One Story 9: Expectations
Expecting? Yes indeed! We are all expecting–expecting something. This week is Palm Sunday. We will be opening the Scriptures to Matthew 21 and we will welcome the liberating King to reign and rule, and we will rejoice. [more...]
One Story 8: Return
Have you ever felt dead? Have you ever felt like your whole future was past or felt like even the idea of restoration was foolish?
In this part of the One Story series, we come to the return and restoration of a nation. [more...]
WHAT IS EXILE?
Have you every felt or found yourself homeless? There are different kinds of homelessness. Most often when we think of the homeless, our hearts break for those surviving on the streets and living under bridges. But just as real–if not as visible–are the spiritually homeless, the relational homeless, and the emotionally homeless. [more...]
Fractured Kingdom – Where did we go wrong?
Without wise leadership, a nation is in trouble; but with good counselors there is safety.
-Proverbs 11:14
One of the most important indicators of...
Famous Kings
If you were looking for a King what kind of person would you look for?
I have spent the week re-reading and praying over the record of the three Great Kings of Israel: Saul, David and Solomon. Their lives are fascinating, inspirational, riveting and instructional. [more...]
Kingdom Fight
It is the hope of every generation that their children will dream bigger and see further as the result of lessons learned resting on the shoulders of their parents. But sometimes the lessons learned are not learned on the shoulders, they are learned by the failures of their forefathers. [more...]
Exodus – Let Freedom Ring
Have you ever felt stuck or as if God had forgotten you? Have your circumstances begun to dictate your identity–a false identity–and not what the Creator intended for you?
This week we will explore Exodus and Numbers as we continue laying the “big chunks” of the Bible in place through our One Story series. Our symbol this week is a ring, which represents identity, covenant and authority. [more...]
Kingdom Families
We were created to be Kingdom people! Yes, this includes you. This week we are going to explore the roots of this Kingdom Family. The birth certificate is found in our Creator's covenant with our Father Abraham. [more...]
Kingdom Foundations
“Where are you from?” What if I told you I was from Eden? Yes, that one. Not the one in Minnesota, but the one in Genesis. What if I told you my family was royalty–that we were living in exile but there was a revolution in the works, and the King was going to restore Eden? [more...]