Churches in Spring Hill

“Some of us need to emotionally, spiritually, mentally stop making that person, whether it's a parent, a sibling, a child, or even a spouse, we need to stop making them our problem to solve. You can't solve them. Leave them with God Even while we might be trying to care for them, sandwiched in while we're caring for others, we need in some situations to just leave them with God.”

“Listen, listen to this as they come. There is something more Do you know that? There is something more. The hold of sin on our hearts can only be broken by divine grace and healed by love. But here's the great good news. There is divine grace, and there is healing love. And it's offered lavishly and openly and freely by Jesus. And that doesn't necessarily mean one little spiritual encounter is gonna just, like, fix all of our brokenness. It might have to be a a deep journey of healing, but that's where it's found. In Jesus. Divine grace. Healed by love.”

“God wants us to forgive because forgiveness is what frees us. Forgiveness isn't principally for the person we're forgiving. Forgiveness is principally for us. It's it's what frees us moment by moment and and day by day. God invites us to choose forgiveness by God's strength as often as the offense or the offender comes to our minds, whether that's three times a year or 30 times a day, God invites us to make this decision because it is our doorway out of the pain and the bitterness.”

“Joseph's story reminds us of the ways in which families can hurt one another and offers us a call to seek to be reconciled to families, to our family members where possible. But it also teaches us that when we go through seasons that are just hard, prolonged adversity through the fire or through the flood, God is with us. And sometimes, that's all we have. But because of God's relentless faithfulness, God will see that we get through, and God will be for us everything that we need.”

“And here's the question. Here's the question. Do we believe Jesus? Not do we believe in Jesus. That's not what I'm asking. But do we believe Jesus? Do we trust him when he says, my desire for you is to give you life, to lead you into the ways that lead to life. Not just not just forgive your sin and give you eternal life, but to lead you into the ways that lead to life. My desire for you is to give you life and life to the full. And it's the oldest question in the book, literally. Do we trust God?”

“So why does why does lust leave us empty and and driven to excess? You know, the more the more we do, then the deeper we have to go into it, and and it leads to addiction. And why is that? Because it tries to substitute something less, namely sensual satisfaction for something more. We're trying to substitute something less for something more, and that something more is the deep, deep, deep love of God and genuine connection, genuine love for one another. And there is no cheap thrill that's ever gonna take the place of that.”

“And here's what I've come to believe. I believe the sexual ethic that God teaches in the pages of scripture is not restrictive or somehow life sucking that that it's actually life giving. I believe the sexual ethic God teaches in the scriptures is good news. It's gospel. It's good news. And I believe that with all my heart. And gang, believe me. Believe me. I do not approach this topic with my finger wagging.”

“"But verse 7, but we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all -surpassing power. Stop right there. This all -surpassing power. What was Paul referring to? Different translations translate it different ways. An all -surpassing power. An excellence. An exceeding greatness. Something that is beyond measure. Something that is beyond the ordinary. Something that is above ourselves. Something exceedingly superior. All of those could be translated. One even translated transcendent power. Well, I didn't know what that meant, so I didn't think I'd use it. No, transcendent means something above ourselves. Beyond what we can even think about. It's not the kind of power that tears, destroys. But it's the power which unites us, which harmonizes. renews us which remakes us it's the power of god that is living in us that transforms us from within to without you see it's his power that is at work within us to change us to mold us to shape us to fill us to demonstrate his glory through our lives how can that happen how can you and i go into our world and people actually see jesus in us because we're so good no it's not about us it's about his power that is demonstrated through us as he lives his life in us through his power he changes us and changes and and works through us and lives through us and it's not something that originates within us but it comes from his power that is from god and not from us so you see what he wants to do in you what he wants to do in me is he wants to come in and display his limitless power in his glory through limited and common vessels like you and me he wants to come and he chooses his treasure To be contained in fragile, unimpressive, vulnerable containers like us."”

“"No longer is he in a place. No longer is he dwelling in just one person. But today, the post -resurrection home of the living Lord Jesus Christ is now in you and in me. That's what Christianity is all about. Not just us following some rules and regulations, trying to be a good person, trying to be a moral person, going to church once a Sunday, try as many times as you can. It's more than just that. Real Christianity is coming to the place where we say, Lord Jesus, I open up my heart and life to you. Come and live your life in me. And then live your life through me. That's the treasure that we have been given. The truth of his gospel, the presence of the living Lord Jesus in us. So that now we can go into our world and tell people that where Jesus is, there's forgiveness for all of our sins. Where Jesus is, there's hope. Where Jesus is, there's peace and love and joy and freedom and a future and life not only abundant but eternal. So we go into our world with this Christ living in us. So that we might not only share the good news, but so we might show his power that is at work in and through our lives. Remember, we're just jars of clay, right? We're fragile, we break easily, we're not worth much in of ourselves. But we go out into our world to show not only his glory, but to show his power that is at work within us. Look what Paul says."”

“"But I want you to understand, Christianity is more than just about our past. And it's more than just about our future. It's about what Christ wants to do in us right here today. It's Christ in you is the hope of glory. He wants to live his life in and through you. Now, let me give you a little explanation of what Paul was talking about. In the Old Testament, where did the presence of God dwell? In the temple, in the tabernacle. In the tabernacle, in the picture, you had the outer courts. Then you had the inner courts. And then you had the holy place. And then you had behind here, you had the most holy place. And then you had the holies of holies behind. Say, if there's a big screen there. And behind there was... the ark of the covenant and that's where the presence of god dwelt now no one could go back there except a high priest and he could go once a year with fear and trembling right so he could go there once a year where god was that's the old testament but then in the new testament jesus came and guess what god became flesh and dwelt among us so when people saw jesus they saw all so god in fact jesus said if you've seen me you've seen the father didn't he say that shake your head if you you know if i wanted to make sure i was wasn't off there he said if you've seen me you've seen the father so we see that the presence of god dwelt in the bodily form of jesus christ and jesus walked the face of the earth and people saw him they saw god he moved from behind the curtain the curtain was broken and hell he was here in the flesh and jesus lived his life here on this earth and he died on a cross for our sins so that we might have forgiveness for all of our sins and then he was resurrected he was alive again but then as soon as he was alive again he ascended back to the father but then jesus said don't worry i'm not going to leave you as orphans i'm going to send someone to be with you now watch this to be with you and to be in you the presence of his holy spirit Living and dwelling. Now, watch this."”