Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor As we jump back into Colossians we find Paul drawing to a world changing conclusion. When we exalt Jesus we begin to look and live like Jesus! This may seem obvious but as Paul paints a picture of what one looks like truly clothed in Christ we begin to see someone living in a manner no one lives today. This life clothed in Christ creates the person and community of people that our world is desperate to encounter. What would happen to our church and our community if we all glorified God in everything we do? Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give
Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor Over the past few decades many people have gotten bored with Church. They ask "Is the Church relevant to my daily life?" "Is the Church relevant to my family and work?" "How does the Church fit into my life's purpose?" Today we look to the words of Jesus to help us change the question. When we ask God, "What is your purpose and how does my life fit into it", then we find a Church and a life filled with relevant purpose. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give
Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor In this passage Jesus was conditioning the disciples heart to accomplish incredible future work in the New Testament Church. Jesus' call to generosity is the fuel that would make kingdom work possible. How can we find the heart of Jesus that compels us above the normal obligations of tithe that will allow us to go beyond where we have been in the kingdom work He has called us to? Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give
Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor As we enter the fall we want to be intentional with the trajectory set for our spiritual growth. This is the foundation for us as a church family. Are we growing from where we are? Today we will look again and Luke 12 and compare it to the parable of the sower in Matthew 13. Jesus used these parables to help the disciples know where the norms are, grow above these norms, so that they are positioned well to go beyond where they have been. How can you set a trajectory of growth for this next year? Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give
Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor In Luke 12 Jesus calls the disciples to an "above average" level of faith. In the midst of hard times, great darkness, and pressure from the Pharisees; Jesus ask the disciples to lean in with greater faith to advance the kingdom of God beyond where they have been. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give
Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor Today we wrap up our series on being immersed in the Word of God. As we evaluate 2 Corinthians 10:3-6 we see not only a call to battle to preach the Gospel to ourselves. We also see Paul's personal application of living this out. Do you live life knowing the intensity of the season we live in? The call today is to recognize, identify, and apply the gospel with the intentionality of a lion. This is what it means to immerse yourself in the Word. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give
Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor Jesus shared seemingly impossible words when He said "Do not be anxious about your life". There is a lot to stress over in life. We have needs that have to be met and these needs often consume our lives and turn into earthly treasures. How can we live in these times and NOT be anxious? Today Jesus gives us the answer in Matthew 6:33. Seek your good and perfect heavenly Father first and learn to trust Him with the rest of life. Join us as we internalize this life changing verse this week. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give
Stu H, Adult Education Director Paul says that we are definitively dead to sin and alive in Christ. That sounds good, but, in our lives there are times where sin doesn't seem so dead. This passage helps brings some sense to the difference between justification and sanctification. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give
Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor As followers of Jesus Christ we are not called to a passive but an active lifestyle of faith. In this section of Hebrews the author is inviting the readers into a lifestyle of HOLDING FAST. Step out of a life of passively conforming to the circumstances or culture around you. Instead we are called to set the temperature of the world by holding fast to our confession of hope. Today we evaluate four ways to hold fast to our Savior. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give
John Reynolds, Adult Ministries Pastor Psalm 1 presents two paths—the way of the righteous and the way of the wicked—and reminds us that true blessing and joy come through delighting in and meditating on God’s Word. Psalm 1 challenges us to examine what is shaping our thinking, behavior, and identity, and urges us to root ourselves in Scripture so that we find that blessed life God offers us. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give
Stu H., Adult Education Director Are you aware that as believers, Christ will judge what we have done in the body? For some, that may sound daunting, but if we live our lives with the ambition of pleasing Him, it will be a glorious day. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give
Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give
Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor Numbers 6:24-26 is a very familiar Bible verse that sums up the entire Gospel. This is such a good verse to internalize and live in this week. In this verse we discover God's heart to bless His children through grace and to keep them secure in His peace. Walking in His blessing should change our lives forever. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give
Dan Bushy, Pastor/Missionary God's chosen way for us to live as believers is to go the way of the cross. Following Jesus' example of laying down His life for others. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give
Do You Treasure The WORD? Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor As we kick off our summer series we begin with a big question. Do you treasure the WORD of God? Or... is it so accessible and available to you that you don't interact with it as much as you probably should. Today we read Psalm 119:11, and 105 to understand how we are changed by internalizing the gift of the WORD. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give
Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor Where do you find life? Where do you find affirmation of life? We often need to be affirmed that we are living life well. And often we turn to our success in what we do or how we feel to regulate our confidence in a life well lived. Today Paul leads us to the source of security, freedom, and joy in life. Finding life in Jesus frees us from obsessive law keeping and emotional dysregulation. We find LIFE sourced in the person of Jesus Christ. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give
Identity-Security-Trajectory: IN CHRIST Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor Paul calls us to not stop short. Don't just exalt Jesus and know that He is all powerful and all sufficient. Live in His all sufficient power every day. Today, as we unpack verses 9-15, we see this amazing life we get to live when we keep Jesus exalted. He is our new identity, His works give us eternal security, and His empowerment sets us on a new trajectory. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give
Avoiding Chaotic Currents of Culture Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor After establishing the Exaltation of Jesus in Chapter 1, Paul moves on to help the Colossians establish themselves in Christ. The Colossians were in a community that was at risk of being swept away in the trends of gnosticism, legalism, and humanism. How could they be a people resistant to falling back into these empty philosophies? In verses 1-10, Paul shows us how to avoid these chaotic currents and fix ourselves on the exaltation of Jesus. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give
An Altered Life, Not An Altar Call Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor When Christ is exalted we see the fullness of who He is and all He has done. This moves us far beyond responding to an altar call to an altered way of living. Paul uses this section to show the Colossians that He has found something worth living for. If you want your life to matter and have the energy for your days, then you need to find the subject and purpose worth living for. Are you willing to respond to the exalted Christ with a life used to proclaim Him? Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give
Preeminence Yields Worship, Work, & Witness Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor Paul uses an early church song in this passage to declare an eternal and central truth about Jesus. He is preeminent! Jesus is fully God and has made Himself manifest to us in a way that displays His place over creation, inspires our work as the Church, and fuels our individual purpose. His preeminence gives us reason to worship, desire to work, and a story to bear witness about. The question is not whether or not Jesus is preeminent. The question today is are we living in His preeminence? Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give