Dayspring Fellowship Podcasts
Episodes
Tuesday Feb 20, 2018
A Beautiful Mess
Tuesday Feb 20, 2018
Tuesday Feb 20, 2018
February 17 & 18, 2018A Beautiful MessCrossFit – Part 7
As we continue into the month of February, we move from practices of solitude to more communal disciplines to engage in together as a church family. Like any family, we are at times a beautiful mess. And what I mean by that is we together are a beautiful mess of hurt and grace, honesty and love, disappointment and accountability. As brothers and sisters in Christ, we seek to love one another unconditionally; but we can’t. We at times expect one another to be perfect, but we aren’t. So what do we do with that? What do we do with hurt or disappointment or conflict within the family of God?In a recent article I read by Henri Nouwen, he exclaims that “community is the place where the person you least want to live with always lives.” I love the honesty and hope that shapes the heart behind that quote.In this message we seek to develop the practices of truth-telling, confession, and forgiveness to learn what it means to live by grace and to walk together in the light of the Lord’s forgiveness.
After the message, Pastor Chris continues our discussion of Dayspring's strategic plan, including our new mission statement.
- Pastor Nathan
Tuesday Feb 13, 2018
Live Love
Tuesday Feb 13, 2018
Tuesday Feb 13, 2018
February 10 & 11, 2018Live LoveCrossFit – Part 6
Over the last few weeks we’ve been learning together about spiritual disciplines that help us deepen our connection to God. But there is another facet of our lives as believers that can be enriched and strengthened by practicing spiritual disciplines - our connection to one another. This week we shift our focus to “horizontal” disciplines, habits of life that help us to be the hands and feet of Jesus to each other and to the world around us. Join us as we begin to explore what it looks like to live out the love of Christ in our daily lives.
At the end of our message, we continue reviewing the strategic planning that our leaders engaged in last month.
--Pastor Chris
Wednesday Feb 07, 2018
His RESTorative Purpose
Wednesday Feb 07, 2018
Wednesday Feb 07, 2018
February 3 & 4, 2018His RESTorative PurposeCrossFit – Part 5
I’m tired. These pasts several weeks have been particularly challenging for me. I have found myself in some challenging meetings at work. The need to meet expectations and resolve issues has also meant I need to spend extra hours there. One week I worked nearly 60 hours and another I spent 50 hours at work or working on my "weekend." Thankfully, this week was shorter. Still, I am exhausted. My emotional and physical tanks are running on "E." Added to this is the irony that I am preaching on the spiritual disciplines of "Rest and Retreat" this weekend. It’s funny how rest can take so much work sometimes.
God has truly ministered to my heart in the past weeks as He has strengthened me in the hustle of an overflowing schedule. He has also begun to fill my tank as I have studied and reflected on His Word in preparation for this weekend. As I read about Jesus’ teaching and practice of Sabbath rest, I find my desire for truly restorative rest growing. You see, I often don’t rest well (confession). Sabbath rest is both my favorite discipline as well as my most poorly practiced discipline. I regularly long for rest. But too often, I find "healthy" distractions during my day off that fail to fully refill me. In my study this week, I have discovered that God has always had a plan and practice for His people to experience His truly restorative work. In this message we discover together God’s RESTorative Purpose for rest in our lives.
Following the message, Pastor Chris continues our walk through Dayspring's StratOp.
- Kap Otten