December 14, 2025

Our tendency is to read the Bible as if we are the main character. We read it to affirm what we already know, infer our own presence as the hero of the story, and get our ego stroked by false affirmations. Instead, the Word offers another function in reading: it trains, it equips, and it shapes like fire and a hammer. The story of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15 may be better titled if the focus is not on us, but on God. It’s a story about a father who recklessly loves his two sons. He showers the one with unrestrained celebration and offers all he has to the other as an excessive act of mercy. Our hearts are prone to connect with the younger or the older son, but the real connection is to keep our hearts dwelling on the central character of the story, the prodigal’s father.

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To take a deeper dive into this message with Pastor ryan peterson and Dan Lyle, check out our Groups Leader Podcast:
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Fill the city with Jesus. This is the vision not just for our church, but for our people. The city is not just a physical location, but a collection of our family members, friends, co-workers, and acquaintances. How can you bring Jesus to your city?

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12-07-25

In this message, we explore what God is doing in our generation and how He is calling His people to step into His purposes with clarity, boldness, and surrender. We are called to recognize that God is raising up a new movement marked by holiness, prayer, flexibility, and a readiness for the next outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Building on the past, God forms new wineskins to carry new wine.

Before He calls us to do something, He calls us to be with Him. We are created for salvation, sanctification, and service. Throughout Scripture we see that God shapes ordinary people into vessels for extraordinary assignments. And each calling demands a response: surrender, and the courage to say, “Here am I—send me.”

As we respond to His voice with humility and obedience, we position ourselves to be part of what God is doing now—in our generation and in His expanding Kingdom.

You can find this weeks sermon notes and groups guide here:
https://gracechurchsp.org/resources/sermon-guides

To take a deeper dive into this message with Pastor ryan peterson and Dan Lyle, check out our Groups Leader Podcast:
https://gracechurchsp.org/resources/group-leader-podcast

To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world click here: https://www.gracechurchsp.org/give

Fill the city with Jesus. This is the vision not just for our church, but for our people. The city is not just a physical location, but a collection of our family members, friends, co-workers, and acquaintances. How can you bring Jesus to your city?

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#fillthecitywithjesus

11-30-25

There is a great deception occurring in the church today. Many assume they are saved, but they are not. Others are saved but live constantly trying to assure themselves of this gift. Today, we are talking about the great gift of salvation that Jesus won for us on the cross. We are an equipping church that gives our people resources to help examine the true life of faith. Use today’s teaching to examine yourself and to walk others through the teaching if they need assurance. The testing comes through the Apostle John’s letter. Five short chapters that are geared around one main teaching of how you may know you have eternal life. Let’s look at a few different scriptures and use the Word as a mirror to examine if we are actually in the faith.

You can find this weeks sermon notes and groups guide here:
https://gracechurchsp.org/resources/sermon-guides

To take a deeper dive into this message with Pastor ryan peterson and Dan Lyle, check out our Groups Leader Podcast:
https://gracechurchsp.org/resources/group-leader-podcast

To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world click here: https://www.gracechurchsp.org/give

Fill the city with Jesus. This is the vision not just for our church, but for our people. The city is not just a physical location, but a collection of our family members, friends, co-workers, and acquaintances. How can you bring Jesus to your city?

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Stay Connected

Website: https://www.gracechurchsp.org
Grace Church Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gracechurchsp
Grace Church Instagram: @gracechurch_sp


#fillthecitywithjesus