Recent Sunday Talks.
The command to rest was written into God’s rhythm for life on earth, and was an instruction given to his people from the very beginning.
Jesus demonstrated his human need for rest (including quiet time alone, and down-time with His disciples) with prolific frequency.
So, what can we learn from that? That he’d got it all done in time for chilling? Or that he knew how badly he needed quiet time with His father in order to sustain him in his mission. If we look at the OG rest Psalm (23), we see that the green pastures and still waters of heavenly rest aren’t actually promised as relief from life’s woes, but are to be found right in the midst of them.
By Hannah Flint
Part of maturing as a Christian is learning to identify and live within the limits God places on our lives. There are limits to our capacity, our resources, our gifting and our calling. When we push beyond the boundaries of where God would have us we end up causing ourselves and others pain, and harming our relationship with him. We do this inevitably when we reject God’s lordship of our lives and choose to become arbiters of our own destiny. Jesus calls us back to himself. He loves us too much to see us hurt ourselves by stretching ourselves too thin. We can trust his limits to enable us to thrive.
By Ed Flint
To close out our series “Come Alive,” four folks in Bread’s community share about how they have come alive in Christ. Through their testimonies, we hear about how Jesus brings life even when we’re at our lowest.
Given the current cultural moment, it would be wise for disciples of Jesus not to sleep their life away and, instead, to wake up to the realities surrounding them. We are not the first to be charged with that task!
Paul’s challenge to the church comes with specific advice on how to partner with the Holy Spirit in not only learning to tell time, but to redeem it!
By Bill Dogterom
To celebrate what God is doing in our community, this week’s talk was comprised of 3 ten minute sermons given by members of bread in their first time preaching.
On the shared theme of obedience Amber, Paul, and Rebekah teach on obedience as an expression of our love for God, the joy that comes from obeying him, and the blessing that obedience brings to others.
“Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?” [Romans 7:24]. This is the dramatic way Paul ends the seventh chapter of his letter to the Romans.
But just one chapter later he writes “in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us!” [Romans 8:37].
What revelation did he have that got him so excited and full of faith after voicing such despair? And what does his discovery mean for us today?
By Ben Manusama
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