October 04, 2026
Pastor Jeff Manion continues our Spaces series by exploring the Wilderness. As Israel faces three crises in the wilderness, we see how the wilderness can become a place where faith grows or goes to die. We discover that Jesus entered the wilderness in Luke 4 and obeyed where Israel failed, and his faithfulness is credited to us. Whether we're grieving, waiting, or facing an unexpected season, we're challenged to guard our hearts against complaint and replace it with gratitude, anticipation, and trust. The wilderness can be the very place where God does some of his greatest work in our lives.
Pastor Aaron Buer begins our Spaces series by exploring what it means to trust God in unfamiliar spaces. We discover that faith isn't a blind leap but confident trust in God's unchanging character and promises, even without knowing every detail of the path ahead. We learn that God calls us to radical dependence on him rather than self-reliance. We are challenged to trust and depend on God in the unfamiliar spaces we find ourselves.
Pastor Aaron Buer continues our Spaces series by exploring Jeremiah's powerful imagery of the spring, the cistern, and the river to answer one question: where do you get your water? We discover that those who trust in the Lord are like a tree planted by streams of water, remaining fruitful and unafraid even in seasons of drought. We learn that our hearts are prone to forsake God, the spring of living water, and dig our own broken cisterns that can never hold what we need. We are challenged to sink our roots into God through his Word, trusting that Jesus alone offers the living water that transforms everything it touches, even turning dead places into places teeming with life.
Pastor Aaron Buer continues our Spaces series by exploring three encounters on the road—the lake path, the desert road, and the Damascus road—to reveal what it truly means to follow Jesus. We discover that Jesus doesn't invite us to bring him along on our journey but calls us to leave our path and follow his, becoming disciples who think, talk, and live like Jesus. We learn that God relentlessly pursues outsiders, moving toward anyone who takes even a small step toward him, just as he did with the Ethiopian eunuch on the desert road. We are challenged to embrace our identity as both disciples and witnesses, recognizing that wherever we are and whatever we do, our role in Jesus's mission is to serve and testify to who he is.
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