Alive Wesleyan

Jesus came to set the upside-down, right side up. Matthew 4:17 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”“The Sermon on the Mount is not a set of principles to be obeyed apart from identification with Jesus Christ. The Sermon on the Mount is a statement of the life we will live when the Holy Spirit is getting his way with us.” — Oswald Chambers Kingdom — Any place where what God wants done is actually done#alivewesleyanchurch For the latest sermons, stories, & training: https://alivewesleyan.com/sermons/STAY CONNECTED: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ALIVEWesleyanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ALIVEwesleyanInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/alivewesleyan/Website: https://alivewesleyan.comNewsletter: https://alivewesleyan.info/weeklyupdate

Jesus came to set the upside-down, right side up. Have’s - experience good things. Have not’s — rest of us. Anawim#alivewesleyanchurch For the latest sermons, stories, & training: https://alivewesleyan.com/sermons/STAY CONNECTED: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ALIVEWesleyanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ALIVEwesleyanInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/alivewesleyan/Website: https://alivewesleyan.comNewsletter: https://alivewesleyan.info/weeklyupdate

2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV84) 17 . . . if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!We learn (truth) in rows.We grow (train) in circles.Being a disciple is stepping into a new life that starts the moment that you bump into Jesus and start trusting him.Matthew 4:17 (NIV84) 17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”Spiritual formation — identifying untrue ideas, thoughts and definitions about God, yourself and the world and replacing them with the ideas, thoughts and definitions that filled the mind of Christ. Building a life that stands begins by sitting at the feet of Jesus.#alivewesleyanchurch For the latest sermons, stories, & training: https://alivewesleyan.com/sermons/STAY CONNECTED: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ALIVEWesleyanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ALIVEwesleyanInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/alivewesleyan/Website: https://alivewesleyan.comNewsletter: https://alivewesleyan.info/weeklyupdate

We want to reach spiritually hungry people and introduce them to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and an active role in Christian community.Mark 3:33–35 (NIV84) 33 “Who are my mother and my brothers?” he asked. 34Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.” We learn (truth) in rows.We grow (train) in circles.I long for the day when anyone who calls ALIVE their church, joins a small group or forms a small group.#alivewesleyanchurch For the latest sermons, stories, & training: https://alivewesleyan.com/sermons/STAY CONNECTED: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ALIVEWesleyanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ALIVEwesleyanInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/alivewesleyan/Website: https://alivewesleyan.comNewsletter: https://alivewesleyan.info/weeklyupdate

Do you have any porch people in your life?Church attendance has been cut in half since the 1950’s.We want to reach spiritually hungry people and introduce them to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and an active role in healthy Christian community.#alivewesleyanchurch For the latest sermons, stories, & training: https://alivewesleyan.com/sermons/STAY CONNECTED: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ALIVEWesleyanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ALIVEwesleyanInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/alivewesleyan/Website: https://alivewesleyan.comNewsletter: https://alivewesleyan.info/weeklyupdate

Who am I?What am I worth?Why am I here?Who gets to write on your page?If you knew, believed and lived out of what God says is true about you would it change anything?#alivewesleyanchurch For the latest sermons, stories, & training: https://alivewesleyan.com/sermons/STAY CONNECTED: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ALIVEWesleyanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ALIVEwesleyanInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/alivewesleyan/Website: https://alivewesleyan.comNewsletter: https://alivewesleyan.info/weeklyupdate

Luke 5:8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus' knees and said, "Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!"The first part is being awakened to who God is all of His glory, all of His holiness, all of His power. The second part that follows is being awakened to who we are in light of that all-powerful, God.Luke 5:10 …..Then Jesus said to Simon, "Don't be afraid; from now on you will fish for people." 11 So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed himWe all have to decide how closely we are going to follow Jesus. Because one thing certain about Jesus , is He does not stay in His lane! #alivewesleyanchurch For the latest sermons, stories, & training: https://alivewesleyan.com/sermons/STAY CONNECTED: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ALIVEWesleyanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ALIVEwesleyanInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/alivewesleyan/Website: https://alivewesleyan.comNewsletter: https://alivewesleyan.info/weeklyupdate

We think if our lives were a little more perfect, then we’d be happy. A perfect God sent his perfect Son so that, through Him, an imperfect people may reach and love an imperfect world. So how do we, with all our own imperfections be a people full of joy? And how do we love those that are also imperfect?#alivewesleyanchurch For the latest sermons, stories, & training: https://alivewesleyan.com/sermons/STAY CONNECTED: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ALIVEWesleyanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ALIVEwesleyanInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/alivewesleyan/Website: https://alivewesleyan.comNewsletter: https://alivewesleyan.info/weeklyupdate

How can we grow in our trust and in turn grow in our joy?1) They are tempted to control. “Joy comes to us in moments—ordinary moments. We risk missing out on joy when we get too busy chasing down the extraordinary.” - Brene BrownGenesis 17:1616 “I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.” Add notes2) They are tempted to cynicism.Genesis 18:14  “Is anything too hard for the Lord?” Genesis 22:2  2 “Then God said, ‘Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.’”#alivewesleyanchurch For the latest sermons, stories, & training: https://alivewesleyan.com/sermons/STAY CONNECTED: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ALIVEWesleyanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ALIVEwesleyanInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/alivewesleyan/Website: https://alivewesleyan.comNewsletter: https://alivewesleyan.info/weeklyupda

“It’s not your problem that’s the problem, it’s your reaction to the problem that’s your problem.”“JOYFUL RESPONSE”Joyful Response is actually caused by an expectant acceptance of the truthShift our perspective from where we are and the season we are in to what’s ahead and that shift will change everything. #alivewesleyanchurch For the latest sermons, stories, & training: https://alivewesleyan.com/sermons/STAY CONNECTED: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ALIVEWesleyanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ALIVEwesleyanInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/alivewesleyan/Website: https://alivewesleyan.comNewsletter: https://alivewesleyan.info/weeklyupdate

Contentment - a state of being happy or satisfied.Philippians 4:12b (NIV84) 12b “I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation . . .”Three False Pathways to Contentment1.    “The Prosperity Gospel”2.    “The Poverty Gospel”3.    “The Power Gospel”#alivewesleyanchurch For the latest sermons, stories, & training: https://alivewesleyan.com/sermons/STAY CONNECTED: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ALIVEWesleyanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ALIVEwesleyanInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/alivewesleyan/Website: https://alivewesleyan.comNewsletter: https://alivewesleyan.info/weeklyupdate

The Gospel either works for all people or it works for none. Joyful Endurance. Pain. Humanity is fluent in the language of suffering. #alivewesleyanchurch For the latest sermons, stories, & training: https://alivewesleyan.com/sermons/STAY CONNECTED: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ALIVEWesleyanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ALIVEwesleyanInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/alivewesleyan/Website: https://alivewesleyan.comNewsletter: https://alivewesleyan.info/weeklyupdate

Fierce Joy isn’t dependent on circumstances, but rooted in eternity. Philippians 3:1-111 Further, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you. 2 Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. Ephesians 2:8-10God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. 9 Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. 10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.#alivewesleyanchurch For the latest sermons, stories, & training: https://alivewesleyan.com/sermons/STAY CONNECTED: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ALIVEWesleyanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ALIVEwesleyanInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/alivewesleyan/Website: https://alivewesleyan.comNewsletter: https://alivewesleyan.info/weeklyupdate

Where does joy come from and why does it seem so elusive?Acts 16:25 (NLT) 25 Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening.True joy is not dependent on circumstances, but is rooted in the eternal.Acts 16:26 (NLT) 26 Suddenly, there was a massive earthquake, and the prison was shaken to its foundations. All the doors immediately flew open, and the chains of every prisoner fell off!Philippians 1:1–6 (NIV84) Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus . . .3 I thank my God every time I remember you. 4 In all my prayers for all of you, Ialways pray with joy5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, 6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus."The test of authentic joy is it is compatible with deep suffering." - John Ortberg#alivewesleyanchurch For the latest sermons, stories, & training: https://alivewesleyan.com/sermons/STAY CO

Demolition precedes renovation.Deconstruction precedes reconstruction.We buy into a deception.This produces something new in our lives, division.The result of deception and division in our lives, destruction.#alivewesleyanchurch For the latest sermons, stories, & training: https://alivewesleyan.com/sermons/STAY CONNECTED: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ALIVEWesleyanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ALIVEwesleyanInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/alivewesleyan/Website: https://alivewesleyan.comNewsletter: https://alivewesleyan.info/weeklyupdate

Demolition precedes renovation.Luke 10:25–37 (NLT) 25 One day an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus by asking him this question: “Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?”26 Jesus replied, “What does the law of Moses say? How do you read it?”27 The man answered, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.’ And, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”28 “Right!” Jesus told him. “Do this and you will live!”29 The man wanted to justify (to be declared right) his actions, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”  Add notesLow view of God’s Law (I am already perfectly loving God)Low view of ourselves (I have to keep the law or I am toast, perform or lose)Low view of others (How much do I have to love others to pass?)#alivewesleyanchurch For the latest sermons, stories, & training: https://alivewesleyan.com/sermons/STAY CONNECTED: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ALIVEWesleyanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ALIVEwesleyanInstagra

Two Very Different Approaches: Pressurized StrivingLiving from the Place of Peace. The Place of Peace Reminds Me Who I AmFalse Identity NarrativesI am What I HaveI am What I DoI am What People ThinkI am What I've Been ThroughThe Place of Peace Reminds Me How I'm MadeSpiritual Love LanguagesHeart - PassionateSoul - ContemplativeMind - IntellectualStrength - ActivistThe Place of Peace Reminds Me Who's in Charge.#alivewesleyanchurch For the latest sermons, stories, & training: https://alivewesleyan.com/sermons/STAY CONNECTED: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ALIVEWesleyanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ALIVEwesleyanInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/alivewesleyan/Website: https://alivewesleyan.comNewsletter: https://alivewesleyan.info/weeklyupdate

The quality of the construction rests on the commitment of the crew.Matthew 22:36–40 (NIV84) 37 Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”Abide in God’s Presence and Live God’s love in the worldWe want to reach spiritually hungry people and introduce them to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and an active role in Christian community.A basic default line in us shifts from struggling to get our lives together to struggling to give our lives away.The quality of the construction rests on the commitment of the crew.Being a body of Christ followers involves being a redemptive place for individuals with broken families, which is all of us. #alivewesleyanchurch For the latest sermons, stories, & training: https://alivewesleyan.com/sermons/STAY CONNECTED: Twitter: https://t

Matthew 7:24-27 (NLT) 24 “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. 25 Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock. 26 But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. 27 When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.”Jesus was actually talking about our lives.Jesus isn’t giving advice – He is issuing commands. We are forced to decide who He is and whether we are going to believe Him or not.The crowds were amazed at his teaching because He (Jesus) had taught with REAL authorityWhat are we going to do with Jesus today.How we respond to this will change everything. #alivewesleyanchurch For the latest sermons, stories, & training: https://alivewesleyan.com/sermons/STAY CONNECTED: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ALIVEWesleyanFacebo

Unbelievable - So great or extreme as to be difficult to believe; extraordinary The strangeness of the resurrection, points to the significance of the resurrection.  John 3:16 (NIV84) 16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. The level of confidence we have in the belief that Jesus is who He says He is and will do what He says He will do.John 20:1–2 (NIV84) . . . Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2 So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple. . . and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” John 20:3–8 (NIV84) 5 [John] . . . looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. 6 Then Simon Peter . . . arrived and went into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, 7 as well as the burial cloth that had been around Jesus’ head. The cloth was folded up by itself, separate from the