Practicing the Way of Jesus Together, Part 3

It doesn’t matter how many systems and processes we have, how many goals we set, or what strategy we employ if we don’t hold to our core values: Jesus, People, and the Kingdom of God.

We Praise You
Bethel Music & Brandon Lake

Used to This
Maverick City Music and Elevation Worship

Goodness of God
Bethel Music and Jenn Johnson

John 1:14
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

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Our Values
1. Exalting Jesus

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1. Jesus is the Bread of Life

John 6:35
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.

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2. Jesus is the Light of the World

John 8:12
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

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3. Jesus is the Door

John 10:9
I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.

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4. Jesus is the Good Shepherd

John 10:11
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

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5. Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life

John 11:25,26
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die.

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6. Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life

John 14:6
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

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7. Jesus is the Vine

John 15:5
I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

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Our Values
2. Loving People

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1 John 4:7-11
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

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Our Values
3. Extending the kingdom of God

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Mark 1:14-15
Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

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Psalm 29:10
…the Lord sits enthroned as king forever.

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Psalm 103:19
The Lord has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.