When disasters strike, humans help their neighbours. Just for a moment they share their stuff, open their homes & lend a hand to help out. Given that people are normally pretty selfish, where do moments like that come from? They’re a glimpse of what God made us for. The God at the centre of the universe is a giving, serving God.
We’re taking 3 weeks to think about how we serve the God who serves us.
God has a better design for sex & marriage than our culture offers. He even gives laws to retrieve/regain/salvage good outcomes when his people sin sexually… and he even gives…
Laws show us what God cares about. In these laws in Deut 19 he cares about every human life, true justice, our actions & motives. In Jesus' life God shows…
Leaders have a big impact on our lives. What kinds of leaders does God want us to be?
Passage:
Deuteronomy 16:18-20, Deuteronomy 17:8-20, Deuteronomy 18:9-22
Gathering:
Salt Church
We're made for one another and no one wants to be lonely. What sort of community does God want his people to be?
Passage:
Deuteronomy 14:22-27, Deuteronomy 15:1-11, Deuteronomy 16:9-12, Ephesians 4:25-32
Gathering:
Salt Church
1. What’s the reason for the OT food laws? So God’s people can live holy lives, even in their kitchens. || 2. What are Christians meant to do with OT…
If you want to love God you're going to feel the pressure to wander. What are these pressure points and why does God take them so seriously?
We love God by worshipping him his way – worshipping him any other way is deeply insulting and deeply unsatisfying.
We want a New Home to learn to trust God to supply our needs
We want a New Home for the next generations because God's plans outlive us.
We want a New Home to be and become lifelong disciples because God’s plan is we’d be & become lifelong disciples.