series: kingdom builders

God wants to provide direction and guidance for everyone.

Hear testimonies on how God is transforming lives through the Teen Challenge ministry.

God's plan it to incorporate us in the process of reaching our world with the Good News of Christ.

Listening deeply is the pathway to having burning hearts toward our communities for change.

Even though we may not know the outcome and we may not discern His will in a situation, we still trust God and trust His promises.

Pastor Brian shares about Chi Alpha and how this ministry is changing hearts and lives for Jesus.

Our testimony of God's goodness and what He has done for us personally is powerful and necessary to share so others can know of His love, forgiveness and who He is and what He is capable of.

Just as God has been doing great things in Moldova, He wants to do great things in and through us. Let's pray for the gospel to be preached and people's lives to be transformed.

Listen to testimonies from Teen Challenge in how God has been and continues to transform their lives.

Jesus sends us to love. A heart transformed by the Holy Spirit compels us to love like He does and do things for people.

We each have a calling. We can choose to run from it or surrender to it.

Listen as Pastor Mark shares how our response to where our hope comes from and how we interact with others matter.

On Sunday, Pastor Jake introduced a new Great Oaks initiative called “Kingdom Builders”. Before he got into the nuts and bolts of that though, he taught on the concept of “the Kingdom of God”. Jesus taught on the Kingdom of God (or Heaven) more than any other topic. In our American culture, though, it can sometimes be difficult to understand the idea of a “kingdom”. Kingdom just means “the King’s domain.” So in one sense, everywhere is God’s Kingdom. It’s all His. But in another sense...not so much. Pastor Jake used the phrase “already, but not yet.” There is this cosmic war that started with Satan’s rebellion in heaven. God has already won that war. That happened on the cross. But the culmination (realization; manifestation) of His Kingdom will not take place until Jesus returns. Already...but not yet. The wide angle and the close-up. We live in between. The war is won, but the battle is still being fought from our perspective and souls hang in the balance. There are two kingdoms (Colossians 1:12-14): the dominion of darkness and the Kingdom of God’s Son. The Kingdom of God is not just something coming “one day”. Jesus said it’s upon us, near us, and among us. http://bible.com/events/298284