Change – Commitment to a Community of Faith

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(September 26, 2010 – Mike Nichols)

Last week we talked about God‟s will and community. I said, “You will not find meaning in your spiritual life by being a consumer . . . and you will actually inhibit the community from maturing. The thing about maturing is that you can‟t do it by yourself and you will never achieve maturity if you pursue it directly. Romans 12 makes it clear that spiritual maturity is a by-product of commitment to a community of faith and doing the hard, uncomfortable and relational stuff that happens when you are involved deeply with people.”
As a community hold onto what is good . . . Help one another with faith burn-out; and encourage one another to refuel with the Spirit as needed. Stand with one another in hard times and you who are not suffering don’t give up on prayer for those who don’t have the strength to pray. Your turn will come when they can stand with you.
[Romans 12:9ff]

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Celebrate – Called to Celebrate Christ

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(September 19, 2010 – Mike Nichols)

What comes to mind when someone says “Let‘s celebrate?” Food? Party? How about if we add “let‘s celebrate Christ?” Most of us probably think celebrating Christ is worship and you‘d be right. Yet what the Bible thinks of as worship is different from what we think of as a worship service. There are many words in the Bible for celebrate–two show different aspects of celebration. Prospiptó from which we get prostrate is used in Luke 5:8 where Peter falls before Jesus in awe of the miraculous catch of fish. Part of celebrating Christ is to receive his overwhelming grace and respond with humility and awe.

Latreuó is found in Romans 12:1, Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Celebrating Christ according to the Bible is primarily about your lifestyle. Check the context for more specifics on a lifestyle that celebrates Christ. How you love, hate, handle affliction, have people for dinner, give are all acts of worship—or not. Today we examine the 2nd of Cap‘s three C‘s—called to celebrate Christ.

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Called: The First of Cap’s 3 C’s

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(September 12, 2010 – Mike Nichols)

All families have rules. All relationship systems have rules. Rules are made to contain anxiety. When anxiety hits a family and they feel out of control, imposing a rule restores some sense of order or control. Read more

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Give Us Today Our Daily Bread

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(May 16, 2010 – Kim Pierrot)

“Give us today our daily bread”. Here’s where things start to get a bit personal, maybe even a little uncomfortable. If we didn’t see it before, here’s where we realize that praying the words Jesus gave us has relational, political and economic implications. Read more

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Worship as a Lifestyle (Romans 12)

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(Jan 10, 10 – Iain Provan)
Our goal during the month of January is to explore and expand our authentic worship responses to God when we are gathered. Read more

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Come Let Us Worship

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(Jan 3, ’10 – Mike Nichols)
Why a teaching series on worship at CapChurch? Read more

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Home Group Leadership Manual

Information to help you plan for your community group.

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Life Together Study Guide

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Group Study handout From Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer to coincide with “Life Together” sermon series in September 09. Read more

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