First Shallowater: Weekly Worship Messages

THRIVE: Relationships

Why is it that so much of our lives and our experience feels like just trying to survive? Didn’t Jesus say that he came so that we could have abundant life? It honestly seems, sometimes, like doing more than just making it from day to day is too much to ask. BUT, God clearly desires more for us. How can we thrive instead of just survive?

THRIVE: Faith

Why is it that so much of our lives and our experience feels like just trying to survive? Didn’t Jesus say that he came so that we could have abundant life? It honestly seems, sometimes, like doing more than just making it from day to day is too much to ask. BUT, God clearly desires more for us. How can we thrive instead of just survive?

THRIVE: What does it mean to Thrive?

Why is it that so much of our lives and our experience feels like just trying to survive? Didn’t Jesus say that he came so that we could have abundant life? It honestly seems, sometimes, like doing more than just making it from day to day is too much to ask. BUT, God clearly desires more for us. How can we thrive instead of just survive?

THE WAITING ROOM: Waiting for Glory

Waiting for that package to arrive, waiting in line at the DMV, waiting to check out at the grocery store, waiting to pick up our kids from practice. So much of our time and energy is spent waiting. Often the waiting feels heavy, unbearable even. Waiting to hear back from the doctor, waiting to find that person, waiting for a child to be born, waiting for the hurt and the heartache to subside. Two thousand years ago, Israel was waiting. They were waiting for deliverance, waiting for salvation, waiting for the Messiah. The story of Jesus’ birth reminds us that the world we live in is not as it should be. It also reminds us that the world we live in is not as it will be. We are waiting, but there is purpose in our waiting. How do we walk through seasons of waiting in our lives? Join us as we consider how we should live in THE WAITING ROOM.

THE WAITING ROOM: Waiting for the Promise

Waiting for that package to arrive, waiting in line at the DMV, waiting to check out at the grocery store, waiting to pick up our kids from practice. So much of our time and energy is spent waiting. Often the waiting feels heavy, unbearable even. Waiting to hear back from the doctor, waiting to find that person, waiting for a child to be born, waiting for the hurt and the heartache to subside. Two thousand years ago, Israel was waiting. They were waiting for deliverance, waiting for salvation, waiting for the Messiah. The story of Jesus’ birth reminds us that the world we live in is not as it should be. It also reminds us that the world we live in is not as it will be. We are waiting, but there is purpose in our waiting. How do we walk through seasons of waiting in our lives? Join us as we consider how we should live in THE WAITING ROOM.

THE WAITING ROOM: Waiting with Hope

Waiting for that package to arrive, waiting in line at the DMV, waiting to check out at the grocery store, waiting to pick up our kids from practice. So much of our time and energy is spent waiting. Often the waiting feels heavy, unbearable even. Waiting to hear back from the doctor, waiting to find that person, waiting for a child to be born, waiting for the hurt and the heartache to subside. Two thousand years ago, Israel was waiting. They were waiting for deliverance, waiting for salvation, waiting for the Messiah. The story of Jesus’ birth reminds us that the world we live in is not as it should be. It also reminds us that the world we live in is not as it will be. We are waiting, but there is purpose in our waiting. How do we walk through seasons of waiting in our lives? Join us as we consider how we should live in THE WAITING ROOM.

THE WAITING ROOM: Waiting through Failure

Waiting for that package to arrive, waiting in line at the DMV, waiting to check out at the grocery store, waiting to pick up our kids from practice. So much of our time and energy is spent waiting. Often the waiting feels heavy, unbearable even. Waiting to hear back from the doctor, waiting to find that person, waiting for a child to be born, waiting for the hurt and the heartache to subside. Two thousand years ago, Israel was waiting. They were waiting for deliverance, waiting for salvation, waiting for the Messiah. The story of Jesus’ birth reminds us that the world we live in is not as it should be. It also reminds us that the world we live in is not as it will be. We are waiting, but there is purpose in our waiting. How do we walk through seasons of waiting in our lives? Join us as we consider how we should live in THE WAITING ROOM.

THE WAITING ROOM: Waiting through Suffering

Waiting for that package to arrive, waiting in line at the DMV, waiting to check out at the grocery store, waiting to pick up our kids from practice. So much of our time and energy is spent waiting. Often the waiting feels heavy, unbearable even. Waiting to hear back from the doctor, waiting to find that person, waiting for a child to be born, waiting for the hurt and the heartache to subside. Two thousand years ago, Israel was waiting. They were waiting for deliverance, waiting for salvation, waiting for the Messiah. The story of Jesus’ birth reminds us that the world we live in is not as it should be. It also reminds us that the world we live in is not as it will be. We are waiting, but there is purpose in our waiting. How do we walk through seasons of waiting in our lives? Join us as we consider how we should live in THE WAITING ROOM.

THE WAITING ROOM: Waiting in the Desert

Waiting for that package to arrive, waiting in line at the DMV, waiting to check out at the grocery store, waiting to pick up our kids from practice. So much of our time and energy is spent waiting. Often the waiting feels heavy, unbearable even. Waiting to hear back from the doctor, waiting to find that person, waiting for a child to be born, waiting for the hurt and the heartache to subside. Two thousand years ago, Israel was waiting. They were waiting for deliverance, waiting for salvation, waiting for the Messiah. The story of Jesus’ birth reminds us that the world we live in is not as it should be. It also reminds us that the world we live in is not as it will be. We are waiting, but there is purpose in our waiting. How do we walk through seasons of waiting in our lives? Join us as we consider how we should live in THE WAITING ROOM.

TAKE HEART - Fight to the Finish

Discouraged, defeated, distressed. So often in our lives we walk through seasons that are hard, even painful. It can be so easy to want to give up, to lose hope. What do we do when we are facing discouragement? The book of Hebrews was written to people who were feeling exactly like that, and the author was trying to encourage them to hold on, to persevere. We need that same encouragement sometimes, don’t we? So if you are feeling down and defeated, this series is for you!