Living Stones Christian Church East Bay (formerly Great Exchange)

Caring for the orphan

Jonah’s time in the fish is portrayed as a kind of death. But will this passage through death into new life change him? That’s the big question explored in the last chapter of Jonah.

Jonah rebelliously flees the call of God, but saves the sailors. Even our evil can become an instrument of God’s purposes.

After the resurrection, Jesus sends us out as his witnesses

Put your minds on things above

Jesus is The King We Didn’t Expect, But The King We Need

Obedience brings us into the heart of God’s love

Responding to the times with intentionality and discernment, active not passive, and in discernment, following what God is stirring and doing.

Kingdom living from abundance rather than scarcity

Journey inward (into interior castle) with Christ, confronting imperfections, recognizing God’s presence within 

Because of the suffering of Christ, we are empowered to live a life of surrender and through that, we can experience an abundant life.

As we serve those on the margins, God also changes us

We can personally experience God guiding us through his Spirit

Baptism + Testimonies

The real presence of God filling/dwelling within us.

Our union w/Christ means that all that is Christ’s becomes ours

God gave us a gift of his son that cannot repaid, and as an outflow, we give others that cannot repay.

God wants to be in union with us, and reached out to us

God gives us the most unbreakable, precious gift: His love. And we know the depth of his love because of the depth of his sacrifice: He gave us his one and only Son, even when we did not love him. We don’t deserve his love, nor can we earn his love; God gives us his love simply out of his grace. All we have to do is receive his love.

Just as Israel was full of worry and anxiety under the oppression of Rome, we experience the oppression of worry and anxiety in our world today. It’s no wonder that one of the greatest gifts God has given us is peace. Jesus is not just the Prince of Peace, nor does He keep peace to Himself as a possession. Rather, in His grace, Jesus has given us HIS PEACE by the power of the Holy Spirit. We can have His peace as a gift right now by just receiving it.