response be when He began speaking again? This week, Pastor Ben Hightower takes us through Malachi, the last book of the Old Testament to see that last message from God and through the first verses of Mark to see what it was like when He started speaking again.
What happens to the kid who grows up in church, but always seems to make the wrong decision? What happens to the newly saved person who keeps making mistakes? This week, Pastor Ben Hightower begins our new series, "The Gospel of Mark", by looking at the book's author: John Mark. A teenager who kept making mistakes, but had the opportunity to make a massive impact on history because of one man.
2/12/2023 0 Comments February 12, 2023 - Friends of God
Why am I here? Why was I made? What's the point? This week, Pastor Ben Hightower takes us from Genesis to Revelation to show us what God wanted when He created us and what He's still working toward.
When we think about overcoming sin, we usually think about dealing with our own sin. But, how we respond to other people's sin matters as much as how we respond to our own. This week, Pastor Ben Hightower finishes Jesus sermon from Matthew 18 to see what Jesus says about what forgiveness is, what forgiveness isn't, and how much forgiveness we should give.
People who have an accountability partner lose 50-60% more weight than people who do it alone. People who share their goals with someone and give them permission to ask about the goals are 65% more likely to accomplish their goals. People who have those partners and who meet regularly to talk about it are 95% more likely to accomplish their goals. None of that is too surprising, is it? We really shouldn't be surprised, then, by what Jesus says in Matthew 18 about how we can overcome our sin. This week, Pastor Ben Hightower takes us through the four step process Jesus gives us for defeating sin and talks about why it's so effective.
To be a follower of Jesus requires that you admit that you can't save yourself, but what about after that. It's one thing to admit in general that you need help, it's another to get specific. And, how do we respond when someone else gets specific in a way that's uncomfortable because of what we're struggling with? This week, Pastor Ben Hightower continues through Matthew 18 to show what Jesus says our reaction to openness about sin should be.
We want our team to win, we want to succeed at work, we want to be the best in every area of our lives except our Spiritual life. Why is that? Why do we try to excel at everything else, but are content with zero progress spiritually? This week, Pastor Ben Hightower begins a new series, How to Win, from Matthew 18 where Jesus lays out a plan for how to excel in the Kingdom of God.
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