Providence: SurroundedThis week, we look at a passage in 2 Kings 6:8-23. Where do we turn when we feel overwhelmed, when it seems like we're surrounded with no way out?

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Providence: Surrounded

Providence: God's Provision in Desperate TimesIn 2 Kings, Elisha comes across a widow faced with an impossible choice -  pay a debt that she doesn’t have the money for, or send her sons into slavery as payment? Her anguish is palpable, and in the midst of her crisis Elisha says these five simple yet magical words: How can I help you?

Providence: God's Provision in Desperate Times

Providence: The Pathway of TransformationThis is an unprecedented time in the history of our world. Each of us are desperate for some type of change. Societally, we are all desperate for hope. God is the source of hope, healing and change. Yet we have a part. Guest speaker Rich Villodas shares with us today the true pathways of change, breakthrough, wholeness and ultimately transformation.

Providence: The Pathway of Transformation

Providence: BurnoutThere came a point in Elijah’s ministry where he had careened way past burnout, and into despair. But it is also there, at the end of his rope, that God meets him and gives him exactly what he needs.This Sunday we continue our new series Providence: Desperate Times, Disparate Measures, by looking at how God provides relieffor Elijah’s burnout.

Providence: Burnout

Providence: Desperate Times, Disparate MeasuresWhat does it look like to remain faithful in times of cultural unrest and unease? How do we continue to put our trust in God in difficult times? When we face a scary diagnosis, when we don't know how we're going to make rent or pay the bills, when we feel surrounded by scarcity, how do we stay grounded in God?This Sunday we begin our brand new series Providence: Desperate Times, Disparate Measures, looking at the lives of Elijah and Elisha, who show us what it means to live by faith in any circumstance.

Providence

Still Small: Stepping OutAs we grow older, we become more risk-averse. We try to avoid being hurt or making mistakes. But the rule of risk and reward still applies - it is only through taking risks and trying something new that we learn just what we’re capable of. In the spiritual life, this means listening closely to God, discerning where we think he might be leading us, and then taking the leap. We may be right, we may be wrong, but we’ll never know if we don’t dive in.This Sunday we conclude our series, Still Small: Discerning God’s Voice in a Noisy Life by looking at what God is inviting us to step into next.

Still Small: Stepping Out

Still Small: Child-like TrustCulture tells us that only those who remain relentlessly driven and laser-focused achieve their dreams. We believe that we can get what we want by gripping tight to our goals and never letting go. But God beckons us into another way of being, a way that requires surrender, and a willingness to relinquish even our deepest wants and desires for the sake of what God desires for us. This is counter-intuitive, confounding even, but it is the only path toward truly discerningand doing God’s will.This Sunday we continue our series, Still Small: Discerning God’s Voice in a Noisy Life, by looking at how we learn to embrace the freedom that comes with letting go.

Still Small: Child-like Trust

Still Small: One Track MindFor followers of Jesus seeking to discern and do God’s will, we need to pay close attention to when, how, and how often we’re turning to our own logic, reason, and intellect to make decisions. Since God has given us this incomparable tool, we also ought to trust God to guide us in how to use it for our good and God’s glory.This Sunday we continue our series, Still Small: Discerning God’s Voice in a Noisy Life, by looking at how to use our heads in the practice of discernment.

Still Small: One Track Mind

Still Small: Wise CouncilWhen it comes to making decisions in our own lives, it’s essential to surround ourselves with people who will listen to us, but who will also listen to God on our behalf - and then tell us the truth in love, even if it’s not what we want to hear. The same is true for being a voice in the lives of others; we need to listen well to them and to God for them, without personal agenda or ulterior motive. In the church, this is communal discernment, and it’s one of the fundamental pillars of discerning God’s presence and activity in the world.This Sunday we continue our series, Still Small: Discerning God’s Voice in a Noisy Life, exploring how we practice being a community who discerns.

Still Small: Wise Council

Still Small: Two Thumbs, a Drop of Water, and the Holy SpiritIt’s a mind-bending mystery that the Spirit of God dwells in each of us, but this is what the life of discernment is all about - learning how to be increasingly attentive to the leading of this Wonderful Counselor in the day-to-day.This Sunday we continue our series, Still Small: Discerning God’s Voice in a Noisy Life, looking at the ways that God takes the initiative to make Himself known to us.

Still Small: Two Thumbs, a Drop of Water, and the Holy Spirit

Still Small: Trusting God's Goodness... AlwaysOur capacity to seek God in seasons of fear, pain, and loss, when it’s hard to sense His goodness and love, is one of the primary ways we practice discerning God’s voice. This Sunday we continue our series, Still Small: Discerning God’s Voice in a Noisy Life, looking at how to experience our good and loving God in every circumstance.

Still Small: Trusting God's Goodness... Always

Still Small: Trusing God's GoodnessToo much noise in our lives can also affect our spiritual development. When we can’t seem to hear the still, small voice of God through the cacophony and chaos of daily life, we can lose our sense of his presence and leading. We believe that Christ is alive today, and wants us to know his will and follow him - but how can we hope to follow Christ, when we don’t know where he wants to take us?This Sunday we begin a new series, Still Small: Discerning God’s Voice in a Noisy Life, looking at how we recognize and respond to the presence, activity, and words of God in the big and small moments of life.

Still Small: Trusting God's Goodness

20/20 VisionIt seems appropriate to begin the new year by renewing our commitment to the shared vision for the universal Church, and how God has called Flood to be a unique expression of that vision. What can we learn from one of the most effective and influential congregations of the early church in Antioch about how to become a transformational, Christ-centered movement of hope & healing in our culture and context today? And what does it mean for you and I to commit our lives to this movement?

20/20 Vision

All of the Above: Human(s)Jesus came to teach us what it means to be fully human, to live the life God intended for us to live. Where we got it wrong, he got it right and showed us the way. Too often, Jesus’ humanity has been minimized, but the truth is that it is precisely because he was human, just like you and I, that the Gospel is so compelling. God, because of his great love for us, came to be with us.This Sunday we continue our Advent series, All of the Above, looking at the roles Jesus has fulfilled and still fulfills - as High Priest to free us from shame, as King to give us unity and strength, as Prophet to give us direction, as a Human who walks with us, and as the God who saves us.

All of the Above: Human(s)

All of the Above: To See The KingWe live in a world increasingly marked by division and hostility.  How does Jesus as King bring unity? How do we experience the unifying power of the King?

All of the Above: To See The King

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