Oceanway Assembly

1. Where can we experience God? Anywhere and everywhere! Experience is necessary! Do something new... 1. Start Reading Scripture! SOAP! Start Soaping with other people! 2. Join a serve Team - This is your church! Get out of the same old tracks! 3. Give to Missions - 4. Change where you sit in church! (MOVE) Where you choose to sit will make a difference in what you experience! 5. Change your Posture! Posture is everything...MOVE! 6. change the channel on your tv better yet shut it off for a few days! 7. show up for prayer! The OCEAN, Tuesdays 5:30am, 10:00 am change the location and position of your prayer! Go somewhere with the express purpose to pray! Don’t just pray in your bedroom, or at church... When worship and prayer becomes so predictable it’s easy to lose your passion and energy – it’s easy to fall into the RUT! 2. What did Moses do? - Moses moved! a. Moses saw the Fire burning! b. Moses Moved! He went over and he stood!

1. Love drew Mary to the Tomb! 2. Love Ran to the Tomb! 3. LOVE is not Hidden its Revealed! You Can’t Hide LOVE! 4. LOVE shows up! Even when you don’t expect it! 5. Love Demands a response...

1. The Evidence of LOVE! Jesus shows up when you least expect it! LOVE SHOWS UP! Love is not hidden...Love is revealed...Love is HERE... 2. The Substance of LOVE!!! My Jesus died so that my life could be the covered! His LOVE covers me! His LOVE paid the price for ME! LOVE SHOWS UP AND LOVE SHOWS OUT!

1. His Passion Provided Freedom! He carried the cross so that we don’t have to carry our sin! 2. His passion provided Relationship! Passion does not walk alone! Jesus walked down the road alone so we don’t have to ever be alone! 3. His passion provided Purpose! He carried the Cross so that we could have purpose!

Passion was the motive for carrying the cross! Passion was the motive for staying on the cross! Passion was the motive for coming out of the grave... A few questions: if it was a legend...The Resurrection! 1. Why would the disciples die for a legend... 2. Why would they allow a woman’s version be written about a legend. 3. Why would they go and spread word everywhere about this man Jesus that was crucified... 4. If it was a legend then why would they work so hard to get the word out about Jesus? Why take it to the ends of the earth? Last Words 1. Jesus Said... “I am thirsty” 2. Jesus Said... “it is finished” Whatever you are passionate about you will Finish! Fix your eyes on JESUS! He is the Finisher! Passion Finishes – “I am a finisher, because I am passionate about my JESUS”

If we are followers of CHRIST, and we understand the times we live in, then what are we doing to be a part of the Harvest? In order to reach people...timing is everything! 1. It’s TIME to STEP UP to the PLATE!! Its time for God to move in you and thru you...but you have to be READY! 2. It’s TIME to Keep your eyes OPEN! Keep your eye on the ball! If you can see your bat on the ball you can hit it! 3. It’s TIME to SWING for the FENCE!

Passion sees the Opportunity and not the obstacle! 1. What needs to Move out for Jesus to Move in your life? a. THE CROWD WAS NOTHING MORE THAN AN OBSTACLE Passion sees the Opportunity and not the obstacle! b. The Roof was just an opportunity! (They uncovered the roof) Simple Truth: When Jesus is in the house, stuff that has never moved will move!

Main idea: If we are followers of CHRIST, then Community is what we are made for! We are made for Community! It’s time we live out what we are made for! IT’s time for COMMUNITY! Community is a Non-negotiable part of Church! Core Value: We don’t do life alone! We believe in Community 1. If I want to Be a Part of Community then I need to invest in Community! 2. If I want Community to GROW beyond the Surface, then I need to go beyond the Surface! You can’t have COMMUNITY without UNITY!

A SIMPLE QUESTION...What sets a Passionate Followers apart from WHO we STAND for! Who we Stand For is what Marks our lives! What will be written about you? SIMPLE QUESTION...What sets a Passionate Followers apart from average followers? What they choose to Do and NOT do! 1. Passionate followers are not afraid to STAND UP! the passionate are more than just talk! 2. Passionate followers Go ALL IN ! They don’t play it SAFE We Have the Victory--- THEREFORE Stand up - BE Strong! Be the PASSIONATE Church we were created to be! Jesus said I will build my Church - He is building a Passionate – Victorious – Overcoming – Church! We are the Church!

1. What we pass on makes us STRONGER and what we put a LID on is what keeps us SEPARATE! The Church is the strongest when it stays connected! The Chain...is only as strong as the individual links. One link can’t pull too much, but when you connect the links together - more can be moved. A chain may consist of two or more links. A chain is a series of connected links which are typically made of metal. When we are connected we can be useful for so many purposes... A link all by itself is not much good...but every link in a chain provides strength! Every link in the chain is important! If one link fails to stay connected then the chain is BROKEN! He died so that we could live! He did not die to make bad people good, he died to make dead people live!Sometimes you have to walk thru Something in order to get to Something! When we walk thru life-let’s not walk alone!

It’s Time…Go Deeper! (The Season is NOW) If there is no limit to God, and there is no limit to FAITH…then why don’t we spend more time going DEEPER? 1. The King MOVED! He was wearing sackcloth and praying 2. The lepers Took a risk and MOVED! 3 God Already MOVED! DEEPER IS A PLACE WHERE GOD IS AND WHERE GOD IS GOD MOVES AND WHERE GOD MOVES HE DOES BIG THINGS!

1. You are Made for MORE! (DEEPER) Philippians3:10 Shallow- having little depth, empty (superficial) concerned only with the obvious or apparent, (limited) presenting only an appearance without substance or significance Question: Why would someone want to Be SHALLOW? Do you want to be shallow in your faith and experience with God? 2. God wants to Lead you to More! (A DEEPER FAITH!) Ezekiel 47: 2 Question: What’s in the Deep? Big things only exist in the deep. Question: How do I get there? How do I go deeper with my FAITH? The Key to going deeper is your willingness to Move and be led. Philippians 3: 17 John 7:37-38 Step out...take the Lid off – worship, pray, pursue, and fall in love with JESUS! Choices – 1. stay on the shore 2. play in the shallows 3. go out into the deep! I CHOOSE TO GO DEEPER! you can stay where you are and never experience anything new, or you can get up from where you are and allow the spirit of God to lead you to a deeper place in him! There is so much more Waiting in His presence

1. It’s Time...God is Moving! (The Season is NOW) 2. It’s Time...You MOVE!

You are in the right place...at the right time...for JESUS to fill your life! John 11:1 1. Lazarus was dead...and Martha and Mary said “if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” IF...does not change who JESUS is and what He can do! IF...sets a condition in place for an outcome to take place! How often do we put the lid on our lives and say...IF IF...the conditions are right, IF the Feeling is just right... IF you walk around with a lid on, and you are not open for God to move until your IF is satisfied - then you will continue to walk around with a lid on an empty container! Take The Lid OFF! God’s plan is not for you to be empty but be filled! 2. Lazarus was dead...But Jesus said “I am the resurrection and the life.” 3. Lazarus was dead...But Jesus said “Take away the stone” 4. Lazarus was dead...But Jesus said “Lazarus Come Out!”

Clarity...is the goal of any performance – it’s not volume, it’s not the amount of bass in the sound - the goal is to adequately communicate a message in a clear way!The Goal of Church is for you to hear clearly so you can respond clearly!Clarity in understanding is the goal!1. Clarity is found in Listening to the Right Voice!Recognize the right voice!1. The sheep listen to the right voice2. The Sheep recognize his voice3. The Sheep run from the voice they don’t recognize!2. A Lack of Clarity is due to Hearing problems...How many Have been accused of having a listening problem?

Mark 14:3 And being in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, as He sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster box of very costly oil of perfume. Then she broke the box and poured it on His head. 4 But there were some who were indignant among themselves, and said, “Why was this fragrant oil wasted? 5 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii (days wages) and given to the poor.” And they criticized her sharply. 6 But Jesus said, “Let her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for Me. Is there a lid on my worship? Lessons from the Woman that took the lid off! 1. What she did was unexpected! 2. What she did was an extravagant expression! 3. What she did...She broke the box open! She did not simply open it and close the Lid! The Unexpected... That’s what got the attention of everyone in the room – - it was excessive! - It was expressive! - It was expensive - it was radical! - it was an act of worship! What she released is what Got the attention of JESUS!

Whatever is limiting JESUS moving in my life and church is a LID! Take The LID OFF! NO LIMITS! 1. The Lid of Conditioning I will be thirsty if the conditions are right... I will believe if the conditions are right... I will let the river flow if the conditions are right... If the conditions must be just right for God to move in your life then, you probably will miss God moving! He never Stops! 2. The Lid of Religion... There will always be some religious person that is trying to kill the JESUS in your life, if they can’t kill him, then they will attempt to put a LID on HIM! Religion puts a lid on your relationship with JESUS! Religion is more focused on the rules rather than the relationship! Religion is a lid – Religion is more concerned about following a set of rules and regulations, Jesus came to give us freedom and filling! Religion seeks to control your experience –Jesus said if you are thirsty and you believe - come to him and rivers of living water will flow I will be thirsty if the rules are right.

Proximity is all about your nearness in Time – Space – or relationship! Can You Hear Me Now - if we want a proper response to what God is saying to us, then we need to consider our location and our approach to God! Our response to sound! It’s one of our five senses that is sensitive and causes us to react to it’s impulses! Loud harsh noises are painful! The struggle with our response has a lot to do with our conditioning! But our response needs to be a genuine response and not a Conditioned response! Some of us are allowing our experiences to condition our response. It’s too easy to not respond the longer we follow CHRIST “Don’t allow the conditioning of church life to keep you from hearing God!” The struggle some of us have is the fact that we have had experiences and we look for the experience (the condition to be present) in order for God to move - rather than focus on the God who is moving! You are in the right place for God to speak and God to lead. You have to keep approaching him - keep chasing

There is an attack on the marriage! Marriage is sacred, Marriage is Holy, Marriage is GOD’s Plan! When we talk about Love and marriage - we use Genesis 2 as the lens we look thru! A Great Marriage is God’s Plan but our decision! Love is a decision: It is not a feeling!!! Marriage is an everyday decision of LOVE!!! 1. Love is a powerful thing! 2. Love is the Greatest! A Healthy beautiful Marriage is built on honor!