Confident

The church is not a meeting; it's a movement. Are you a part of the movement?

We welcomed guest speaker Curtis Andrusko form The Summit church to speak on the gospel today. We look at Philippians 3 and how Apostle Paul wants to take us "Back to the Basics" of the christian life and remind us of the fundamentals.

To end the study in Proverbs, Chase teaches us to NOT look at Proverbs (or any other book) as another list of "to-do's and don'ts", but to look for Jesus in each one. God doesn't want us to "be perfect" or feel failure because we can't live up to all the commands. We will never be perfect, but Jesus is!Christianity isn't about behavior modification, it's about heart transformation.

Proverbs 18:21 "Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat it's fruits."With our words, we are either growing and expanding the kingdom of God, we are bringing heaven down to earth..OR we are expanding the kingdom of Satan, we are pulling hell up into our lives. That's a sobering thought. Words have power! Our words have an incredible effect on ourselves and others.

Chase talks about 4 insights into the will of God. *God's will is more about a direction than a decision.*God's will is less about the future and more about today.*God's will is more about our character than a choice.*God is more concerned about you experiencing His will than you are.

A topic most of us probably haven't though about since high school- FRIENDSHIP.Key take aways:〜 Proverbs 13:20 tells us "Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer."〜 "Our friends determine the direction and quality of our lives".〜 "You will always walk like those you walk with."

This week in Proverbs Chase discusses the topic of Money and the actions of the "wise" versus the "foolish"."when we steward God's resources in a wise way, he will trust us with more resources to steward."

* "You live in the world God created, not the other way around."* "God doesn't want us to be confused. He has actually given us the blueprints or the plans for how he has designed every area of your life to function."

This week Chase wraps up our series in Philemon about forgiveness. In this last week, Chase discusses what happens when in the small percentage of situations, reconciliation does not work out. What do we do when this happens?

This week we talk about step 2 and 3 of the process of forgiveness and the freedom it gives us.Step 1 was canceling the debt. Step 2 is preparing our hearts.Step 3 is pursuing reconciliation.