When a stone mason begins building, he or she starts with one stone from which all the other stones are laid. As God is building believers into a spiritual house, there is one stone from which all the others derive purpose and significance.
Now that you have this marvelous gift of grace, the good news of Jesus, how do you live as a newborn child of God?
A baby contributes nothing to their own birth, and is fully dependent on his/her parents to guard them and provide for them as they grow toward maturity. In 1 Peter, the apostle writes that our spiritual birth looks very similar. In this message, we look at how Peter makes those connections.
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"Let Go and Let God" has a spiritual ring to it, but carries a couple deep deceptions aimed at getting you off target. We look at Ephesians chapter 1 and 2 to combat this deception of the enemy.
How do you define success? Maybe you look at people who are wealthy, or famous, or influential, and think that's how success is defined. But if you read the gospels, and look at the life of Jesus, you see a very different picture of success. Life isn't only what you make it.
“You do you.” You have probably heard someone say that, or have said it yourself. Or maybe you’ve heard the more modern and motivational version of that: “You Need To Live Your Truth.” We examine in this message how that is a subtle but deadly shift in how we approach who we really are.
One of the lines we use to justify doing dumb things is, “Well, you only live once!” In this message, we’ll discover from Ecclesiastes 11 how that is not a great way to live your life.
The first lie that sounds like the truth is only one word off. God doesn’t “just” want us to be happy. He has something much, much bigger and better in mind.
To close out the Story of God, pastor Rodney gives viewers a test to see how well you can explain the story of God, and is joined by one River City regular attender to take a look at how his story belongs in the Story of God.