11.08.2026

As we conclude the series on managing our households well, we’ll focus on the final aspect of building a GREENHOUSE: finances. How we handle money directly reflects our relationship with God. The Bible teaches us about wealth and possessions because they can easily become distractions from what matters most: our connection with God. That’s what GREENHOUSES are centered on: a life-giving heart connection with God and others. In Matthew 25:14–30, Jesus teaches that God is the Master and we are His stewards. Everything we have is entrusted to us, and our responsibility is to be faithful with what He has given us. We’ll see how faithfulness leads to fruitfulness, why we shouldn’t compare what we’ve received, and how generosity produces eternal rewards. Ultimately, Kingdom finances are an inside job before they become an outside reality. It’s not about how much we have, but how faithfully we manage it, how generously we give, and whether our hearts find contentment in God rather than money. When this dwells in our hearts, it’s found in our homes.

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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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11.1.2026

WE CANNOT OUTSOURCE THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY! We are watching a generation face unprecedented darkness, and the Church cannot afford to remain complacent. We cannot outsource the spiritual future of our city to programs, elections, schools, or someone else’s prayers. The responsibility is ours. We don’t need another strategy to manage the darkness. We need the presence of God. We need the fire of God. We need revival. “Seek and deeply long for His face and His presence continually.” — Psalm 105:4 (AMP) Have we grown so comfortable with the condition of our world that we can live without the very thing our city desperately needs? Jesus came to baptize His people with the Holy Spirit and fire. We were not called to remain neutral while darkness presses in on our families, our children, and our communities. We cannot manufacture revival, but we can seek the God who sends it. During Seek Week, we stop, fast, pray, and SEEK GOD for revival in our hearts for the renewal of our city. We are asking God to awaken His Church, us, again. “Would you not revive us again…”

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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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#fillthecitywithjesus

10.25.2026

God never designed you to live exhausted or driven by the endless demand to produce. From the beginning, He established the Sabbath as a holy rhythm—a day to stop striving, remember His goodness, and encounter His presence. While culture measures your worth by what you produce, the Sabbath offers a better way: encountering God’s presence through rest so you can carry it through the rest of the week. Ceasing work is an act of faith to reflect on His faithfulness in your life. Sabbath isn’t simply a day off; it is a day given to the Lord to cultivate life in your soul so that life can flow into your city. When we learn to steward and carry His presence by surrendering our time to God, He breathes life into us, blessing our efforts to flourish and multiply.

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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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10.18.26

The Biblical call to parents is to raise children who are grateful for God’s abundance rather than entitled by it, remembering that every good gift comes from Him. Through clear responsibilities, meaningful choices, and the weight of outcomes, we help our children develop maturity and confidence in their identity. We teach them that contributing to the family, serving others, and being faithful in secret matter to God. Ultimately, parenting is about more than managing chores or correcting behavior; it is about shaping hearts and relationships. Loving discipline, rooted in connection rather than anger or punishment, teaches self-control, wisdom, and accountability. Just as our heavenly Father disciplines those He loves, we discipline our children to help them grow into mature, responsible adults who walk humbly with God.

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Additional Resources Mentioned

The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place

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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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#fillthecitywithjesus

10.11.26

The three marks of a disciple are: strengthen yourself in the LORD, manage your household, and fill your city with Jesus. We’ve been looking at managing our household like a GREENHOUSE. In Ephesians 6:1–4, Paul addresses both children and parents and their responsibilities toward one another. Parenting is a temporary assignment designed to prepare our children to encounter the LORD—that’s why we call it substitute parenting. The goal isn’t simply for them to listen to us, but to know their heavenly Father. Like a greenhouse, the home is where children are cultivated, protected, and prepared for what is beyond it. Parents, you have been given a short and sacred window in which to form the life God has entrusted to you. Find the gold. Protect what is pure. Confront the folly. And make your home a place where your children can see, hear, and experience something of what their Father in heaven is like.

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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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#fillthecitywithjesus

10.04.26

Marriage is not an isolated subject—it is part of the greater story of God. Ephesians 5 reveals that marriage begins with hearts awakened to God. Before Paul ever speaks to husbands and wives, he calls us to be filled with the Spirit and submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. The issue is not simply learning better marriage techniques; it is becoming people whose hearts have been transformed by God’s grace, love, sacrifice, and truth. These inputs of God shape the outputs of marriage. As we are filled with God, husbands are called to lead through sacrificially loving, wives are called to walk in willing submission, and both are formed into the image of Christ. Different roles. Same heart. One purpose. Marriage is not to make us happy—it is one of God’s great instruments for making us holy and more like Jesus. When two people continually connect to God and to one another, they realize their battle is not against their spouse but the enemy, against whom we can stand.

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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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#fillthecitywithjesus

9.27.2026

Your greenhouse holds multiple gardens representing different relationships: marriage, children, friendships, and extended family. Each has unique soil requiring specific nutrients to flourish. Even a right action done at the wrong time can cause harm. When we discern hearts, step into the worlds of those we love, and consistently provide the right care, we build a culture where relationships thrive. This culture is shaped by our words and sustained by our habits. The rhythms we establish in our homes become systems that protect what every relationship needs most: connection. When our hearts are connected with God and one another, life truly flourishes.

You can find this weeks sermon notes and groups guide here:
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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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#fillthecitywithjesus

9.20.2026

What’s in your heart is displayed in your home. God designed the home to be a greenhouse—a place where His presence cultivates an environment of life and life abundantly. To manage our households means to be present, intentional, and actively involved in the well-being of those God has entrusted to us. Every member of the home has a role to play. As we allow God to shape our hearts, our hearts shape the culture of our homes, and what is cultivated in our homes eventually flows into our cities. God blesses our homes not to keep them in the home, but so that the life He produces in us can be multiplied out to renew cities.

You can find this weeks sermon notes and groups guide here:
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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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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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