This message explores how we have been invited to know God. The same almighty creator who made the universe wants to know us as a father knows his child.

Matthew 22:37-38

“‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment”

- Jesus

Isaiah 44:2

I am your Creator. You were in my care even before you were born.

Ephesians 1:4

“Long before He laid down earth's foundations, God had us in mind, and settled on us as the focus of His love.”

Ephesians 1:18-19

I pray also ... that you may know ... his incomparably great power.

Ephesians 3:20

“[God] is able to do far more than we would ever dare to ask to even dream of – infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, or hopes!”

Matthew 6:9

“This is how you should pray, Our Father in heaven.”

- Jesus

Galatians 4:6

Because we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out, “Abba, Father.”

Why is it so hard to “rest” - both physically and emotionally? Is the constant pull towards business and productivity actually our attempt to measure up to some invisible expectations? Somehow, all our progress and accomplishments still leave us feeling like it will never be “enough.” This message explores the concept of God's grace and how it can help us live full of peace and contentment.

Real rest comes not once you have accomplished or achieved or become “enough,” but when you’ve realized that you will never be, and instead, Christ is.

Romans 3:23-24, MSG

Since we’ve compiled this long and sorry record as sinners…and proved that we are utterly incapable of living the glorious lives God wills for us, God did it for us. Out of sheer generosity he put us in right standing with himself. A pure gift. He got us out of the mess we’re in and restored us to where he always wanted us to be. And he did it by means of Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 2:1-2, 4-5, 8-10, MSG

It wasn’t so long ago that you were mired in that old stagnant life of sin. You let the world, which doesn’t know the first thing about living, tell you how to live. You filled your lungs with polluted unbelief, and then exhaled disobedience. We all did it, all of us doing what we felt like doing, when we felt like doing it, all of us in the same boat.

But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s grace that you have been saved!)

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.

For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

This message explores the principle of Sabbath; an invitation to practice for eternity in God's presence; an act of regular and intentional trust of God's rule on Earth. The Sabbath is God's weekly reminder that we are more than what we produce.

Mark 2:23-27

One Sabbath day as Jesus was walking through some grain fields, his disciples began breaking off heads of grain to eat. But the Pharisees said to Jesus, “Look, why are they breaking the law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath?” Jesus said to them, “Haven’t you ever read in the Scriptures what David did when he and his companions were hungry? He went into the house of God (during the days when Abiathar was high priest) and broke the law by eating the sacred loaves of bread that only the priests are allowed to eat. He also gave some to his companions.” Then Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made to meet the needs of people, and not people to meet the requirements of the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord, even over the Sabbath!”

Matthew 11:28-30

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.