Well Students

Over the last month, we’ve been exploring the teachings of Jesus in our current series, Losing My Religion. Yesterday, Pastor Shannon wrapped up this series with one last message about our human emotions, specifically looking at anger.

Anger is one of those emotions we all have, whether we like to admit it or not. Our anger can easily take over, threatening to destroy everything. Anger is dangerous, and it stirs up something in us that is neither good nor holy. Jesus even likens ‘anger’ to ‘murder’ in Matthew 5:21-22.

Emotions, while they can be very tough, are meant to teach us that something in our life needs attention. When we let our emotions form our actions instead of INform them, they can drive everything else out, including the love of Jesus. ❤️

Examine where you may have anger in your life or with someone specifically that you may need to pray for God to help heal!

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This week, we kicked off a new series, Losing My Religion, with Pastor Shannon, who shared the story of Jesus healing a man on the Sabbath Day.

Religious leaders were upset with Jesus when he healed a man on the holy day, not knowing He was the Messiah, and only thinking of scripture and the laws of God.

“You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me! Yet you refuse to come to me to receive this life.” John 5:39-40

We don’t want to be so focused on scripture and following the commandments (i.e. the “rules”) that we miss out on the miracle of Jesus, God’s mission for us, or the Messiah that we get the privilege of knowing. These are the things that make our life beautiful + special. This is God’s will for us!

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Yesterday was Father’s Day! We know this can be hard for some people, so Pastor Jerry began our Sunday by leading us in prayer for all those who struggle.

“Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord.” Ephesians 6:4 (NLT)

As humans, we are hopelessly flawed + broken, shattered because of sin, and we can live out of those hurt + broken places. When we do, we cause damage + hurt to the world around us, including our children.

But if we understand who God is to us and the world, we can provide our children with a deeper meaning to tap into. We can provide them with a balance between truth and love, dependence and self-reliance.

Watch or re-watch this message from Pastor Jerry for more on how we can raise our children in God’s love and truth, on our YouTube channel!

“The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.” John 10:10 (NLT)

Yesterday we continued our new series, Authority, with a powerful message from Pastor Shannon about authority over Satan. Satan thinks he has authority over us and Jesus, but he does not. He is always working his hardest to take us down, and there may be places where we have allowed Satan to enter in our lives.

The good news is we don’t have to succumb to Satan’s schemes and lies because he is already defeated by Christ. We may forget this at times, but there is nothing he can do that God can’t make right. In Christ, we have all of the weapons we need to fight against Satan.

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