June 18, 2023
Series Overview: The purpose of this new series of messages beginning today is to shine a scriptural light on God’s heart for your life’s journey. In fact, that’s why the local church exists! Journey Church exists to help you follow Christ in every step of your journey through life. You’ve been given one life to live and we want to help you live that life with blessing at every step, as God designed your journey to truly be.
JOHN 10:10 NIV
I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
HEBREWS 10:25 AMP
…not forsaking our meeting together [as believers for worship and instruction], as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more [faithfully] as you see the day [of Christ’s return] approaching.
5 reasons why attending a local church important in your journey…
1. Scripture is shown to be a
in your life.
1 JOHN 1:7 NLT
But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship (gather) with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
JOHN 14:15 NIV
If you love me, keep my commands.
LUKE 11:23 NLT
Jesus replied, “But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice.”
2. You weren’t created to do life
.
ECCLESIASTES 4:9 NLT
Two people are better off than one,
for they can help each other succeed.
GENESIS 2:18 NKJV
And the LORD God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.”
3. Faith next to
is inexplicably powerful.
MATTHEW 18:20 ESV
For where two or three are gathered in my name,
there am I among them.
Faith being set next to faith amplifies your awareness of God’s presence and your prayers.
MATTHEW 18:19 ESV
Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.
JAMES 5:16 ESV
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed.
4.
is sown into your life.
MATTHEW 13:23 NLT
The seed that fell on good soil represents those who truly hear and understand God’s word and produce a harvest of thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times as much as had been planted!
5. God is able to
His church through you.
MATTHEW 16:18 NIV
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church (ecclesia), and the gates of Hell will not overcome it.
Communities are won and hell is overcome through congregations.
PSALMS 84:1-2,4,10 NLT
How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of Heaven’s Armies. 2 I long, yes, I faint with longing to enter the courts of the Lord. …4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house, always singing your praises. …10 A single day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else! I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.
PSALM 84 PREFACE
For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument.
Closing thought…
Be encouraged to use today’s message as an invitation to pursue a life that lives out the message you just received. We also invite you to (if you already haven’t) invite Christ and His forgiveness over your life, giving you eternity with Him. We sincerely pray today’s talk has blessed you and becomes your experienced reality!
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