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The Loft STL We believe that every person matters, that no matter who you are and what you’ve done, God loves you.

Echoing this! 🧡🧡

When we live “our own way” not according to scripture or Jesus commands…. the way that we live is limiting us because it stops us from becoming the product of WHO God’s called us to be.

Eph 4:11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

You have a specific purpose! You were designed the way you are because you have been set up on a purposeful way. How cool is that?!

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Son of Man…..

Teaching Jan 8th 2023 Welcome to the Loft Gathering Teaching series. Today Pastor Lisa Davidson talks about Jesus and the term Son of Man.

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What does God value?

He values humanity and relationship with humanity. He values obedience, and the demonstration of love— how did he show that He values these things? He made the son of God become the son of man.

As the ‘son of man’ he values so many things. One of them is His earthly work (and its humble condition)

~Mark 2:10 10 But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” …

~Matt 11:19 16 “To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
17 “‘We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ 19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by her deeds.”20 Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.

When we talk about Jesus being the Son of Man, it doesn’t diminish his deity because he’s also the son of God.

Do you ever have questions in your mind like, “what if he’s not God?”; “what if God isn’t real?”; “What if everything that I do and believe and act on isn’t real?”

Doubt is a real thing! Do you ever encounter it?

What do you do when you have these questions?

Jesus is the son of God in the Son of Man and he marveled constantly at the prospect. ‘

Matthew 3:16-17 As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him. 17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”

Great post from Craig Groeschel today for your 2023 plan.

5 Things to Let Go of in 2023

Romans 15:13 “May God, the fountain of hope, fill you to overflowing with uncontainable joy and perfect peace as you trust in him.”

I have created you to be happy, which is why it feels so bad to be stressed, worried, and anxious. You cannot manage the actions of others, but you can, with my help, manage yourself. You can learn to find peace in storms. You can find joy, regardless of your circumstances. You can learn to let the opinions of others slide off of you. I alone am the one who defines you.

I want you to experience a life of radical joy and peace that isn’t dependent on your circumstances. I want you to look for the best, to see things from my point of view, and to go after a fulfilling life. Joy is much deeper than what happiness brings. Joy defies trials. It dares to laugh, even when hell is closing in. It trusts in my love. It is free. It lives in radical anticipation of good. A life of joy is a life that doesn’t ignore pain, but is grounded by the reality of my presence in every situation. It is this joy—my joy—rising within you that makes you strong.

Author credit “I Hear His Whisper” written by Brian Simmons and Gretchen Rodriguez

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