When I was in my early 20’s and young in my relationship with the Lord I didn’t fully know it but God was setting a foundation in my theology by what I was reading, experiencing and hearing about. I read autobiographies about people who had dynamic lives in God, I heard stories about people who were encountering Him in powerful ways and I was regularly experiencing my own God stories. All of this was formative for my walk in God; while the cement was still drying I was learning to believe in a God who did supernatural things. This series testifies about who He is and what He’s like so that we can seek Him as the supernatural God who interacts with His people. I want to cast a vision for the young believer to believe for more and God and press into Him in their personal life and ministry. The stories told in these eight sessions will inspire, encourage and stir us up to encounter the Lord at a deeper level.

Finances play a major role in our daily lives as well as in our life in God and so it is not surprising that the Bible prescribes multifaceted ways that we are partner with Him in the financial arena. Like all 20 year olds I was mismanaging my money, was self focused and had no thought that God might have anything to say about how I ran my finances. Something dramatically shifted for me when I began to see money as a means to encounter the living God and I saw Him respond to my weak efforts to partner with Him in His Kingdom through even small offerings. This began an exciting journey with countless chapters of seeing God break in on my financial situation, repeatedly impact my heart and take my faith to new levels. All of this has allowed me to see money as God’s money that I am simply stewarding over. We’ve been given the most incredible opportunity to participate with God and encounter His power hitting our hearts and our daily lives as He responds to the seed sown in secret. This series is a study of what the Bible describes as wisdom pertaining to the way we approach money and what we do with it. It includes many encouraging stories from the past 15 years sowing into His Kingdom and seeing Him respond.

The Gospel of Matthew records a famous sermon of Jesus’ where He lays out what can rightly be seen as the constitution of the Kingdom of God. These three chapters are known as Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount and they define for us what real Christianity should look like. The subjects presented in this sermon are not flashy, instead they are quite challenging because of how they impact our routines, motives and responses. In this short course we will look at the principles that Christ lays out for us and talk about practical ways to apply these values in our day-to-day lives.