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Learning to Live Without Lust: Study 4 in the 10-part Series "Learning to Live Without", a Deep Dive into the Sermon on the Mount.

Big Idea: Lust is the creation of a false image that we worship, trying to fill a deep need for intimacy which can only be satisfied in union with God and his church.

1. The thirsty soul.
• The world we live in.
• What Jesus actually said.
• The real problem ... the real cure.
• Lust is a spiritual hunger that has lost its way.
2. The woman at the well.
• A word about pornography.
• You are not beyond the reach of living water.
• This is not a battle to fight alone.
3. The old yoke and the new yoke.
4. So what do we do?
• What is the real thirst?
• Are you drinking from the right well?
• Who are you bringing this to?

Learning to Live God's Flourishing Life: Study 2 in the 10-part Series "Learning to Live Without", a Deep Dive into the Sermon on the Mount.

Big Idea: The Beatitudes are not prescriptions for blessedness, but descriptions of the kinds of people who are invited to the kingdom.

1. Who is Jesus talking to? (Matthew 5:1-2)
2. What does Blessed actually mean?
3. The Beatitudes: what Jesus sees. (Matthew 5:3-12)
4. The grand invitation.

We have a redeemer: A message from Psalm 77

A Psalm to take us through the difficulties and problems of life.

1. Be honest toward God about being down, dark, incapacitated in times of life.
2. Ask God your questions about his faithfulness and unfailing love.
3. Think back at the greatness of God and His redemption shown in previous times.

Family Faith: Study 10 in Part 3 (Dangerous Faith), a 7-part series planned for the gospel of Matthew

Jesus reveals that true faith is dangerous because no matter how many signs we want, we can’t enter his Kingdom without a resurrection, have the kingdom without the king or belong to God’s family without doing the will of his Father.

1. No entry without an exit
2. No kingdom without a king
3. No family without a father

Restoring Faith: Study 8 in Part 3 (Dangerous Faith), a 7-part series planned for the gospel of Matthew

Jesus gives an object lesson that finding rest for our souls simply requires reaching out in faith for restoration from the servant who will be broken.

1. Rest Misunderstood (Matthew 12:1-8)
2. Rest Demonstrated (Matthew 12:9-14)
3. Rest Revealed (Matthew 12:10-21)