Archive for the ‘Ignited Youth’ Category

Galatians 5:1-15

By on December 28, 2011   /   High School Youth, Ignited Youth, Middle School Youth, River of Life   /   Leave a comment
Galatians 5:1-15

RECAP How does freedom make you act and live? There are many definitions for freedom, but I’m interested in what we do with our freedom. When we hear the word freedom most of us instinctively think about our freedom as citizens of the United States. I’d bet most of us are thankful for our freedom and will update our Facebook status to say that we are. However, I feel like many of us, including me, feel inadequate living up to that freedom when we consider the cost it took to give it.  I think the same can be said about the freedom God gives us. God has offered us incredible freedom as sons and daughters of the king and it took and an incredible price to offer that freedom. Yet, what happens when we still struggle with sin? In those moments our shame gets the best of us and we don’t feel like we are sons and daughters of God. But when Christ went to the cross he set us free from having to measure up. In the movie Saving Private Ryan, Captain John H. Miller goes on a mission with his troops through Nazi occupied France  to find Private

Read more →
Back to Top

Galatians 4

By on December 15, 2011   /   Ignited Youth, River of Life   /   Leave a comment
Galatians 4

RECAP There is an ancient story that has been retold several times. The general theme of the story goes like this: A child of royalty, power or wealth essentially has no rights under the guardianship of their parents and waits until he or she receives their inheritance at the proper time. Several modern movies are adaptations of this story. Indulge me a bit as I make my adaptation of this story. Let’s pretend for a second that I’m an alien observing your family, but I can’t hear anything. I can only see how your families interact from my spaceship. I notice that your parent’s clothe you, give you water to bathe with, give you a place to sleep, feed you, hug you, take you to sports for fun and exercise, get you haircuts and buy you toys. I also notice this fury little thing that looks nothing like you and yet your parents treat it the same way. This creature has fur so he doesn’t need clothes and yet your parents buy him sweaters.                            They groom him with exotic haircuts that cost more than yours. Your parent’s bathe this fury thing and give it a little house to sleep in.

Read more →
Back to Top

Galatians 3:15-29

By on November 11, 2011   /   Ignited Youth, River of Life   /   Leave a comment
Galatians 3:15-29

                      RECAP If you take a piece of paper of any size and try to fold it in half 10 times you will be defeated. It is impossible. If I offered you an ipad and a new car it would make no difference. No matter what motivation you have, your hands do not have the strength to fold a piece of paper in half 10 times. I’ll wait 5 minutes while you go attempt to do this as you undoubtedly don’t believe me and want to prove me wrong. Do you give up? See, we do the same thing with the law of God. It is impossible to follow the laws of God. I don’t care how noble and pure your motivation is; you and I are unable to follow the commands of God.  This isn’t really shocking. Most of us know that we cannot live out what God has called us to. However, scripture is shocking because it takes it a step further. Essentially, scripture says that when we fail to live out the commands of God then the law did it’s job. The commands of God are meant

Read more →
Back to Top

Galatians 3:1-14

By on October 26, 2011   /   Ignited Youth, River of Life   /   Leave a comment
Galatians 3:1-14

RECAP The key to having a best friend is that you can trust him or her. When I was a smaller kid, I had a friend named Josh. We did everything together. The times I’ve laughed the hardest in my life were with Josh. Some of my most spiritually foundational moments were spent with Josh. Josh quickly became the first to hear my terrible jokes, hurts, struggles, and pointless talk. However, the thing that cemented the relationship was the faith I had in Josh. The more this faith grew the more I was able to enjoy the friendship. However, Josh was not my best friend. My best friend in the world is the Holy Spirit. Josh was an awesome friend, but being friends with the Holy Spirit is a completely different friendship and requires a completely different level of faith. The Holy Spirit is a person who loves to capture pictures of who Jesus is and make that known to the world. The Holy Spirit is my best friend because he does the best thing better than anyone I know. What is that best thing? He helps me to trust Jesus more and more. The key to having the Holy

Read more →
Back to Top

Galatians 2:11-21

By on October 12, 2011   /   Ignited Youth, River of Life   /   3 Comments
Galatians 2:11-21

RECAP We all struggle with what other people think about us. In fact, I bet all of us consider what other people think about us before we do just about anything. Even the most anti-social person is driven to make others think that they are anti-social. The irony, of course, is that most people are not thinking about you. They are thinking about themselves. While you are considering what someone thinks about you, that someone is considering what another person is thinking about them. Huh? Take a few seconds to mull over that last sentence. Now, here is the real punch – our assumptions about what other people are thinking about us are usually way off base. Take prayer, for example. Most people who fear praying out loud are afraid, because they think they will say something wrong and others will notice. A little church secret is that most people are not really listening to you when you pray out loud. Most people are thinking about what they are going to pray when its their turn or they are day dreaming about what astronauts eat. In Galatians, we find Peter being driven by what others think about him so much

Read more →
Back to Top
Next Page »

Contact Info

Phone: (970) 241-9692
Fax: (970) 241-2019
Address: 701 24 1/2 rd
Grand Junction, CO 81505

Service Times

Worship Services: 8:30/11:00am
Sunday School: 10:00am
Children's Church: 11:30am
Nursery Provided

User Login