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The Enemy wants to distract you from the plan God has for your life. Satan’s ultimate strategy is to lead you off course but, thankfully, God has a strategy to keep you on track.

“When we see crowds, we want to keep them. When Jesus see crowd he gets skeptical; ‘Are you sure you guys are following the right guy? Because if you want to follow me, you got to put me so far above every one’ “

The word disciple is common in Christian circles, and though the meanings of words change over time, we have the job description straight from Jesus’ mouth. Many of us willingly call ourselves disciples, but have we really delved into what Jesus meant by it? When He invited those in His circle to follow Him, He outlined what it would take. He wanted them to count the cost. And He wanted them to know the reward.

What does eschatology have to do with ethics? What does the new heaven and the new earth have to do with the world in which we live now? Ultimately, it means that love is not our duty but our destiny. Through God’s grace in our lives, Christians strive to develop habits and character which build them up into the people that God originally created them to be. Christians are not called to merely pray a prayer and forget the rest. Instead, we are called to be a royal priesthood, bringing God’s love and royal stewardship into the new world that God is creating.

From Philippians 4:6-7; How do you fight fear, worry, and anxiety in your life? Join Christine Caine to learn how you can access God’s perfect peace by bringing everything to Him in prayer.

The early church ministered in a pluralistic society with numerous gods, religions, philosophies and beliefs, very much like the world today. Is belief simply a matter of individual conscience? Are we being arrogant and bigoted if we try to convert someone to our own religion? The Acts 4 passage and message take us through 1) The problem with truth claims; 2) The problem with the problem with truth claims; and 3) The solution and provision for the problem.

David Platt’s address at the 2015 National Conference was titled “End It: The Power of the Gospel to Address the Crisis of Human Trafficking.”

Pastor Louie Giglio encourages us to accept the invitation of Jesus to a table for two, and teaches us how to tune OUT the voice of the enemy who wants nothing more than to join us at that table and interrupt what God has to say to us.

From Grace Chapel Wilsonville, Jake Schwein draws from Mark 10 to explore how God wants EVERYTHING from us, not just a small part.