Do you think that you’ve arrived? Do you tend to think that you’ve learned what you need to learn and now know what you need to know? Or do you want to understand more deeply and more fully? Do you have a humble, open, and seeking heart?

There was once a time in the early years of our faith when we couldn’t get enough. We had a voracious hunger for truth. We lived with the humbling realization that there was so much we didn’t know. We loved to study the Word of God. We loved listening to peers and mentors who were further along. We were students.

But something happened along the way. Perhaps we got distracted by the world and began to live more like tourists than students. Perhaps we got discouraged and felt our study wasn’t helping. Or perhaps our hunger was blunted by a feeling of arrival.

Whatever your story, I say to you – never stop being a student. There are two reasons. First – the depth of God’s wisdom. It has no boundary. It has no bottom. It has no ceiling. If for ten million years you sat for 24 hours a day at His feet to listen, you would scratch only the surface of His wisdom.

Here’s the second reason – the danger of the world. Falsehood echoes more loudly and repeatedly than the sounds of wisdom. Every day a thousand voices speak into your life, and the majority of those voices have not gotten the flowers of their insight from the wisdom garden of the Lord.

You see, we live in the middle of a raging wisdom war. It’s so easy to be taken captive. It’s so easy to have divine wisdom corrupted by human wisdom. It’s so easy to breathe in the polluted air of a culture that no longer actually thinks that God is, let alone that He is wise.

I’ll say it again, never stop being a student. Morning after morning, bow your head and humbly pray – “Lord, please teach me your way.”

God bless

Paul David Tripp

Below is a wonderful article from Paul David Tripp

There’s not a day when by thought, word, desire, or action we fail to demonstrate that we’re needy people. Maybe it’s a thoughtless word of gossip. Maybe it’s a flash of lust or envy. Maybe it’s an ugly moment of irritation or anger. Perhaps it’s a selfish choice that no one would notice.

Maybe it’s bending the truth to your own advantage. Maybe it’s an attitude of self-righteousness or pride. Maybe it’s giving way to bitterness and subtle thoughts of vengeance. Somehow, someway, we all demonstrate that we’re still in need of God’s daily grace.

Now this need makes you spiritually vulnerable. First, it makes you vulnerable to SELF-ATONEMENT. That’s when you make yourself feel okay about your sin. How do you do that? By telling yourself that what you did wasn’t actually sin:

• It wasn’t gossip, it was prayerful concern for another.
• It wasn’t anger, it was a clear exhortation.
• It wasn’t selfishness, just strong leadership.

When you justify yourself and call sin something other than sin, you won’t seek God’s forgiveness.

Your need also makes you vulnerable to the LIES OF THE ENEMY. He’ll come to you in those needy moments and tell you that you don’t have enough. He’ll try to rob you of the faith, courage, and hope that propels you to admit who you are, to seek Christ’s forgiveness, and to step forward in courage and hope. He works so that you’ll doubt God’s provision for you.

To fight these two areas of vulnerability, all you need to remember is these three words: “HE SAT DOWN.” These words are in the first chapter of Hebrews and are found in a phrase that says of Jesus, “After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.” (Hebrews 1:3)

He sat down! What amazing words! They can only mean one thing – that the work that he did for us was totally and absolutely complete.

You see, the Old Testament priests never sat down. Hour after hour, day after day they’d offer sacrifices. They’d be knee deep in blood, but they’d make yet another sacrifice. The stench of burning flesh never abated. Why? Because those sacrifices could never do the job. They were never able to fully pay the penalty. They looked forward to the coming of the Perfect Lamb who would pay the entire price in one final sacrifice.

After He made sacrifice (of himself), Jesus sat down! What does that mean? It means his provision for you is full and complete. It means he’s given you all you need to be right with him, to be what you’re supposed to be, and to do what you’re called to do.

So when you begin to doubt his grace or when you’re tempted to justify yourself, just say these three words to yourself – “HE SAT DOWN.” And celebrate the amazing grace that’s yours right here, right now.

God bless

Paul David Tripp

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Worship Services

[list type=”ul” style=”5″]We currently have one worship service on Sundays at 10:30 am.[/list]

At Christ Community we believe corporately “ascribing to God the glory due His name” to be our highest privilege and of the utmost importance to the health of our congregation.  We place a high priority on the vertical focus of our weekly corporate service.  To that end we seek to be God-centered and biblically grounded in all our worship expressions, whether characterized by the spoken word or in songs that we sing.  We understand corporate worship to be the outflow, or overflow of a believer’s personal worship and therefore, members are called to a radical, inward authenticity of worship and an all-encompassing pervasiveness of worship in all of life.

Location

Directions – How it works

Directions – If you want directions to our church, click on the directions link on the map and a new browser window will open. In the blank “A” box, type in the address your want directions from and click the “Get Directions” button. Your directions from point A to point B will then be processed.

Using Google Interactive Map – You can use the up, down and side to side arrows to move the map. You can use the + and – signs to zoom the map out and in.

Other Views – You can click Map, Sat, Ter and Earth to view different map views.

Calling – If your mobile device / computer is compatible, you can click on the phone number and it will automatically dial the office number.

Preaching

We preach through books of the Bible and short, topical series. We believe in the exposition of Scripture, which means we desire to communicate the content of a particular text to instruct the mind and affect the heart.

Music

Music, as a tool, provides a vehicle for expressing praise to God and proclaiming the Gospel. At Christ Community, we seek to use only music that is God-centered and expresses biblical truth. In any given service, music may be led by a choir, an individual, a small ensemble, a band, acoustic instruments or combinations of each.

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20/20 Groups

We believe it is important for every Christian to be a part of a community committed to each other and towards growing in Christian maturity.  Our 20/20 groups are meant to be Gospel-Centered Missional Families and designed to move every member to maturity in Christ.

[list type=”ul” style=”5″] Gospel-Centered – Our 20/20 groups time is centered on the Bible and our Savior Jesus Christ. The good news of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection is the focal point of history and we seek to understand the Gospel better and to apply it to our lives. We want our lives centered on this truth to the extent that we are speaking the gospel into each other’s lives continually.[/list] [list type=”ul” style=”5″]Missional – We understand that if the Gospel is at the center of our lives, then it will inevitably push us outwards to share the love that we have received in Jesus Christ. Our Gospel Communities are committed to serving consistently by meeting physical, as well as spiritual needs, of our city and consistently incorporating people into our lives.[/list] [list type=”ul” style=”5″]Family – We’ve chosen the word family because we think it best describes our commitment together as Christians. The Christian life is never meant to be lived alone and these smaller groups allow for greater care and accountability that we all need in order to grow.[/list]

If you have any questions or want to join a 20/20 group then just show up or email Pastor Nate at smallgroups@aldersgate-church.com

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