Sermon Notes
On any given Sunday, the TV is on and I am going to church. We call it EFAM, extended family. It is a way to open up the doors of your home to the idea of a home church, or cell churches similar to the beginning churches in the Bible. That doesn't mean I don't attend worship locally, it means that I know that worship is not just on Sundays for an hour with four songs and a sermon.
When I am not at my own church, I am with my EFAM on a Sunday, sharing food, praying, worshipping, encouraging, laughing and getting fired up for the busy work week. What I like about it is that there are like-minded people who have a passion for Christ and a heart for the city as well as really enjoy worshipping together in a small group and leaning into the teaching from Pastor Steven.
This sermon series is called Flow and the first in the series was called Flip the Flow. It comes from the New Year's Eve Praise Party sermon, Comin In Drippin. Pastor Steven shared that when you flip the flow in your life you are standing at the threshold of possibilities. When you flip the flow you are going to allow your faith and the choices you make in your life to flow from your faith in Christ or from tradition. When you flip the flow you are starting at the Word of God and not with what you see. When you flip the flow, you have an advantage already in life because you know how it is all going to work out. God wins EVERY TIME! I hope you have a church home and I also hope that you will take time with the week to lean into the Word of God in other ways. Below are the two last recent sermons from church at Elevation and if you are interested in going with me to a Watch Party, let me know! We'd love to have you. Next time I'll share with you some of my other favorite pastors across the US and also my own home church here in Minnesota.
Dear Lord, help me to not live by a belief system that is based on traditions and have a surface level faith. Help me to pay more attention to your truth from your Word. Help me to not read scripts that you are not the author of and give me discernment and wisdom to both know and understand what you are saying.
