Community Of Grace Audio Podcast

Why should Christians serve? Do we really have to? What does Jesus say about it? Spoiler alert: it's not convenient nor comfortable, and probably won't feel like you're living your best life.

How we see life and handle the "stuff" in our lives is a direct reflection of our hearts' desires. Are we focused on the temporal or the eternal?

Jesus told us the Holy Spirit's work is to bring God's power and presence into our daily lives. Times of grief and mourning are part of life and Jesus invites us to bring these things to him. In meeting us in our sorrow, the Lord also...

Reformation Sunday is when we celebrate Martin Luther rediscovering the heart of the Gospel - justification by faith alone. That's good news! But is it still good news today?

Like a vine needs a trellis to grow healthy, our discipleship needs structure to grow as followers of Jesus. This is how we abide in Christ as a Community of Grace.

Having seen Jesus' own spiritual practices last week, this week we hear Jesus teaching for his disciples on living these practices ourselves. How is the Lord calling you to deepen your discipleship to him?

As we are seeking to follow in the Way of Jesus, it makes sense to start by observing the practices that made up Jesus' own daily walk of life among us. Why did Jesus do what he did? What is the Holy Spirit showing you about what he wants to...

If Jesus is the Way, how do we find our way to follow him? It is about becoming an apprentice of Jesus and not just a spectator. It is a foreign idea to most of us so we must learn the language of discipleship.

Our Missional Values say "We will see, love, serve, and teach people the way Jesus sees, loves, serves, and teaches people." Which of those have we been good at as a congregation? Where do we need to grow?

What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus at Community of Grace Lutheran Church? It is a journey, not a destination.

Our God designed our lives to receive from him, his gifts of life, love and grace, and to be vessels of that life, to those around us. Are all our fountains in him, or do we trust in the leaky cisterns we build? Who is the Lord calling us to serve...

How does Jesus speak to a lukewarm Church that has closed it's doors to his presence? With truth and love.

Even when things feel unstable, Jesus opens the door to the Kingdom for everyone who trusts in him.

The Church belongs to Jesus, who calls us to wake from spiritual complacency and live fully in His Spirit.

The Good News of Jesus isn't just for you, it is for the entire world and everybody in it! Jesus calls us to go and make disciples and to join his mission of redeeming all of creation, and we get to do that through his grace, together!

Part of our calling is to be in community with those around us, but Jesus does not assign this to us and leave us hanging. We are not just called, we are welcomed into Christ's church and given a new command.

In our culture, it's easy to consume things that are not good for us- things that shape our lives in ways that don't look like Jesus. Today Jesus invites us instead to feed on him- and allow him to be the Lord who shapes our lives in his way.

The Church in Smyrna suffered afflictions and poverty for their faithfulness to Jesus. Because of this, Jesus has no words of correction or rebuke, but only words of encouragement and a victor's crown.