Radiant Church Newport

Matthew 9:9-13. Luke 10. Simplicity over complexity. First core value of our church, everyone matters. Keep the message simple. Jesus said "Follow me." With understanding comes responsibility to action. Simple does not mean the same as easy. Jesus told the law expert, "Love God. Love your neighbor." Simple, but now easy. The message is not what you need to stop doing, but what you start. The hope of Jesus is contagious. We are meant to be on the offensive and let our hope rub off on others. Matt 28:19-20.

Joshua 9:1-5. If your enemy can't bring destruction in your life, he'll settle for distraction. Joshua 9:6, 9:14-16. Joshua 10:12. There's nothing more fatiguing than fighting someone else's battle.

Joshua 1:1-8. Get ready. In a relay the passing of the baton takes places within a limited space called the "changeover box". We have a tendency to look beyond God's boundary He has for us, reaching for something that wasn't intended for us. In doing this, we don't appreciate and enjoy the blessings that are within our boundaries set by God. God puts the blessing He promised you inside the boundary He prepared for you. Ps 16:6. The key to contentment is seeing and celebrating the beauty inside your boundaries.

Eph. 1:15-23. In this message Jason makes an analogy between the prayer in Ephesians and the movie The Force Awakens. Prayer of blessing. That you would experience God's immeasurable power and fulfill God's destiny for your life. 1 )- Wake up call. Many have a past that they are trying to forget. Something gives them hope. 2) - the riches of God's glorious inheritance for the saints. Col 1:27, 3:4. 3) - God's immeasurable power.

Deut. 34:4-12, Deut. 34:6. You can't plan for it but you can PREPARE. Hebrew word "Gretan" means to weep over or to grieve a death, When we don't break free of past regrets, we "re-grieve" over and over again. Re-grieving what we had once keeps us from receiving what God has now. We get stuck. There comes a time, after a season of grieving and healing, to leave what is dead and buried and move onto the newness God has for us. God never uses what left, to bless you; He uses what's left to bless you.

Exodus 3:21-22, Deut. 29:5, I Peter 1:6-7, Exodus 35:4-5, 21-22. If you don't turn your pain into preparation and praise, you'll waste what you went through. You buried it but Good wanted you to bring it.

Luke 2:1, 3-7. Just because you didn't choose where you are doesn't mean God can't use where you are. When things are at their worst God is at His best. God is there in the place of frustration, rejection, and opposition.

What you think disqualifies you from God's purpose is actually what distinguishes you for it. Luke 5:1-11. At some point you have to decipher are you going to live your life based on what you've seen or what He has said! Never-the-less kind of faith. Start casting your nets, rather than just spending time cleaning your nets. God doesn't change His mind about His calling on your life.

II Tim. 3:16 - All scriptures is God-breathed. The only way you get to know Jesus is to hang out with Him in scripture. II Cor. 3:16 - The veil is lifted. Scripture does not come to life until it is in you, or spoken. Matt 13:18 - Sustaining a relationship with Jesus requires sowing the word of God into your being - mind, soul, body, spirit. How do we help our brothers and sisters grow roots?

#4 in series. Testing the heart. Ps 139:23-24. Matt 6:21. Mark 12:41-44.

Episode #3 in series

What do we do with our doubt? Admitting your doubt to God is the first step. Ask God for help. Be open to His miraculous. Rely on Him. God doesn't always live up to your expectations but He always lives up to His word.

Phil 2;5-12, Luke 5:17, 19. What God has doe in you, isn't just for you. 3 signs of spiritual sitting-disease. Lack of expectations. We favor information over transformation. We allow the crowd to get in the way.

Phil 4:11-13. 1:18-29. John 11:38-41. The struggle in seeing it to the end. We listen to them instead of him. We don't want anyone to smell what stinks in our life. We're waiting for God to move before we do.

Genesis 37:3-8, 12. Favor always follows faithfulness. Glimpses of your destination are not always for declaration. Sometimes they are for meditation.

Genesis 5. The Bible is a message system, a love letter. Isaiah 49:16. There is power in a name. God's love for you is woven and written throughout all of the scriptures. John 5:46. Luke 24:44-45. The gospel can change a life. Matt. 5:17-18.

John 9:1-11, But this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. The struggle is His stage. We serve a God who specializes in the impossible. He is made strong in our weakness. Our struggles shine a light on His strength.

Job 1:1-5. Stop blaming yourself. Keep praying for your family. Trust God through your pain.

Prov 18:21. Your relationship will taste like whatever you speak about. Gen 3:1-7, 11, 20. If your spouse doesn't believe in you, you won't either. Speak words of apology.