Thrive Anniversary
Pastor Pete Keirstead
September 8, 2024
The goal of Thrive is to help people take their
Next Steps – a
Matthew 16:24-25 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If any of you wants to be My follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow Me. If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for My sake, you will save it.
Matthew 28:18-19 Jesus came and told His disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
1 Samuel 16:7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
- “The Why” of Thrive: Lost are found and the found would
Matthew 28:20 Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
John 15:12-13 This is My commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
- A disciple is someone who’s
…when the crowd (who was just miraculously fed) saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they got into the boats and went across to Capernaum to look for Him…Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, you want to be with Me because I fed you… I am the bread of life. For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent Me, not to do My own will… Then the people began to murmur in disagreement… Then the people began arguing …complaining … turned away and deserted Him. (John 6:25-66)
Thrive is a growing church dedicated to developing
Spiritual Maturity: Where there was impatience, there is now
Spiritual Maturity: Where there was relationship drama, there is now
Spiritual Maturity: Where there was need for external validation, there is now
Watch it again @ www.wearethrive.org/sermons All scripture is from the NLT unless otherwise noted