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Foundations
What we believe is foundational for how we love.
This was even true for Jesus, the One who arguably lived the greatest life ever. He came into this world for relationships, not religion.
In fact, He resisted the rules, regulations, and rituals of the organized religion of His day. He came to set us free to love God and to love each other.
There are foundational beliefs that Jesus held about truth, about God, about humanity, about sin, and about many other things that enabled Him to love God deeply and love others truly.
When we more closely hold to the beliefs that Jesus held, we, too, can be better equipped to love God and each other more like Jesus.
Foundations. If it’s not about religion, but relationship, then truth matters.
We make decisions every day.
Some are more important than others. Who should I date or marry? What should be my career path? Should I make that move or buy that house? Where should I serve on mission for Christ?
We want to be sure we have God’s guidance, especially when the decisions are life-changing.
God isn’t playing “hide and seek” when it comes to His will for our lives. He knows the best paths for each of us. He makes His guidance known through the Bible and through the leading of His Spirit. He directs us through opened and closed doors. He gives us good counsel through godly friendships. He sends us His peace when we walk in His ways.
“Guidance: Discerning and Doing God’s Will” is a series that will help you live with greater confidence and fruitfulness in the new year. He will not forsake you. He will not abandon you. He will be your Guide.
Christmas: The stress. The mad rush. The chaos. The absurd amount of spending and accumulation of debt. The tilt toward selfishness and consumerism.
Is that what God had in mind for us when He gave mankind the gift of His Son? Maybe the best way to experience Christmas is to take the way our culture drives us to celebrate it and flip it upside down!
Does your perspective on giving, getting, compassion and humility need to be flipped? Plan to make this year’s Christmas unique and meaningful.
Celebrate Christmas with us as we consider how to turn Christmas upside down so that we experience it right side up.
The challenges we face in our lives and the headlines we read in the news can create a sense of powerlessness in our hearts, producing a mindset of despair.
We wonder, “Can things really change for the better? Is there any hope?”
Throughout history, the Light found in the promises of God’s Word through the hope of Jesus has helped people through dark times. And today this Light is as relevant as ever.
When we learn how to access God’s promises, we’ll find our needed Hope for each day throughout our lives.
God promises strength in weakness, justice when wronged, guidance when lost, and recovery in defeat.
Discussing how to claim His promises will give us all opportunity to deepen and energize our own lives with the hope God desires us to have.
Find hope.
All around us, we see the effects of the fall. Broken lives. Addictive behaviors. Wrecked marriages. Abusive relationships. Oppression. Injustice. Job uncertainty. Foreclosures. It’s into this broken world that Jesus comes.
Jesus is on a mission to renew all things. He is working through His people to bring transformation into a fallen world. He is seeking a people who will join Him in restoring the brokenness in our lives, in our communities, and around the world. For Jesus to restore the brokenness through us, we will have to readjust our lives around the life, mission, and teaching of Jesus.
What if we began to truly show God’s love through our everyday lives to a world we know God loves? What if we really had a dynamic vision for serving the broken people around us? What if we joined together with other Christ-followers in community and learned to develop new ways of life that helped us join God in His mission? What if we really served and loved in a way that we actually begin to see Jesus transform lives, families, and communities?
Missio Dei is a practical study in Luke 9-10. It is designed to help you join Jesus in His mission. It will help you build life-long practices that will give you joy as you participate in Missio Dei, the mission of God.
During the early fall at CVC, we will spend some time discussing three topics that are very important.
Community Groups Pastor Gary Nave shares about the need to connect in community. Co-teaching Pastor Chad Allen shares about the opportunities that are offered for our families through various ministries at CVC. And Lead Pastor Rick Duncan shares on the tenth anniversary of the events of September 11, 2001.
Join us as we address these important milestones in the history of CVC.
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