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Chris Seidman
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September 24, 2023

This Is Us

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September 24, 2023
Chris Seidman, Lead Minister, The Branch

Church

A gathering of people who’ve answered the call to come to Jesus, spend time with Jesus, be filled with Jesus, and follow Jesus, so that they might be Jesus to people, and call people to Jesus.


Mark 3:13-15 (NIV)
Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. He appointed twelve that they might be with him (worship) and that he might send them out (mission) to preach and to have authority to drive out demons.


If every member of the Branch were just like me, what kind of church would we be?


Tony Evans, Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship
If you want a better world, composed of better nations, inhabited by better states, filled with better counties, made up of better cities, comprised of better neighborhoods, illuminated by better churches, then you have to start by becoming a better person.

Let’s Talk Practically About the Three Aspects We Discussed Last Week, and How They Relate to Us Individually in our Daily Lives …

  • Worship (being with Jesus)


C.S. Lewis
The moment you wake up each morning, all your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals. And the first job each morning consists in shoving it all back; in listening to that other voice, taking that other point of view, letting that other larger, stronger, quieter life come flowing in.


Psalm 119:18 (NIV)
Open my eyes that I might see wonderful things in your word.

  • Is there anything that touches me?
  • Is there anything that confuses me?
  • Is there anything that challenges me?
  • What is it about Jesus that strikes you here?
  • Is there anything in here that could speak into my life/situations today?


2 Timothy 2:7 (NIV)
Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all this.

  • Mission (being sent by Jesus)


Matthew 28:19 (NIV)
“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations … .”

Reads Like …
“As you’re going along make disciples of all nations.”


Matthew 28:20 (NIV)
“Surely I am with you always.”

  • Community (with others in Jesus)


Theologian Scot McKnight
Love is a rugged commitment to be with someone, to be for someone, unto Christlikness, for as long as it takes.