Christ Community Church Ct

Children are a gift from God and being a parent is a blessing. But it's not easy. The responsibility of teaching, shaping, nurturing, correcting, and developing a young life to become everything God created them to be is an often overwhelming task, one that we often as parents fail at. So how can we RESET our relationships with our kids to raise them in a way that honors God and is for their good?

The Apostle Paul gives us some wisdom to help us "reset" one of the three core relationships of life, marriage. He gives instructions to wives and husbands on how God designed a marriage to function modeled after Christ and his church.

The empty tomb was an expression of God's power, a declaration of Christ's authenticity, and the foundation of our hope not only in this life but in the one to come!

God is Holy and so He demands justice. But He is also Love which makes Him long to show compassion. The Cross became the elegant expression of both.

Jesus didn't come to establish a temporary or earthly Kingdom. He came to lay the foundation for an eternal and Heavenly one.

The Cross, while unexpected by Jesus' followers, was fully anticipated by Jesus and planned by God.

How can we engage people outside of our faith in a personal, compassionate, and Christ-like way?

What in our life do we need to "put off" and what do we need to "put on" in order to pursue Christ well and live a life pleasing to God?

How do you defeat temptation? How do we combat our fleshly urges and destructive desires? Will harsh rules and strict expectations be enough? Or is there something more to the fight against temptation?

What price are you willing to pay to see people grow and become more like Jesus?

How does Scripture describe our introduction into our relationship with God? What images and ideas help us understand what God has done for us in Christ?

This single passage is the densest description of Jesus' supremacy in all of Scripture. Let's rediscover the hope, the confidence, and the humbling that comes with knowing the One who is supreme over all things.

What does it look like for Christ to have supremacy in every area of our lives? How do we live our life in a way to please Him in everything we do?

The Gospel is meant to GROW:Out through us into the lives of those around us. We are His ambassadors, His messengers, His story tellers. So what did like look like for the early followers of Jesus and how can we emulate their example today?

All believers struggle with all kinds of sins. Hebrews 3:12-14 gives us a means of fighting our sin: close-knit, Christ-sharing community. What sins are deceiving, hardening, & leading our hearts away from the living God? What kind of exhortation can we share with each other to persevere in fighting sin and trusting Jesus?

God's passion is for each of us to GROW: Up into spiritual maturity in Christ. So how do we pursue that kind of growth and development? What do we need to take into our lives and what do we need to give through our lives to GROW?

The continual, relentless, and expansive growth of the Church is one of the primary narratives of the early followers of Christ. Regardless of their suffering, persecution, poverty, or social alienation, the Church grew and the Word of God continued to multiply rapidly. So how do we see that kind of movement of God today? How does our church partner with Him as He grows His Church? And what is our personal role in that process?

How do we respond to the Advent? How do we react to the arrival of Christ? In His names, God tells us what He offers us in Christ's coming. So what does God now want from us in reply?

"Jesus" means "The Lord is salvation". So what does Jesus save us from? And how does He accomplish that salvation? Check out this powerful message on the mission of Christ embedded in His very name.

What does it mean for Jesus to be "King"? What is He King over? Who is He King of? We examine the sovereignty and supremacy of Christ.