Christ Place Church Chance2

11/02/2022

Surviving the Holidays for GriefShare and DivorceCare is on Nov 16. Surviving the Holidays is a one-night event for each group. Some topics covered:
-How to deal with the many emotions
-What to do about coming changes
-How to discover hope for your future

06/01/2022

Mary and I are hanging out with the students of Christ Place Church. Pastor Joshua is teaching the students well about difficult and serious topics.

Re:generation is for us who struggle with difficult sins. Here are some resources about just a few of the struggles that we may face and need God's help to conquer.

Everyone struggles with something. Here are some of the more common problems that people seek help with at re:generation.

04/15/2022

This morning I read Matthew 27:1-61 – Matthew’s account of Good Friday starting with the priests taking Jesus to Pilate and concluding with Mary Magdalene and “the other Mary” sitting at the tomb. In Matthew 27, you see what everyone truly worshipped. Do you see their idols as you read through Matthew 27? I noticed it is the 3 P’s – power, position, and prosperity.

Verses 1-2 – “The chief priests and the elders of the people” had the idolatry of power and position. They want to kill Jesus because he is a threat to their power and position.

Verses 3- 10 – Judas is let down by his idol of prosperity (probably power and position, as well). In retrospect, Judas may have seen that turning over Jesus for the cost of a slave, is not only bad because Jesus was innocent, but without Jesus’ ministry, Judas will lose his idol(s). Depression and destruction are what I see often when a man’s idol fails him. Almost always, others pay the price.

Verses 11-12, 24-26 – Pilate, the governor, is warned by his wife not to condemn Jesus (reminder, even if part of God’s sovereignty, man is responsible for their sin). However, Pilate’s idols of power and position would be in danger if he did not give in to the demands of the people he ruled.

Verses 15-23 – The crowd was easily manipulated because they worshipped prosperity. They wanted a messiah that was going to defeat the Romans and free them from occupation. They are noticing that is not what Jesus was doing, and they turned on him.

Verses 27-31 – The roman soldiers full of their lust for power – berated, beat, and stripped the King of Kings.

However, some were not concerned with idols but were transfixed with horror as they watch this play out. There was a rich man, Joseph. He was a person who probably had a lot of power, position, and prosperity – but he was putting it all at risk to honor Jesus, by providing his tomb that he would have spent a fortune on. By the accounts of John, we know that Joseph and Nicodemus, a man with high religious standing, risked much by simply caring for Jesus’ body.

There were also the “many women” who followed Jesus who were ministering to him (v. 55-56). They watched in horror and with little they were able to do to change the course of events. As the day was ending, “Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb” (v. 61). Mary Magdalene and “the other Mary” did not see what could come next. They only were doing what they knew to do next – follow Jesus. They were not concerned for their 3 P’s but instead were focused on their one Lord. Even when it made no sense to them, they were faithful.

It made me ask, am I so concerned about the idols of the 3 P’s (power, position, and prosperity) instead of worshipping my one Lord. Or am I like Joseph and Nicodemus, willing to risk all my life’s work to worship the King of Kings. When things look hopeless, do I still follow Jesus, even if it is setting near him in silence, like Mary Magdalene and “the other Mary?” How about you?

Join us tonight at 6:00 pm at Christ Place Church for our Good Friday service.

(Painting by Raheel Shakeel, downloaded from Pixabay)

03/09/2022

Our men's Steps group leader, Kenny Pope shares his testimony with Pastor Trent Peacock on the Paradox Culture podcast. You will have the opportunity to hear more of Kenny's testimony that you did not hear in his re:gen testimony.

"Grace gets its reputation for saving us and rightly so, but it needs also to get a reputation for sustaining us."

https://anchor.fm/trent-peacock/episodes/Sustaining-Grace-e1fdh1t.

Ever have something happen that was so big you didn't know how you could get through it? In this episode Pastor Trent interviews his good friend Kenny Pope who is a paraplegic. Kenny shares his testimony of how God has been so faithful before and after his accident.

03/07/2022

This is a powerful sermon series from Romans 8. If you missed a sermon from this series, be sure to go back and watch it. If you do not attend Christ Place, I strongly encourage you to watch this series. This series will help in your journey in your Chance2 group.

Tell us your favorite part of the service and why?-------------------We exist to glorify God by discipling one another to reach and raise the next generation...

03/05/2022

Last Wednesday, Kenny Pope – one of our men’s Steps group leaders – share his re:generation testimony. When Kenny was recruited to become a leader, he with many other leaders went through the training process that included doing the Steps themselves. In his testimony, he shared how working the steps of re:generation fostered a deeper intimacy with Jesus Christ. His closing statement of his testimony was “I can think of no better way to summarize my experience in re:generation than to quote the apostle Paul from Ephesians 3:21, ‘Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.’”

02/24/2022

Last night Cole got us to think about idols in our life and the deep sin that it is. This is a great quote about idols in our life. “When one thing after another fails to address our deep inner need, we can become addicted to that which covers or dulls our pain rather than heals it.”

Cole finished with this great statement: "Start trying to know God as He has revealed Himself and not how I want Him to be!"

What are your idols?

02/24/2022

Reposted from 🙌 Grace upon grace.

02/15/2022

Whether your marriage needs to be reignited or is in need of complete resurrection, re|engage is a safe place for couples to reconnect.

Re|enage meets at Christ Place Church on Wednesdays at 6:30 in the Kid's Theater.

02/12/2022

Last Wednesday, Kenny Pope shared a great lesson about Step 2. My favorite point:

"Our Problem is that we cannot manage the impossible weight of sin.I wasn’t created to carry the burden of sin; but to be in relationship with God."

01/28/2022

Last night in re:generation, Chris gave a great lesson on Step 1:Admit. Her five takeaways were great. What takeaway was impactful to you?

I thought that Takeaway 4 was impactful. "I don’t need to hide. God already knows what I’ve done. He is pursuing me because he wants to heal me. He has what I need." We think that hiding our sin or hiding from God is effective. That is comical, but we all do it and think we are getting away with it.

01/22/2022

We all experience brokenness in life. At re:generation, we believe that anyone can experience new life and freedom by working through steps of healing given to us by God through the Bible. All who are tired, broken, or hurting are invited to come to find recovery in Jesus Christ. Wednesday, 6:30.